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Born in Skipton raised in the village of addingham in wharfedale, moved to New Zealand for 36 years, now a resident of Perth Western Australia, i have 2 sons 3 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren..Sons were born in the uk, 2 grandchildren in New Zealand, 1 grandchild and 4 great grandchildren are true blue aussies.

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SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT

Blog Posted:8/30/2012 9:06:00 AM

Hi Soupers.How much music have you on your I-Pod, or any device that holds your favourite music. I have at last nearly caught up with recording my music collection of vinyl and cd's on to my I-Pod, so far i have 60.35 GB on there, which in segments of one hour, a total of 1400 hours, which equates to 58.33 Days or 8.33 Weeks, 2.08months of non-stop music. and for variety, i like ALL kinds of music, hard to believe, everything!. so i have music from the 1920's to now, 2012 all genre. absolutely everything. and i'm still collecting old vinyl usually at 'Çar Boot Sale' and charity Shops. there told you so something completely different. Harry

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Harry
Horsman

Date: 9/1/2012 10:10:00 AM

Yasmin, i like everything,all music tells me,culture, history, happiness, tragedy, my youth, my parents youth, from Blues, to country, rock, jazz, music from the east, middle east, classical, the pacific, etc etc. thank you for your interest. Harry

Harry
Horsman

Date: 9/1/2012 10:03:00 AM

Hi, Rhonda, down loading music is the thing today, how things have changes since my youth. look after those vinyl, they are the next generations collectables.

Rhonda
Johnson-Saunders

Date: 8/31/2012 9:57:00 AM

I could listen to music all day, Harry. Like Ruben, I had hundreds of cds. I'm slowly getting rid of them for space. My priorities have changed since becoming a mom. I have about 1000 songs on my ipod and anything else I want to hear I can always find online. I cried at the first yard sale I sold cds at. Now it's getting easier. Much of the music (especially stuff from the sixties and seventies) reminded me of my dad. He was a musician and music was always a big part of our time together. I still have some of his vinyls. Great blog...hugs, Rhonda

Harry
Horsman

Date: 8/31/2012 1:30:00 AM

Hi Joann mind equates to appox 25000, i use shuffle all the time, i recorded in 1 hour segments, appox 16 songs per hour, depending on the length of the song, hope you enjoyed your 6 weeks away, were you in Malham? Thanks for the interest.

Joann
Grisetti

Date: 8/30/2012 6:41:00 PM

I am listening to my ipod now, i have it on shuffle. 4576 songs, do not know the equivalent in hours, but I had a six week trip last summer, and no repeats.

Harry
Horsman

Date: 8/30/2012 4:48:00 PM

Yes Debbie, one can now purchase a machine, which will record from one to the other. that is what i did, with my first 600 tapes, now i record in single track on to a usb stick and convert that way, but the machine is easier, try looking on the net, just type into google, Casette tape to cd, it will bring up heaps of options.

Harry
Horsman

Date: 8/30/2012 4:41:00 PM

Hi jack wow storage on the phone, that is hi-tect, or maybe it is just me, bring on the Miller Band, thanks for your interest.

Debbie
Guzzi

Date: 8/30/2012 4:37:00 PM

Is there anyway to easily copy from tape to cd?

Jack
Horne

Date: 8/30/2012 3:36:00 PM

we don't have the original vinyl records, lol, but my wife loves 1920s, 30s and 40s music too, Harry. She stores her music mostly on her phone, I think

Harry
Horsman

Date: 8/30/2012 3:24:00 PM

Mandy cannot wait, p.d interesting question. i started as i said below, recording my collection on to blank tapes in June 1986, 26 years ago, as you can see music is a serious hobby with me. Thanks for the interest. harry

Harry
Horsman

Date: 8/30/2012 3:21:00 PM

Debbie & Andrea i also started with blank tapes and before the I-Pod came along 2009 had 600 that i had recorded, and i have still got the tapes, and yes Debbie, i'm at a loss at what to do with them, i'd give them away to a worthy cause if anyone can come up with an idea.

Harry
Horsman

Date: 8/30/2012 3:17:00 PM

Yes Dan i found a long time ago, that one cannot record music for others to listen to, i play mine in the car, or here while i'm on the p.c or even writing poetry, although only as back ground music.

Poet Destroyer
A

Date: 8/30/2012 2:46:00 PM

Harry, i have my music scattered all around,,, makes me wonder how long it took you to fix all of the music you like... great blog..xox~pd

Mandy
Tams The Golden Girl

Date: 8/30/2012 2:09:00 PM

I'll send you hot with this one harry ...... ha ha xx

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 8/30/2012 2:02:00 PM

I pod? what is I pod? hahaha. Sigh. I have 800 records and over a thousand cassette tapes. I stopped recording or buying music years go because it does not pay to even have them. I listen to music as I drive to and from work. That's all the time I have for music anyway. there is too much in the world to enjoy, too many poems to read and to write, too many movies to view, too many books to read, family and church to interact with, etc etc. I really changed from when I was young and recorded all my favorite stuff on blank tapes!! Today, I can barely stay abreast of the top 20!!! It's so cool you have all the genres, Harry. I too have collections going back to 30's! (stuff I bought from tv)

Debbie
Guzzi

Date: 8/30/2012 12:35:00 PM

sigh..so much work! I have been staring at boxes of cassettes! with my favorite ballads & what to do with them? the car has no cassette player anymore [sigh] I have a tower of CD's but no ipods & I guess I have kinda given up on popular music [I sing in church and I guess it's enough for me now...lots of classical and world music at our church] so NO I-Pod, no I pad, NO Kindel LOL [have pen & paper can write cursive! LOL]

Harry
Horsman

Date: 8/30/2012 9:40:00 AM

Ruben that's going some, i'm old fashioned too, beat me with about 650 cd, the rest are vinyl. on my I-Pod i created a program so that all my collection was mixed, and not just a repeat of the cd's and vinyl discs

Harry
Horsman

Date: 8/30/2012 9:35:00 AM

Mandy how apt, Dean Martin amongst others, some of your wonderful poetry, are "Memories are made of this' i like him too. at this very moment i'm listening to 'Memphis Minnie' from her 1950's vinyl 'Hot Stuff' brilliant.

Harry
Horsman

Date: 8/30/2012 9:32:00 AM

nette, the beat sure does go on and on and on. thanks for your interest.

Mandy
Tams The Golden Girl

Date: 8/30/2012 9:16:00 AM

We are behind you by quite a bit I think we have about 30 hours but not on an I pod its on a usb stick and like yourself it is eclectic, I have such a wide range of music from the good old days to todays stuff, my favourite is Dean Martin, I think but then something else comes on like Rownan and I love his as well and then Celine Dion, even Spike Jones that my dad used to mime to on stage, wierd hey xx

Nette
Onclaud

Date: 8/30/2012 9:13:00 AM

wow, harry.. i'm a music-eater and my i-pod has about 600 on the playlist... still want more but i ask a frind to do the work for me... and the beat goes on!... :) huggs!

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How Do I Say Good-Bye?	I do not know?	death,father,loss,sad,hou
The Warp and the Weft	Couplet	inspirational,
The War's Over!	Free verse	allegory,introspection,li
Simple Words For Simple People	Free verse	love,on writing and words
Senior Moments	Rhyme	funnycar,
Unconfined	Quintain (English)	lost love,
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Thirtieth High School Reunion	Rhyme	funny,school,me,me,
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Pain	Ballad	adventure,
Poets	Quatrain	confusion,funny,art,art,p
Yesterdays People	Free verse	life,peopleautumn,
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A Question of Faith	Etheree	faith,
Taliban	Acrostic	angst,people,places,war,
Snowdrops	Rhyme	nature,winter,winter,
Occupy My Home	Dramatic Verse	introspection,
Greed and Deceit	Free verse	angst,family,
Dementia	Rhyme	life,sympathy,life,life,
Once Upon a Car Ride	Free verse	confusion,depression,fear
Peer Pressure of the Worst	Couplet	fear,life,loss,war,
Poetry	Tanka	on writing and words,
Modern Life	Rhyme	funny,life,car,me,work,wa
Bethlehem's Star	Free verse	faith,holiday,
Morning Has Broken - 1	Quatrain	day,fantasy,fear,me,plane
Morning Has Broken - 2	Quatrain	fantasy,
Autumn Reverie	Rhyme	nostalgia,autumn,flying,
A New Year	Rhyme	holiday,peace,peace,
And Now For Something Completely Different	Free verse	mystery,funeral,old,funer
Save the Last Dance For Me	Couplet	love,romantic,dance,night
Wishes and Dreams	Couplet	day,deep,dream,health,lif
Ruby Lips	Light Verse	love,passion,romance,love
Do You Remember	Sonnet	daffodils,friendship,
Down For the Count	Rhyme	health,
As Lovers Go	Personification	nature,summer,sun,
Lest We Forget	Light Verse	goodbye,
Just Too Much	Rhyme	introspection,
Jungle War	Quatrain	history,war,home,home,
Gift Exchange To Brian From Mandy	Couplet	friendship,poets,
Taken	Rhyme	fear,grief,
A Road Still Driven	Quatrain	inspirational,love,
Guns	Couplet	death,life,nice,nice,
Wishful	Dramatic Monologue	inspirational,journey,lif
Our Christmas Eve Dinner	Couplet	dad,humorous,mom,prayer,
The Dart Chalker	Rhyme	humorous,sports,
The Flame	Rhyme	life,light,
Broadway Airs	Free verse	introspection,life,city,
No Tickee, No Washee	Quatrain	journey,life,old,old,
Woodland Path	Couplet	friendship,inspirational,
One Second Delay	Free verse	introspection,me,me,
Eleven Words	Free verse	lifeold,tree,old,tree,
The Strange Marriage of Love and Pain	Personification	love,marriage,pain,
He Touched Me	Free verse	miracle,
Yesterday	Acrostic	boyfriend,
Color Me Purple	Rhyme	emotions,
We Don'T Need No Stinking Contests - Wrong	Couplet	irony,satire,words,
Sweep In Like a Summer Breeze	Lyric	husband,lost love,
Waves of Roosters' Songs	Rhyme	introspection,
Dangerous Green	Rhyme	humor,
Cancer - Remembering What You Want To Forget	Free verse	cancer,remember,

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