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I'm like you, Loki. I'm in my "40's, too. In fact, I'll go on Medicare starting December 1st! I guess that makes me in my "mid 40's," huh?

It's good that you gave AuntiE a break and linked her up with Jerry Lee Lewis in a format she can indentfy with. I wonder if she's familiar with vinyl records played at speeds of: 16, 33-⅓, 45, and 78 rpm. Actually, I have many 33-⅓ albums around. Plus a lot of old 45's. A few 78's and 3-4 16's. All still play rather well, too; I might add.

I wonder if she's familiar with an actual turntable to play the records on. I wonder, too, if she's heard of an 8-track tape player. I remember when those came out. They were the "new way of listening to music" and, it allowed you' "... to carry your music with you on the go. So, you can listen to your music in you car, in your boat, in a plane, or, in the comfort of your own home." "They're lighter and smaller than a record album! So, you can carry many of your favorite artists with you anywhere you go! Why, you can carry a dozen 8-track tapes in less space, and with less weight, than the same number of vinyl albums."

I remember when t***sistor radios were finally shrunk to the size of a pack of cigarettes and ran off of a 9 volt battery. As such, being able to listen to either AM or FM stations was now possible! They were "the rage" in my day (the 60's)! I still remember my blue, GE t***sistor radio that my parents got me when I was in junior high school! By the time I went to college, it'd been dropped way too many times to be repairable, so, I tossed it.

These young whipper-snappers, they have no concept of what we used to listen to our music. Their music is kept in some "Cloud" somewhere. They "download" their music. I have to wonder, with all of the clouds that float over their heads during the course of their days, how do they know which cloud their music is stored in? Plus, with the winds changing the shape of the clouds, I'd find that very disconcerting toward keeping up with the cloud(s) my music is stored in.

They have no concept of the exciting feeling of actually holding a record, with its music imprinted on it, placing it on a record player, gently placing the needle on the record, and hearing the music, first-hand, coming out of the speaker(s). Tell me, if this new-fangled way of listening to music is so fine, then, why is vinyl making a resurgence?

Oh, the good 'ol days ... what goes around, comes around.