What A Drag It Is Getting Old
The other day, I was listening to some CDs and then decided to put on a record. I turned the selector knob on my Audio Note OTO to “phono”, which is to the left of “cd” and no sound. I thought maybe it was a dirty contact, so I turned the selector back to cd and then to “aux” in hopes of cleaning the switch. Lo and behold- the record played on “aux”! Impossible. An aux input doesn’t have enough gain for a phono cartridge, but there it was. I called my dealer and he said to bring it in on Monday. OK. Later that day I decided to try again and I realized something. The selector on the OTO is on the bottom of the knob, so turning the knob to the left towards “phono” is actually moving the indicator on the bottom to the right towards “aux”. Turning the knob to the right towards “aux” moves the selector on the bottom to the left to “phono”. I’ve owned this amp for 2 years and I just forgot. As I said- WHAT A DRAG IT IS GETTING OLD.
@mapman ”Why is it..” Old v Young I think the answer is simple…. Old people (myself included as over the hill) think more often about how many years they have left, so the age thing is always in the front of their minds. Youngsters think far less about age, view the long game with how many years ahead are left on the clock, so the age thing is at the back of their minds. |
@mapman In true Moody Blues fashion. ”l never thought l’d live to be a hundred…… Justin Hayward. ”Wait and see” |
@slaw ”Gettin’ old ain’t for pussies” Your not Sam Elliott (in disguise) are you? |
@waytoomuchstuff “Just yesterday”
Thank you for offering up your scrambled memory recipe. The trifle of growing old. Today…. and relevant to @slaw ”Getting old ain’t for pussies”
l have done similar things comparable with your case. More than once l have soldered up a new RCA connection to a cable and think l have made a very good clean and tidy job, only then to see l had forgotten to put the screw up plug end onto the cable first.
The hunt is on, l am catching you up fast |
