Timborako

I was rooting through my parents' basement and found an extremely dust-covered Pioneer PL-600 (black) that my dad got back in the '80s. By his own account he used it "a couple of times" back then and never since.

Its overall intact with dust cover and all the parts. I gave it a quick spin and everything seemed to be in working order. I tried it out on some junkier records and it sounded just fine (after adjusting the speed screw a bit).

My main question is should the cartridge be replaced? Its almost 30 years old (which would lead me to replace it) however it was used only a handful of times during that period. Also, should I worry about the belt breaking, i.e. should I preemptively order

Back in high school everquest was the shit. My best, most heart warming moments come from set ups like this: friday night, soda flowing, the servers are packed and I'm in a kick-ass group in the crushbone throne room. We have a perfect group (cleric, bard, maybe a warrior or two, enchanter) and have gotten the spawn rotation down to a science. People are cooperating and doing their jobs, and we never get trained. So many memories...

If society was based upon everyone being born as the scum-of-the-earth, with no basic access to food, shelter, education, health care, etc, society would never progress. The idea is that we DON'T start from scratch every generation. Even our hard-working ancestors had the basics of life just a little bit better than those before them (if not much better).

If you have pulled yourself up by your bootstraps, then good for you (no sarcasm intended). Its not easy, and if you did it truly by yourself then even more power to you.

But keep in mind that many people either don't have the resources or the intelligence to do the same. And some have made awful life choices. Does that mean they are doo