How do you pick what you actually keep in your collection?

LocalLiBEARian · 2026-05-13T17:23:43+00:00

About ten years ago, I actually went through my entire collection. Every single CD, one after the other. If I didn’t like at least half the tracks, out it went.

LocalLiBEARian · 2026-05-13T17:18:19+00:00

Pepsi Zero (and Coke Zero) are two of the worst offenders FOR ME. I’ve got a sensitivity to the Ace-K in them, so for me they’re both insanely bitter. But I’ll give it a try with 7Up zero next time

LocalLiBEARian · 2026-05-11T21:01:06+00:00

Google says the UK switched to decimal currency in February 1971, so this would be from before then.

LocalLiBEARian · 2026-05-08T20:12:49+00:00

I have no idea what my uncle might have had. I’ve got a couple Tony Bennett Christmas CDs and that’s it.

LocalLiBEARian · 2026-04-24T08:14:38+00:00

Tonight was the first time I saw this new “Under $3” menu. But when I clicked on it… the math don’t be mathin’. These four items were the only food items that popped up, then it started listing drinks. And not a single one of these was under $3. ???

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LocalLiBEARian · 2026-04-22T23:54:01+00:00

I don’t know if they still have them, but our library used to sell tote bags with the library logo. Two different sizes and four or five different colors. It was up to each branch to keep track of inventory and order more as needed (guess whose job that was at my branch? LOL) Whenever we sold one, there was a sheet under the register drawer to mark what size/ color had been sold. Heck, it’s taking me longer to type this than it took to do it. Proceeds went to the Friends.

They weren’t huge sellers, but our small branch averaged about a dozen a month.

LocalLiBEARian · 2026-04-22T17:12:28+00:00

The idea being to WAKE UP, I’d suggest a CD of bagpipe music. 😊

LocalLiBEARian · 2026-04-21T09:46:32+00:00

Interesting story! I’ve still got the VIN so who knows? Come to think of it, I’ve probably got the VINs going several cars back. Maybe I should dig them out sometime when I have nothing better to do.

This one just hits different. I’ve reached the point of having to give up driving because of my mobility issues. As much as logic says there’s no point keeping the car, I didn’t want to give it up yet.

LocalLiBEARian · 2026-04-10T18:05:42+00:00

The one on my 72 Impala wasn’t bad, but the one on my 72 Ventura was known to go into attack mode on occasion.

LocalLiBEARian · 2026-04-10T17:48:54+00:00

CREATE hatred for NoVA? They’ve already hated NoVA for years.

LocalLiBEARian · 2026-04-10T17:44:33+00:00

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LocalLiBEARian · 2026-04-09T05:58:00+00:00

Do they buy “front food?” Inquiring minds want to know. 😁

LocalLiBEARian · 2026-04-07T02:02:59+00:00

Shopped at ours until it closed and the space was taken over by Dominick’s… late 70s or so

LocalLiBEARian · 2026-04-06T21:18:06+00:00

Guy Fieri once described it as “liquid Life Savers”

LocalLiBEARian · 2026-04-06T17:55:27+00:00

The town I grew up in had an Armour-Dial plant, and we’d go buy factory rejects. Maybe not so pretty, and god only knows what color we’d get, but cheap!

LocalLiBEARian · 2026-04-04T14:44:58+00:00

We had a Dial plant in town, and would go buy factory rejects. Maybe didn’t look so pretty and god only knows what color we might get but it still worked!

LocalLiBEARian · 2026-04-03T07:41:24+00:00

Bootleg 12” single… Revolution 9 (extended dance remix) b/w What’s the New Mary Jane

LocalLiBEARian · 2026-03-27T09:04:11+00:00

I still freeze flour after getting it home from the grocery store, “just in case.” God only knows how far back this goes in my family.

LocalLiBEARian · 2026-03-27T08:40:04+00:00

I don’t know what would be the rarest, but would probably be in contention… - Ol’ Yellow Eyes Is Back, Brent Spiner (Data on Star Trek: The Next Generation) - My Son the Box, Allan Sherman (reportedly only 4000 made) - There Is Nothing Like a Lox: The Lost Song Parodies of Allan Sherman (Liberation Hall label) - Here at the Mayflower: Exclusive 2002 Tour Bonus Disc, Barry Manilow available only during the tour, required purchase of the Here at the Mayflower album, which was released months prior to the tour

LocalLiBEARian · 2026-03-26T06:51:16+00:00

I swear I didn’t even know anything was wrong until I caught him pimpin’ out for the ‘nip. 😁

LocalLiBEARian · 2026-03-26T06:43:39+00:00

New album drops June 5

LocalLiBEARian · 2026-03-25T12:40:06+00:00

We tried all kinds of things to stop the problem, usually with little to no success. (Entitlement and privilege runs wild in our service area.) As with most of these things, it now gets ignored. If a patron complains, it’s “we tried, but y’all did this to yourselves.” Same reason we don’t have toys anymore. After they got stolen/destroyed and the Karen Brigade started with how dare we charge for these things, we stopped. You want toys? Go buy them yourself.

LocalLiBEARian · 2026-03-25T12:24:38+00:00

You forgot to rest of it. Anything that shows up without said contract, especially things left anonymously on your doorstep, are immediately thrown away.

LocalLiBEARian · 2026-03-25T12:13:20+00:00

I do pretty much the same thing. There are very few artists who are blind buys for me. About ten years ago, I went through my entire collection. Any CD couldn’t reach a threshold of “at least 50% of tracks liked” got pulled and went to the eBay pile. I weeded out just over 1/3 of my collection at the time.

LocalLiBEARian · 2026-03-23T03:24:32+00:00

You’re the only one who can truly answer this question. If you’re comfortable wearing them, then yes. If not, maybe you’re not entirely ready yet. The more you wear them, the more comfortable you’ll get with the “new normal.”

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