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A FOND FAREWELL TO EBAY

This is my last listing on ebay to try getting a response from their tech department.    Avalonvh46 was a username chosen by my mother.  She met my father while teaching roller skating at the Avalon skate center in Montana.  Dad was just home from serving in Patton's Third Army at the Battle  of the Bulge.  And beyond.  Things were happening for more decades of good living by worthy people.  A couple years before Dad died my Mom had a stroke and needed full nursing care.  She worked hard in physical therapy and gained partial use of her paralyzed left side.  She would need 24/7.  Dad also had health problems with cancer and congestive heart failure.   So for them to remain at home I had to quit employment and stay in their home for daily care.  I used a hoya lift and medical hospital beds to care for them.  When Dad died Mom was nostalgic for when they built their antique and collectible business when they were still young and vital.  So I tried opening an ebay account to keep her

COSMIC SPIRIT WITH HAMMOND JOURNEY (Part Two)

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I wouldn't declare I will NEVER have another Hammond B-3 with full red walnut cabinet and two Leslies for arena sound.                                        Hammond XK-1C I'm just wondering if it might be a benefit to get one of the new Hammonds for recording purposes, since I'm not aiming for stadiums anyway?  My girlfriend would never find room in our house for the big equipment.  I have a section of posts that feature the new Hammonds that synthesize the old tonewheels.  But this blog post is about the recording potential of a world I know nothing about.   Remember that the early time of impassioned learning can be fun in itself.  We listened to Cream, Iron Butterfly, and Traffic with a sense of awe about how such sound was created.  Then we asked musicians how they did it.  Got magazines, Rolling Stone, and liner notes to spy on how it is done.  Conceptual expertise followed but the big step was actually getting some equipment.   That's where I'm at with lookin

THE EQUIVALENT ADVANTAGE

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Effort to raise my vibration (as they say) means I confront and overcome a tech failure on a selling platform.  First, I'm glad I still have the $2,000 appraised value first edition book because  it had such positive impact for me.  My reading and use was long after the 1937 publishing date on the classic.  A couple of quotes from the book and you will know the book and my meaning.   "Every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent success."  Pg 31 "Every adversity brings with it the seed of an equivalent advantage."  Pg 37 Yes, I'm trying to sell a first edition of "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill.  I also have several other collectible books and products that gained interest.  Questions from buyers were about why they could not buy when they clicked "Buy Now."  I took my problem to the Ebay company and the following results :  WHY EBAY SUCKS (To Use The Vernacular Of Generation Misanthrope) Getting attention from a failed a