Maria says that she got a house and I got a jukebox. I would say that she is correct! Of course we will share both. This is my Wurlitzer 2800, 1964. It works and is a beauty. It needs a cleaning and a fine tune and thanks to Dan Zelinsky of the Museum Mechanique, we're finding people who will get this done. However once we brought this gem back from Santa Rosa (thank you Tim and Jo for your help!) and got it unloaded from the Zipcar truck, it was a chore to carry, slide, push her into the house (thank you Dexter, Maria, Kathy, Bob, and brother Tim). At that point we decided the jukebox would never be moved out of this house by us again. Looks like the task will go to a company called Past Perfect in Petaluma. They will pick up, repair and bring 'er back...someday. Hopefully by the time we move in July- is our goal. (Past Perfect picked up the jukebox on 6/18)
The Wurlitzer 2800 holds 100 45's (that's 200 tunes) and is as lovely to me as the Lost In Space robot!
Also, another visual spender is a view of SF from our east bay point of view. As we discover Alameda, we're loving it. It seems out of time....just like a 45.
I haven't been posting much but will catch up in the next couple of weeks. This has been an incredible time, full of excitement and overwhelming moments. Mostly when I can I've just sat back to enjoy baseball- and bay area baseball has rarely been as rewarding as it is now.
6/27 this has changed drastically for the Giants. The A's still going strong. Also of note was an A's game we saw vs. the Angels where Yoenis Cespedes had an amazing game; throwing out 2 runners attempting to score- deep left field to home, TWICE in one inning. Never saw that before! 2 barehanded grabs of balls hit in the outfield; one an excellent running reach to cut off a hit, another pure hot dog. A 7th inning Triple knocking in two runs (both go-ahead runs), and a 9th inning 3 run home run. Plus an earlier double.
This game also honored the 1974 A's World Series team with many of the great players; Reggie, Joe Rudi, Rollie, Vida, Campy, Bando, Blue Moon, Dick Green, Bill North, Herb Washington (well, not all were great but of great distinction), Monte Moore, Gene Tenace, Ray Fosse and others. Plus it was Catfish Hunter bobblehead day (Catfish died in 1999).
I notice in Alameda- alot of Green and Yellow. Not so much Black and Orange. What's up with that?
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