Up 'till even now I've had a sense of pride in my old Panasonic Discman. It's had it's stories of when it should have up and died and the headphones I got with it originally are now worn and beaten and just recently began to break down more considerably. This diskman has been to Britan, Ukraine, The Philippines if not Mexico as well. It had served many purposes, most recently as a study aid to me at college. When everyone else have been walking around with thier MP3 players and ear buds they sometimes stop to chuckle at my tenancy toward an older unit. But I have endured their false scorn to the force that this diskman that had brought me this far would continue to bear my use. It has been thrashed and bashed and used and abused for a number of years and even as i went out the door tonight I took the chance to speak on such once again.
I had just brutally dropped my Diskman (Perhaps I should name him something at this point, like Brutalis or Ol' Faithful) on the floor again. Checking it for damage it appeared to be working fine and I took the opportunity to share with my room mate the fortitude of my unit. And as I walked out the door I stated something to the effect of "It'll be used 'till the day it dies." Final last words.
Yes, as much as a sorrowful and ironic twist this is, I must share that no sooner had I begun to walk away that I realized that the old standby was not functioning and that a small piece in it's spinning mechanism had broken use.
The Old Standby is no more.
(Save a nearly functional piece of equipment that could yet be proved as value as a coffee cup holder, laser pointer etc. )
But it is nice to have a piece of equiptment that lasts.
Where do I go from here? Into the market for an MP3 player. Hopefully one that can live up to the name "reliable".
Anyone have one for sale?
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Nope. No sales. You don't want to go find another reliable discman? well, to each his own. As long as the music is good, eh?
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