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What would you save in a fire?

Had the unpleasant experience of the Palisades fire nearly burning my house down. As in, I left driving through a firestorm and when I returned all except the actual structure was blackened. I then had to choose what to take with me before fire makes it way back the other side of the hill (which it’s doing now) and stuff my car. I was able to take about 300 out of 10k records, 2 turntables (one that is 250 lbs and almost gave me a hernia), my DAC, 2 phonostages… but had to leave my Aleph 1.2 monoblocks and speakers. Although I did also save 4 TAD woofers, 2 compression drivers, 2 horns and tweeters. I left everything else, spare a shirt and underwear.

I know it sounds materialistic or petty, but the music means everything to me. My wife saved 20 pairs of shoes haha. My question for you is… if you had to choose quickly, what would you save? Would your system make the cut?

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I usually way over think things, but a few days ago I simply lined up 2 large cat carriers with food, a tin containing important paper documents and placed a bell around my wife's neck.

Figured I would stuff our meds in my jacket on the way out.

We live between the recent Sunset and Hollywood Bowl fires.

The fires were extinguished. 

Now rethinking it as we have photos all over the apartment I placed the one of my mother and aunt riding in a goat drawn cart as "kids" next to the from door as it's my favorite.

 

DeKay

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Mr. Butter:

Pico/Robertson is a safe place, IMO, and as we are just below Fountain Ave I'm fairly confident that we are as well.

However, Mel Gibson started camping out @ our pool (your pool idea) which is just a basic plastic Turtle Pool, located on our back/common area apartment patio, and he refused to leave until I started blasting Klezmer Jazz to that area.

Music RULES!!!

DeKay

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asvjerry:

What if there's no space left for the Lithium?

That's what I kept asking myself.

 

DeKay

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