The Hardest Naturally Occurring Substance on Earth

...GK as Oscar Wilde...’revisited’....

Now That’s funny.....terribly obscure and potent reference...;)

But I will agree that the hardest substance is found between human ears.....not all, but often enough...

*hmmmm*

Then would 'space' (as in outer) be a 'soft' vacuum?  There are all matter of matters and energies zinging about....

Either one would be an unpleasant experience..and somewhat of a brief one....;)

rodman9x...*G*  Thereby we run into an interesting paradox of human mental states...

We sometimes to refer to one as being 'dense', which can be analogus to the 'hard vacuum'.  Which can lead to one being 'brainless', 'mentally AOL', and the like.
We all succumb to 'having that (info, memory, knowledge, word) on the tip of ones' tongue', but only recalling it later when it's not relevant, or merely frustrating.  This only makes one feel that ones' 'on board RAM' isn't terribly reliable.
At that juncture, having a 'memory dump' might seem a 'good thing', returning to the 'empty/vacuumed' state.
This runs the risk of rendering one 'clueless' and 'vacuous' yet again.

If 'Anything' is 'in charge' or created this universe, 'It' has a very odd sense of humor.  And has It's own paradox:
How can one be everywhere when it's nowhere at all?

Cosmic 'Whack-a-mole'.....*L*  Good Sunday fare....

....actually, I mis-typed 'AWOL', but AOL could be 'Absolutely Out to Lunch'...*G*
It could be discussed and cussed that AOL and its' ilk led to The Google goblin....the noun, the verb, the know-all tells-all oracle of the datasphere.

I'm awaiting the day one reads a scholarly paper in which all the references are websites from Google.  I remember there was a teleplay that depicted the eventual closing of the 'book' libraries, due to lack of patrons....one hopes it remains a work of fiction.

...sometimes y'all strike me as a deck of cards in the middle of a game of 52 Pick-Up.....

Re Grand Canyon water, which isn't that nice clear stuff you add to your bourbon.  It's quite murky...all that earlier minerals picked up adds to the eroison of the rocks or yours.....although the time frame Is a bit more generous....

Re diamond stylus vs. vinyl groove, the diamond wins in the long haul, But.....all those minute vinyl particles will not only eventually compromise the diamond, but add to the 'downstream' ('down groove') wear of the lp.

So, unless you've got a means and methodology of cleaning lps' rivaling a NASA clean room....

Transfer that beloved vinyl disc to a hard drive as soon as is practical.  How you do so is your call and preference.

Save playing beloved disc on your SOTA TT when you're entertaining another 'phile who would want...nay, Demand such.

One thought to contemplate:

Unless your cueing mechanism can rival landing the Space Shuttle, the equivalent impact of a stylus on the lp surface likely rivals hitting the surface like a sledge hammer.....

...which is probably why the lead-ins sound like they do.....*ssss*....

(Probably the 'upstream source' of the vinyl 'grit'.....)

BTW, Happy post 4th....*G* J