Nuts and Bolts
Sam Aurelius Milam III
Several
months ago, I walked into a room where two women were having a conversation.
I stood with my hands humbly folded, waiting submissively for one of them
to notice me and acknowledge my presence. Of course, they ignored
me. While thus waiting, I overheard part of their conversation.
One of the women was declaiming learnedly that audiocassettes just don't
last very long. People should, she declared, throw away their old
audiocassettes and buy CDs. Momentarily losing all contact with my
last shred of sanity, I became so daring as to boldly interrupt the lady
and suggest a different opinion. I suggested to her, with the utmost
of deference and courtesy of course, that if a person keeps his audiocassettes
clean and dry, keeps them away from heat, and keeps them away from strong
magnetic fields, then they'll last a long time. The two women went
silent and glanced at one another, apparently conferring telepathically
about how to handle the situation. What they did was to change the
subject. Maybe it was my deference and courtesy that saved me.
Foolhardy
though it was, my statement was true and I have the audiocassette collection
to prove it. Shortly after interrupting the lady, I listened again
to one of my old Moody Blues recordings. I know how old the recording
is because I dated it when I made it. I recorded In Search of
the Lost Chord on Side B on September 21, 1976. I recorded
On
the Threshold of a Dream on Side A on October 7, 1976. Why did
I record Side B first? I don't have the faintest recollection.
Anyway, that was about 35 years ago and the recording still plays as good
now as it did when I first made it.
A
good many years ago, someone that I knew at the time complained to me that
his audiocassettes didn't last very long before they became unusable.
I suggested that maybe he ought to store them in a safe place between uses
instead of pitching them onto the floorboard of his car, as was his normal
procedure. It reminds me of a statement that Poppa used to occasionally
make.
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Son,
tha problem ain't tha bolts in tha engine, it's tha nut behind tha wheel!
Poppa
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That's
the only problem with audiocassettes. If you don't take care of them
then they don't last very long. However, that isn't a failure of
the audiocassettes. It's a failure of the user. If you leave
your CDs laying on the floorboard of your car, outside of their cases,
then they probably won't last very long, either.
I
think that we're all being scammed by the marketing shysters. They
keep telling us to throw away all of our old stuff and buy new stuff.
Maybe, as a consequence of this line of thought, I've discovered an intelligence
test that might actually be valid. Here's my suggestion. Look
around somebody's house. See how much of his stuff is old technology
and how much of it is new technology. I'd guess that new technology
should never be more than about 10% of a person's possessions. Anyway,
here's my idea. The older the technology, and the greater the percentage
of his things that consist of old technology, then the smarter the person.
The newer the technology, and the greater the percentage of his things
that consist of new technology, then the dumber the person. It might
not be any more valid then the intelligence tests that the psychologists
give, but at least I'm thinking. At least, that is, I'm thinking
when I'm not in the presence of women.![10x5 Page Background GIF Image](../../Images/10x5_Page_Background.gif)
Stray Thoughts
Sam Aurelius Milam III
Catechasm
Being religious isn't the same thing as believing in God.
Long
Term Participation in the freedom movement must be a lifetime
commitment. Otherwise, it's nothing.
Testing,
Testing, 1, 2, 3, 4 The first REAL test of something is the first
time that you try to use it after you're through testing it.
Accomplishments
If I finish a project on the same day that I started it, then I had either
a very good day or a very small project.![10x5 Page Background GIF Image](../../Images/10x5_Page_Background.gif)
A White Man's Notes
Sam Aurelius Milam III
Marital
Success The secret to achieving a long and happy marriage is silence.![10x5 Page Background GIF Image](../../Images/10x5_Page_Background.gif)
A Woman's Perfect Breakfast
Original Source Unknown. Forwarded by Sir Donald
the Elusive.
She's
sitting at the table, sipping her gourmet coffee. Her son is on the
cover of the Wheaties box. Her daughter is on the cover of Business
Week. Her boyfriend is on the cover of Playgirl.
Her husband is on the back of the milk carton.![10x5 Page Background GIF Image](../../Images/10x5_Page_Background.gif)
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