Author: doug

Deadphones

I don’t use them often, and it’s been a while, but when I tried to listen to music with these noise-cancelling JVC headphones, there was sound only on the left. I tried three different devices, sent an email, received a reply with a toll-free number, called it and described the problem.

Sold in 2005, they are now a “legacy” product, and JVC doesn’t repair headphones anyway, they replace them if necessary. So there.

They won’t be replacing these. I bought them in April 2019 at the Unclaimed Baggage Center in Scottsboro, Alabama.

For $3. They were great.

Until they weren’t.

Barter!

When we moved to Uruguay in 2009, I planted two avocado trees, which by now are quite large, and producing a bumper crop. 

Today we drove a box of them to the organic farm of a German family. We came back with fresh arugula, sweet potatoes, turmeric, leeks, Mandarin oranges, three kinds of squash, and a pomegranate (sweet, we’re promised —the last have been very tart).

I took two avocados (one kilo!) for Syd and his wife. When we returned from the dog walk, there were four fresh-picked grapefruit awaiting me.

From our neighbors behind, we have gotten homemade English muffins, crumpets, and most recently bagels.

I like it!