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Hey there -

My elderly parents are winding down. They want to play my mom's Joan Baez and Beatles records, but they no longer have a turntable. Audiophiles love the high end, so this question is a poor fit for this sub, but just in case there's someone from an audio store who knows it all who reads this:

Can you recommend a very, very easy to use turntable, where you can put a record on and then just push START or something, and you don't have to put the needle down. And can it be accompanied by small wireless speakers? Because their tiny living room was cluttered and full before we had to add walkers and all the equipment the hospice team brought in.

So, is there an idiot-proof all-in-one turntable plus small wireless speakers setup that an 85yo man in the middle of going blind can use to play old records to his dying wife?

Budget: any. I don't care if it's expensive. Any ideas very welcome and appreciated.

Location: Cambridge MA

Hey there -

My elderly parents are winding down. They want to play my mom's Joan Baez and Beatles records, but they no longer have a turntable. Audiophiles love the high end, so this question is a poor fit for this sub, but just in case there's someone from an audio store who knows it all who reads this:

Can you recommend a very, very easy to use turntable, where you can put a record on and then just push START or something, and you don't have to put the needle down. And can it be accompanied by small wireless speakers? Because their tiny living room was cluttered and full before we had to add walkers and all the equipment the hospice team brought in.

So, is there an idiot-proof all-in-one turntable plus small wireless speakers setup that an 85yo man in the middle of going blind can use to play old records to his dying wife?

Budget: any. I don't care if it's expensive. Any ideas very welcome and appreciated.

Location: Cambridge MA

Hello,

My elderly parents live in the house I grew up in in Cambridge. Their kitchen table got smashed when someone fell on it 😭. I am ordering them a new table, but especially since their doorways are very narrow, it seems like getting one that requires assembly is the best idea.

They are ancient and cannot assemble a table delivered from Target. **Where can I engage someone to go make it for them?** They're fragile and vulnerable and I can't fly out to do it this week, but they really need a kitchen table again because that's where they eat.

Any advice? Very appreciated :/

My daughter has been in love with a particular dress for years to wear to her senior prom. The design has gone out of regular production, but the designer said they still make it to order. However, this small designer is in Europe, so can't take my daughter's measurements or do a fitting. She sent me a detailed list of the required measurements.

I am thinking that a tailor or dressmaker would be better at getting accurate measurements that I would be. Can you think of any tailor or dressmaker who would provide that service? I would want to bring them the measurements sheet that the designer sent, and my daughter, and have this person measure my daughter in all these complicated ways to fill out that sheet.

Can you recommend anyone?

I am a little unclear about these entities and how they relate.

I have power of attorney for my elderly parents and am now in charge of their finances. Their stocks reside with Bank of America Private Banking (Private Bank?) Does that mean they're sitting at Merrill Lynch behind the scenes? When shares are purchased or sold, is it BofA, BofA PB, or ML that is doing the buying and selling?

Please, can anyone recommend a good care facility in or near Cambridge?

Ideally with memory care but able to house a husband and wife where he is old but functional and she is frail with Alzheimer's?

Cost is less important than quality of life.

SF public libraries now lending out radon detectors so you can check your home:

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Ideally with memory care but able to house a husband and wife where he is old but functional and she is frail with Alzheimer's.

High cost okay, if only they can suffer less.

My daughter is looking at BA and BFA programs that focus on ballet, specifically. She recently identified BYU as a school of interest. I am looking at it, and there are many many items on the website that seem to assume Mormonism? Things about getting some sort of Mormon recommendation, things about one's Mormon missionary requirements? Things about seminary?

My question is, can a nice Catholic girl who loves ballet, English literature, and abstract algebra successfully apply to BYU, or is it really for LDS folks and she should not intrude?