I’ve got an Akai cassette player and Technics receiver that haven’t been serviced. Also got a turntable from same era. So probably haven’t been cleaned or repaired in close to 50 years. Are there any good places that could service or repair these?
I decided to rewatch the series on Pluto and have just made it to Eve. A lot of shows take time to warm up and really hit their stride (ST:TNG for example) but once they do it’s kind of amazing. I’m finding The X-Files to be great from episode 1. And since it’s been probably 15-20 years since I saw it last I’m seeing it with very different eyes than I ever did before. I was in my teens during its original run. I am definitely a product of The Scully Effect…though a rather delayed culmination. I only graduated from medical school a little over year ago. And while I had initially planned on being a forensic pathologist, I had a last-minute change and decided that emergency medicine was where I was most happy. FP is amazing and I still love it (happen to be trained in forensic entomology) but EM is where I found my way.
Anyway, watching this show with the mind of a newbie doc and someone who should be well into my midlife crisis by now, I’m finding little things are adding to the joy of the series. Things I took for granted back then because they were familiar or just common. The cell phones that never work. The sound of an internet connection, Jeeps (AMC Jeeps at that) for all the military vehicles. The fact that all cars look a little bit unique and have a diversity of paint jobs. Ashtrays in every office. There’s just something about this series being very much of its time which was a time of huge transition (though I didn’t recognize that at the time). I don’t know if this post makes any sense, but I’m just sitting here feeling a strange pleasant nostalgia for something filmed in this era, representing this era. Whereas something made during modern day but taking place 30+ years ago has a different vibe.
Don’t get me wrong, I was miserable for the majority of my adolescence. Toxic home and school environments made things rough. Then found myself homeless in my late teens when my dad decided I wasn’t good enough I suppose. It wasn’t an overall happy time. But I feel some strange warm, fuzzies when I watch it now. I know I wouldn’t have had that real, passionate spark or desire to be a doctor if it hadn’t have been for this show. I saw myself in Scully, or at least something I could try for. And here I am. Dr. Bugwitch. Holy mother forking shirtballs I did it.
Do you know what the heck I’m rambling about? What are your weird inner “fuzzies” that you get when you watch the show?
Random note: If they remake it, the people who did the music for Mindhunter need to score the show.
Edit: A couple of things I've noted as I continue:
- Informercial with spray-on hair
- You gotta pull up the antenna on the cell phones
- Random porn magazines found on the side of the road
- Old, nonworking cars just randomly on the sides of streets and in yards
Are there any vets or other places that would take care of a cat for a week? A google search gave me a very poorly reviewed place and another place that seems to be dedicated to just dogs. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks all.
Hey all. Do you get penalized for doing additional preventative stuff? Like if I give everyone the shingles vaccine, or tell everyone to stop smoking even if they don't. I don't seem to be penalized on the CCS Cases website for giving everyone a pneumococcal vax, but does that hold true for the real deal? Day 2 tomorrow. Totally, not panicking.