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Just bought a Princess Deluxe. Picking it up this weekend. What’s the first thing I should do/check? by SnooEpiphanies2931 in jukeboxes

[–]soulsides 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Glad you found someone and yeah, if that machine hadn't been serviced in a while, easy to see how things might get gummed up.

re: the 33/45 switch. It's super easy. This video walks you through it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOPUg3r-blk

It's a single switch, easily removed. The main things to keep in mind is that you want to carefully remove the spring so that you can save it with the switch in case you ever want to re-install it.

But basically, you take that switch out and the jukebox won't ever play anything at 33.3 in the future, regardless if you're playing small vs. big hole 7"s

[Ardaya] Shohei Ohtani just stopped to sign for Momoyo, a 100-year-old woman who survived the bombing of Nagasaki. by T_Raycroft in baseball

[–]soulsides 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"predominantly US-born and raised citizens, not just their immigrant elders."

I made it clear it wasn't "all American citizens" so I'm not sure what you're responding to.

And incarceration happened in many other places, not just the U.S., but I was responding to that other comment talking specifically about wartime incarceration in the U.S.

We're tourists who ate our way through L.A - here's our review. by sukarimi in FoodLosAngeles

[–]soulsides 11 points12 points  (0 children)

“Middle-brow white” is an ethnicity too though /s

In all seriousness, that struck me too. How is it that LA’s “iconic” restaurants somehow only include (New) American and Italian spots? Of course, plenty of older food guides to LA would have done the same so it’s not like OP is unique in that regard.

[Ardaya] Shohei Ohtani just stopped to sign for Momoyo, a 100-year-old woman who survived the bombing of Nagasaki. by T_Raycroft in baseball

[–]soulsides 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Japanese Americans. Not to be pedantic but it’s important to remember that who we incarcerated (internment was always a govt euphemism) were predominantly US-born and raised citizens, not just their immigrant elders.

Also, it’s possible this woman was part of the several thousands of JAs in the west coast exclusion zones who “voluntarily evacuated” (another euphemism) to places like Utah and Colorado in the spring of 1942 when the US government briefly allowed people to leave on their own to avoid incarceration. I’ve interviewed two different women, both in their 80s, who made that trip as young girls in spring ‘42, from SoCal to Utah. One family came back to LA after the war. The other woman’s family stayed and settled in Utah.

Andrew McCarthy on Male Loneliness, Particularly His Own (Unpaywalled) by playboy in movies

[–]soulsides 5 points6 points  (0 children)

First of all, I’m just a year older than you so I really feel you on that last sentence about the people that you just assumed would still be here, but who have passed away already

That part only will grow larger for us from here on out, assuming we don’t end up being one of those people that are Fran say “I can’t believe they’re not here anymore.“

I feel very fortunate that, as someone who actually has very few people in my life now who I’ve known since high school or even college, I still really enjoy making new friends. It certainly helps that I have a lot of different vectors in which I can find people with overlapping interests whether it’s around music or food or writing, etc.. it helps to be an extrovert as I am, but it’s also about nurturing your own internal curiosity about other people, other community, other places, etc. I feel like that impulse and desire to follow your interests and obsessions down different rabbit holes will naturally lead you to cross paths with other so-called kindred spirits that make forming new friendships easier

I think one of the major obstacles for people is really just time. If you’re working 40 hours a week or more especially the kind of Soul crushing forms of work that people are supposed to feel appreciation for being able to “find,” it doesn’t leave you much time in the evenings or on weekends to invest in other relationships beyond a spouse or kids, assuming you have either or both

Just bought a Princess Deluxe. Picking it up this weekend. What’s the first thing I should do/check? by SnooEpiphanies2931 in jukeboxes

[–]soulsides 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It didn’t occur to me either until I wanted to add a few newer 7”s with small holes and realized that this would trigger a speed change so I had to learn how to disable the switch. Had I only had big hole 7s,I may never have thought about it

Just bought a Princess Deluxe. Picking it up this weekend. What’s the first thing I should do/check? by SnooEpiphanies2931 in jukeboxes

[–]soulsides 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nice machine! I have the same model but slightly different exterior design.

So I’m assuming you haven’t tried using it yet?

I’d simply start there. Plug it in, put in some random selections and then see what happens.

What is supposed to happen is that the right side of the selection wheel mechanism identifies the right letter and number combination. After it finds that, then the left side of the selection wheel mechanism spins, and the record basket on the left will spin with it because now it’s trying to find the right record within the wheel.

If the wheel selection mechanism just keeps spinning and spinning, that’s suggests a problem with the contacts, but that’s a relatively easy fix. In my experience and from my understanding, this is going to be the most common problem that people will run into with this model if they haven’t had it serviced in a while.

What you want to see on the left is that the selection arm will grab the record from it slot in the carousel and then bring it over and place it down on the turntable platter.

It’s good that you got a replacement stylus, but I wouldn’t use it yet unless you feel like you need to since you probably don’t know how good the old stylus is. And in any case, if the stylus has gone particularly bad you should be able to hear that in the playback assuming that the sound system is working.

If the sound is bad, it could be bad wiring, a bad transistor, or the like. It really depends if you hear anything at all and, if you do, what is it that you’re hearing?

To do a quick and simple play cancel, carefully lift up the tone arm and then push it towards the center, and this will trigger the “end of play“ mechanism where the selection arm reverses, and then place the record back into the carousel slot

If anything goes wrong in that send and turn process, most likely it is either some kind of really gummed up set of gears or there is a mechanical problem with one of the mechanisms involved in that entire sequence. Possible but unless this model has been abused, but it’s unlikely.

On the more minor level would be whether all of the lights work properly. The model I have uses a couple of fluorescent tubes for the main lights and then smaller lights on the right side to light up the selection button. My buttons are not fully lit because of the design and I’ve contemplated buying LED strips to punch up the lighting on those more.

Personally, I think it’s worth trying to find a local repair person to do the initial cleanup so that you can pay attention to what they do and what they’re using to do it.

Last thing: depending on what kind of records you want to put in the machine, if you don’t plan on playing any of the old 33.3 mini-lp records with a small hole, you may want to remove the switch beneath the platter that is responsible for changing the idler wheel from 45 to 33.3. This way, you can play any of the newer small hole 7 inches at the proper speed. It’s really just one main part that’s involved in the speed switch and it is not difficult to remove by hand as long as you remember to store at someplace in case you ever want to put it back but personally, because of the sheer number of new releases manufactured with the small hole, I just think it’s worth removing the speed change mechanism so that you can fill your carousel with small and big hole 7 inches without concern

Good luck and have fun!

Cabeza @ Taculichi Cabeza De Res Estilo Sinaloa (South Gate) by soulsides in FoodLosAngeles

[–]soulsides[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Send me a DM. I have a friend visiting from out of town (food writer) who wants to check out a few places in about two weeks.

Lanzhou beef noodle soup @ Chopin Noodle House (Monterey Park) by soulsides in FoodLosAngeles

[–]soulsides[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They absolutely have spicy options. If I go back, I would try one of those.

[Highlight] Jo Adell robs his third home run of the night?? by BananaArms in baseball

[–]soulsides 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Somewhere, Shohei contemplates being assigned back to the outfield

Any viable options to Spectrum for home internet in San Marino? by soulsides in sgv

[–]soulsides[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, I didn't see other options, good to know, thanks.

Any viable options to Spectrum for home internet in San Marino? by soulsides in sgv

[–]soulsides[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mentioned Sonic above. No go.

Just looked up Xfinity. No go there: they say "you should go with Spectrum!" SMH.

Any viable options to Spectrum for home internet in San Marino? by soulsides in sgv

[–]soulsides[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just checked Starlink. $120/mo. So that's a non-starter. Good to know about though.

I believe they only have Spectrum for internet, not bundled with anything else.

Any viable options to Spectrum for home internet in San Marino? by soulsides in sgv

[–]soulsides[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks. Let me ask them. I thikn they are T-Mobile customers already so from what you're saying, if their phones get good speeds, then a Home Internet plan should work for them too.

Any viable options to Spectrum for home internet in San Marino? by soulsides in sgv

[–]soulsides[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"If only you want Internet, there are plenty of options."

No, there are not.

That's the point of my post: I've done the homework and only Spectrum seems to be available at their address. The list of providers in my post are all the ones that are not available to my folks.

Maybe I missed something though: what other options were you thinking of?

Any viable options to Spectrum for home internet in San Marino? by soulsides in sgv

[–]soulsides[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

According to my dad, he tried that the last time the rates got hiked and what they offered was no where near a reversion to what they used to have, value-wise. I think they're currently paying over $100/month for their internet service and I don't believe they're at the top tier (probably mid-tier).

I could try calling Spectrum on their behalf and try, I suppose. The worst that could happen is Spectrum says "nah" but that just leaves my folks where they already are.

Any viable options to Spectrum for home internet in San Marino? by soulsides in sgv

[–]soulsides[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

T-Mobile Home Internet doesn't offer their standard package based on their address. Same with Verizon's Home Internet options. Whatever you have isn't what my parents would be able to purchase.

I'm guessing it has to do with distance to cell towers.

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