Got up.

Watched tv.

on the phone to my mate, (at the Cafe) apparently there's an alarm going off at "360 Elizabeth St", something to do with out ISDN PRIs. I couldn't work out what's at 360 Elizabeth St.

I got off the phone, googled, 360 Elizabeth St is the Tower in Melbourne. I assumed they were talking about Sydney.

I called back, but he was on the phone, so I left a message.

Watched more tv.

I was on the phone again, and the mail arrived. A box, a padded envelope, and a a dell newsletter thing (why do they send me these things, I've never bought anything).

The box contained a bunch of 8 tracks:

Chicago,
Chicago V,
Chicago VIII,
Chicago IX,
The Doobie Brothers: Minute by Minute,
The Doobie Brothers: The Captain and Me,
The Doobie Brothers: Livin' on the Fault Line,
The Doobie Brothers: Best of the Doobies,
The Magic Organ: Penny Arcade,
The Magic Organ: Good Time Show,
The Magic Organ: Street Fair (x2).

Why I bought some (or all) of these I don't know. They were 3 separate auctions, all by the same seller, so I saved on shipping by putting them all together. I also could have saved on shipping by not buying them, but anyway.

I've never heard of The Magic Organ before, I hope they're ok, and I've only ever heard like 2 Chicago songs before.

The padded envelope contained another one, "Greatest Rock n Roll Hits of the 50s and 60s, from the movie Lemon Popsicle".

This one is still in the original shrink wrap! in a spiffy cardboard holder (which they call a "specially designed slip case").

I haven't opened it yet, it's in mint condition. It's too bad they aren't worth anything.

I spent hours opening all of them up and checking them, based on the info I read about repairing cartridges a couple of nights ago. I'm glad I did, a few I opened had kinks in the tape, loopbacks, and would have wrecked themselves. One had the foil splice hanging by a thread, so I reglued/taped it.

almost all of the carts had cheap and nasty foam in them (which sits under the play head in the player) which has died, as soon as you touch it it just falls apart or squashes to nothing.

None of the pinchwheels had died, that was good.

I went out, I wanted to get some weather strip to replace the foam, get some lunch, and some throat drops. I went out, got fuel, had lunch, it started raining, so I couldn't be bothered going to the hardware shop, I went and sent a Money Order off for more 8 tracks, and then bought some throat drops.

I saw Advil on the shelf, so I had to buy some.

Oh, and I bumped into a guy I used to teach somethings on the computer, who lives in the retirement village where my Grandma is.

I came home, and typed this up. time for more tv.