Used Bookstore Tales

In the bookstore, the young lady behind the counter asked the lady in front of me in a round-about way if she was a senior. So, I was standing there expecting the same question and readying a witty response but then she didn't inquire the same with me and I'm thinking that maybe I appear to be much younger, and that maybe I shouldn't mention and admit to the reality of the situation. But then I really wanted that discount.

I walked into a goldmine of used vinyl records at great prices in the used bookstore. Ten records over two days of visits. Five of them on the ECM label which usually translates into greater expense with new vinyl or compact discs. What really impressed me though was their condition .... all near mint or mint. Both the covers and the actual vinyl. That combined with the fact that I hadn't seen nine of the ten before in this store caused me to think they were sold to the store by the same customer purging his/her collection.

And I'm thinking that this person ought to be granted automatic and instant sainthood for keeping them so pristine. All the records from the 1970's and 80's. 

And I'm thinking that there must be additional records awaiting pricing and placement in the racks, because it's unlikely that someone in the height of their collecting days just bought a few great nonmainstream titles and stopped there. Nor is it likely that these records were the non-keepers from a great collection and this gem of a human held onto the rest. 

And also that there might be a few in the lower regions of the racks that I have yet to sort through because I refuse on most days to physically bend down that low.