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    "Cause it's always like that with the Dead, you know - it's always the whole thing." - News Journal

    As we close out the 2019 Dave Pick's series, we deliver on our promise to give you the "whole thing" with the complete performance from The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 3/24/73 and what a show it was! An upstanding "musical eulogy" to the recently departed Pigpen, the Grateful Dead conducted a potent study in contrasts on this bittersweet night. They found easy balance between tidy jams like "They Love Each Other," "Wave That Flag," "Playing In The Band," and introspective moments on "Stella Blue," "Sing Me Back Home," and a poignant "He's Gone." It was all laid down with a discipline and a polish unheard of in any of the truly exceptional shows that had come before it. Yes, you might say, they cleaned up nice to carry on the legacy as Pig would have wanted.

    Limited to 20,000 numbered copies, DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 32: THE SPECTRUM, PHILADELPHIA, PA 3/24/73 has been mastered to HDCD specs from the 7" and 10" reels by Jeffrey Norman.

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  • JimInMD
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    You're right.. they did it at BCT too. I forgot about that.

    Brewer, I'm with you on ticket prices. It scared me away for many a show too, again, not because I can't afford it. The pricing and the way that pooped on the fan preorder = a real WTF are you guys doing factor. Couldn't they modernize GDTS or something? Perhaps Ticketmaster and LiveNation have too big a stranglehold, but the process leaves me feeling dirty.

  • Oroborous
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    AJS; sorry to “stir it up” yuck, yuck. I bet anyone who went to a decent amount of shows has some tale of regret.
    I had tix for Toga 88 but had to deal with medical shit and an upper GI that day sohad to sell tix. Probably 4 or 6 other almost/what if’s, but “goes to show....” Perhaps that’s what made the “super” shows we did get to so special.
    SHE BELONGS definetly a Bobby Dazzler. Saw a few of those and Believe it or not, which to me was like a cousin, or “Jerry” version of She Belongs. I love She belongs so much I used to play it. Also, don’t feel bad, the first night of Hampton 88 was the only time I went to a show but didn’t get in. I know Stir it up and Visions aren’t quite the same, but it still sucks. The part that really sucked was not knowing that the show was being broadcast in some (hotel?) parking lot. Dooooo! Heard the next day it was a hell of a party...
    JIM; yes, seems we were at many of the same shows...great minds think alike, lol
    Hopefully some day I’ll have the pleasure of meeting some of you nice folks at some shows! But,
    PRICES ETC; agree, tix, especially with all the bullshit charges are getting steep and the cost/benefit ratio ain’t quite what it used to be. That and/or I’m just another old bastard that wouldn’t leave the house much if I didn’t have to!
    So like many, I’ll still go as long as I’m able, it’s easy, and it’s close....very fortunate in Colorado that we have awesome venues and they come round fairly often...

    BILLYKID; that’s one hell of an opening, and I’m guessing all around show!

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    I bought my ticket that day at the box office. My seat was in the very last row. When I went up to my seat, there was a women up there with a handful of tickets, she handed me one and said "you can go down there and have a seat". I went down and sat in the second row. The Dead opened up with Box of Rain and then did Visions of Johanna. It was really cool.

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    A friend and I always say that The Eleven was the best thing the Grateful Dead ever did.

    I LOVED Futhur. I have enjoyed Dead & Co., but the size and price of their shows means I likely won't see them again. CAN I afford to attend?--yes. But at some price point it feels wrong to me.

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    i thought today was the order day for Dave's 33.

    on your marks, non-subscribers

  • JimInMD
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    Visions redux, She Belongs to Me, Furthur

    I think Further were their best from 2009 through 2012 (at least that's my take). I believe Bobby was expending extra efforts getting traction in the later years, something he seemed to address after they disbanded.

    That's right.. the played a one-off of Visions in Hampton '86. I know I was at the Break Out of Box of Rain (which in doing some research was on a Friday night). Visions was the night before and I'll be damned if I can remember if I was there or not.. I think the answer to that depends on whether or not this was during Spring Break or if we drove down Friday after the early classes??? Oroborous.. I can only hope we crossed paths at one of the apparently many shows we seem to share in common.

    Caught one She Belongs to Me too (Richmond).. what an emotional powerhouse that was.. when I hear it to this day I stop what I am doing and the emotions become my own. ..but I'm a sucker for the Jerry Ballads..

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    Thanks for jamming me again.

    It has been well documented that I missed the Hampton Warlocks at the fault of everyone else in my group who, for some unknown reason, placed a higher importance on graduate school than a historic concert. I also spent another night in Hampton listening to Ballad of a Thin Man in the parking lot. One of only two shows where I made the trip and was not able to grab tix.

    It's all good boss.

    I'll throw in "She Belongs to Me" for my most cherished memories of shows. Lot's of wonderful music, but those two stand out for sure.

    It's funny. I bailed on the band for 15 years. Sure, I saw The Dead, The Other Ones, Phil and his collection of buddies whenever they came within a reasonable distance of town. Nothing seemed to get the juices flowing again. Then came Furthur and something just clicked when they played The Eleven. Kadlecik wailing away. It was great.

    Saw Furthur a few more times, but they were never able to capture that moment again for me. It did, however, motivate me to get to the Capitol Theatre to see a bunch of shows. Phil and his boys were the clear stars down there. Among the many highlights were Viola Lees Blues, Doin That Rag and a half hour long H>S>F encore.

    Back in 2016 a long time tour friend reached out to me with tickets for the first Dead & Co. show at Fenway. So, I went. Two things I will say, the sound itself was unbelievable and Mayer is the best fake Jerry to date. We had an unbelievably good time. First set H>S>F. St. Stephen, Dark Star, Morning Dew, Casey Jones.

    Unfortunately, these days Dead & Co. isn't getting it done for me. I realize that lots of folks here enjoy it, but the tempo is just too slow for my ears. And the tickets are way, way overpriced.

    So, I am back to the old formula of seeing them in my backyard. Bob rolled through a year or so ago with the Wolf Brothers. Again, a little slow for my liking. Got to see an acoustic Deep Elem Blues, Easy to Slip and Ripple. All were outstanding. I kinda wish he would just stick to acoustic. To me it is far more enjoyable at that pace.

    Sorry for the rant, but you got me motivated to break out some old versions of The Eleven.

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    ...."These go to Eleven" - Nigel Tufnel

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    I was with an old Korean War veteran at that time and he took the minute or so for silence. He was the same age as Willie Nelson (3 weeks younger) and smoked as much weed. He was on a B-29 in the USAF. Also interesting to note he was very much anti-war. He used to go to Grateful Dead concerts several times a year. And he was one of my all time best friends.
    I only saw the Dead perform the 11 once, 12/26/81. No words , just the cord progressions.
    As far as Dark Star, St. Stephen, Lovelight -9/19/70 was a standout. (pigpen-thank you). 1970 was a wonderful time to be a teenager going to Grateful Dead concerts.

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    Here, here, yaassss, thanks Phil for all the great “post” versions of this, Viola, Cosmic, New Potato etc. Will always have a special place in my heart for the Phil Denver Philmore shows, but man I really dug Further.
    Still think they should have had John, Warren, Jimmy, et el play parts of the Fare Thee Well shows. No disrespect to Trey, I think he did a mostly decent job, especially since they really didn’t rehearse much, but I think they would have been better shows with the guys who actually knew the tunes and had played them with the band members...but I digress....
    Have seen some good D&C versions of the 11 etc, a hot version from Boulder a few years ago stands out in my minds eye, but I think the Further ones were my favs?
    Speaking of the Philmore shows; that was a nice time in “GD” history. The Other Ones and Futhur fest were cool and kept things going, but I rember feeling like “yeah, this is more like it, this is the shit” the first few stands at Denver. Man the time they played Keep on Growing etc with a very Pregnant Tedeschi and Trucks, that whole set, phewwww, need to look that one up some time! Such a cool venue too, not big, but not too small. The venue, the band, all those great old tunes, it was definitely a great renaissance period.

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"Cause it's always like that with the Dead, you know - it's always the whole thing." - News Journal

As we close out the 2019 Dave Pick's series, we deliver on our promise to give you the "whole thing" with the complete performance from The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 3/24/73 and what a show it was! An upstanding "musical eulogy" to the recently departed Pigpen, the Grateful Dead conducted a potent study in contrasts on this bittersweet night. They found easy balance between tidy jams like "They Love Each Other," "Wave That Flag," "Playing In The Band," and introspective moments on "Stella Blue," "Sing Me Back Home," and a poignant "He's Gone." It was all laid down with a discipline and a polish unheard of in any of the truly exceptional shows that had come before it. Yes, you might say, they cleaned up nice to carry on the legacy as Pig would have wanted.

Limited to 20,000 numbered copies, DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 32: THE SPECTRUM, PHILADELPHIA, PA 3/24/73 has been mastered to HDCD specs from the 7" and 10" reels by Jeffrey Norman.

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I received a damaged Dave's 32, ripped box, broken plastic and scratched discs. I emailed and haven't heard back. I am really excited about this release but disappointed I haven't heard from anyone yet... Has anyone else had a problem? I'm frustrated I can't get a hold of a real person. Help!

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Deej, there's an 800 number for customer support somewhere on this website. I couldn't find it but take a look around. Normally when you email customer support you get a generic response that is automated and opens a ticket number for you. If that didn't happen I would go with a second email plus a phone call. If you can't find the phone number on the site Google it. I'm driving or I'd look it up for you.

Vguy I'm sorry man. I put in a prayer for you and your daughter.

There is a good block of Music in the taperssection from Jerry's birthday in 1973. It begins with dark star then goes El Paso, eyes of the world, morning dew. In the immortal words of V guy, Morning Dew ain't no filler! If internet stories are to believed B, believed I mean be believed, this is the last show Jerry used the Nash Strat AKA Alligator. I'm going to do the trick where I started at the same time as I start the copy I have on my phone, and I'm going to get that cool vibratoe effect. We'll save that for work. I wonder if it sounds better than the copy that I have... Unlikely, mysource is impeccable. Sorry about all the spelling errors. Voice translator is doing particularly poor this morning., or my speech is just slurred, which is a distinct possibility before my second cup of coffee. Oh I shouldn't even be driving before two cups of coffee, but I like to save one for work.

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Sorry about your delivery, but it's good to see another Minnesotan around these parts! (I'm assuming, given the Mpls in your name) You, DeadVikes, me . . .

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I'm happy to hear that some have received their orders (whether purchased via subscription or a la carte),. As a DP subscriber since Day 1, it's incredibly frustrating that it's been two weeks of radio silence since V32 started hitting mailboxes. Nothing left to do but... well, you know.

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I hear someone saying all Dave's prior to this went fine. Now, "I've hit a snag" on this one. That's a pretty damn good average. We are so used to getting everything we want, when we want, NOW!! All will be resolved, it always is. If you aren't in the ICU right now, maybe getting a cd late should be not too big a deal. Sheesh!!

Regarding sick relatives, I have a niece who found a guy with a drug problem, and she was going to SAVE him. She now has 2 kids, dad is out of jail but not reliable at all, and she's been addicted for 5 or more years. I now know that all I CAN do is pray. I've told her mother(my sister)that I am willing to go the extra 100 miles to help(take to rehab, take to meetings, help understand recovery), but until she is willing to ACCEPT help, there is absolutely nothing I can do. She will likely die if she can't detox soon. It's a very sad story I've seen way too many times in my life. Friends, acquaintances, co-workers. It's awful. Apparently "Just Say No" didn't work.

Best King Biscuit broadcast was the one culled from 10/6/77 (although some have debated the date) It has the best(IMO...) post-hiatus NFA, long & fast, makes a detour by MLBJ, then melts into Black Peter and comes right back to NFA at full speed. As good as any late '71 NFAs.

LOVE that Nat box; discovered that what I though were Vibraphone solos in some of these tunes, were actually played by Nat on a Celeste, really cool sound(I think TC used a celeste on Anthem of the Sun). Interesting version of Russian Lullaby in there too.

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For all those sitting there in limbo, I am as well. I was so excited about this pick that I ordered one for a buddy. That one was delivered on 11-5-19. My subscription version hasn't even triggered a "Your Order is on the Way!" e-mail.

How this could possibly be the case is beyond my overtaxed, undernourished and haltingly functioning brain, but it is nonetheless the case.

V-Guy, sorry to hear about your troubles. Family issues are never easy to deal with. I hope things turn out for the good.

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...What oroborous said!

Be Well My Man.
SIxtus

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send me a PM with the details and I'll see what the Doc can do.
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all good to you and your family.
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....that you were blocked by your step-daughter, which just happened. When the going get tough, the tough put on 6.17.91 Blu Ray. Deadhead therapy is severely underrated. Take that Frasier Crane. It's out of my hands apparently.
Anyone else notice how shiny Vince's fingernails are? They literally sparkle. Lol.
The Jerry/Bruce bromance is REAL.
Thank you marye.....
The lyric " close the gap of the dark years between you and me" just hit home. Amazing.

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Hang in there Vguy. The Dead has always been good therapy.

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....during Might As Well is the shit. Love it. Thank you deadvikes. I came here to bare my soul and you all didn't disappoint. I love you all. Thanks for putting up with me.

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Been on a jazz run lately . . .

Lee Konitz--Very Cool
Betty Carter--Look What I Got
Chet Baker & Crew
Amber Rubarth--Sessions From the 17th Ward (what an amazing-sounding recording!)
Public Enemy--Fear of a Black Planet

And I finally made it to the second 1973 show from the PNW box.

From this past year, I have LOVED DaP 29 (2/26/77) and the Giants box. The Aoxomoxoa bonus disc was quite sweet as well.

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I don't know if someone else commented but the 5:52 into trucking was a quick hi- hat strike and step which sounds cool. So to me it's a no glitch. It could have been a regular cymbal strike back to back too.

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When i was trading tapes back in Mid 80's to early 90's, i really lacked a lot of good quality shows from 11/13/78 Boston to their last show on 2/17/79. There were just not a lot out there. 11/24/78 Cap Theatre in Passaic from the radio broadcast, 12/30/78 Pauley Pavilion, and Closing of Winterland (Also with my VHS copy that i got in 1988. Also my favorite unique show that I never have spoken about on here, 11/20/78 Set II from Cleveland Music Hall with the last If I had the World to Give. The Rock for Life show from 2/17/79.. I' m listening to 11/18/78 Uptown Charlie Miller Board right now... If any of you have any recommendations from these 40 odd shows, that i haven't really ever listened to that much please let me know.... Thanks.... Bob t

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I had Day Job therapy today. Time to wash it away with some ripping Grateful Dead. Did someone mention therapy? This shit beats the hell out of prozak…

(edit: minor clarification.. no, I didn't listen to day job for therapy, I need therapy because of my day job)

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I forgot how great the Ramones first album is

high energy stuff

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Enjoying the latest Dave's Picks from 3/24/73. Very good show. I did not think the previous spring 73 shows from Springfield and Boston were outstanding. Glad to have this Philadelphia show.

previous Spring 73 not outstanding?

WHA'???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

I disagree, good sir.

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Now here's something to chew....been waiting for something like this from Garcia Saunders.

Garcia Saunders 1.23.73 Boarding House San Francisco....release date 12.20.19!!!

So flippin' funky.....absolute smoker!!!!

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12/12/78 (nice board)
12/17/78 (get the one with the bob interview and both audience and board to get the whole show)

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.... underrated in this day. This is why I visit here.

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We're with you man.. we're already working on for your re-election, Senator. Your future is bright.

As for previous spring, I might be of the inclination that Springfield was a better show but I like Boston more. That recording sparkles for the era and I think it might just sound better than the Spectrum. I do like the performance of the Spectrum the best though.. disc 3 is hot, the Sunshine also shines.. and the PITB and Stella Blue? Wowwow stuff, but admittedly I have a '73 bias.

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I agree with stoltzy. Whaaaaaaaa??? This Dap is so good it belongs in a leather briefcase to be shown to new dead fans as to how it was to see them in the day. Not judging, just saying. Peace.

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I dig all three of the Spring '73 Dave's Picks - DaP 16 Springfield 3/28/73, DaP 21 Boston 4/2/73, and DaP 32 Philadelphia 3/24/73, but I am most partial to the Springfield, for the Dark Star - Eyes of the World sequence. Boston is a close second for me, and I think Jim may be right about the sparkling recording quality, I would say that the sound quality of the Boston recording just edges out the recording quality of the Springfield show, but not by much. Both are excellent quality to my ears. The Philadelphia recording sounds fine to me, and the I dig the show as well, particularly discs 2 and 3. While it is not my favorite of the 3 Spring '73 DaPs, it is a great addition to the other two shows and that whole disc 3 sequence is fantastic. I like to have a series of shows just for the variation. In any case, the three of these releases are a trinity of bliss from my point of view.

Vguy, sorry to hear about troubled family members. That is a suck deal for you and Mrs. Vguy, my condolences.

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I emailed DL a couple of years ago about possible release of any Godchaux shows from Jan / Feb '79. He said there are no tapes.

In my pursuit of Dark Stars I found a good AUD recording of 1/10/79, with Dark Star, Shakedown, Miracle, and Stagger Lee. It's no Betty Board, but it's recorded very evenly, so once you get used to the initial sound, there aren't really any rough spots. It's up on archive.

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I thought you would be bigger. "Opinions vary".
For my elephant ears the Boston Garden show, Dave's 21 is the cream of the crop so far for the Spring 73 tour. I still need to listen to Dave's 32 again after listening to other releases. However, there are some issues with the sound. 21, on the other hand, there are no issues with the sound at all. I agree with Carlo, this belongs in a sealed box!
And then for me, the 30 Trips show from 11/14/73, might even be better than Dave's 5, 11/17/73, which still sits in the top 3. Unfortunately the order of the songs are changed. Don't forget that Denver show from 11/20, just unreal.
Again opinions vary.

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I really like this release. I was in the right frame of mind late Saturday and played highlights of disc 2-- I absolutely love the Here Comes Sunshine, Playing in the Band and the China Cat. The Playing jam is especially straight forward-- exactly how I like them (my favorite era for this song is late Europe 72 through 1973). The China Cat transition jam by Bob and into Jerry is especially good on this one. Love it. And disc 3-- not much needs to be said, love the backwards Dark Star and I had forgotten how great Truckin' was in 1973. This is a great one.

All three of the DaP early 1973 releases are stellar. All shows have tight first sets/discs with more exploratory 2nd discs and then out there 3rd discs. Having all three really gives us youngsters (first show in 88) an idea of what a typical show was like in this period. Can't pick a favorite-- I think like Jim, the last one I listened to is my current favorite.

Re: disc issues, I had the disc issue with DaP 28 and got the replacement discs. The third one worked fine. However, a strange issue arose since then with some of the cds not playing in my car stereo. For example, for the new release, discs 1 and 3 play fine. I started disc 2 on a morning commute and got a couple minutes into Playing and arrived at destination. Next car start-up, I get a "CD is unreadable" message from the player/computer. That cd still won't play in the car, but does play in player at home. Similar issues with all the releases this year. I have had no problem ripping the cds or playing them on home player, though.

My theory-- cd manufacturing is so far down from 10 years ago because of streaming that the profit margins are getting squeezed and producers are putting out inferior product as a result. I don't buy much hard product outside of the Dave's Picks, so can't compare to other more mainstream releases. We haven't had a price increase in 9 years, maybe a slight increase in cost and profit could help pay the cd producers a bit more and help with quality assurance. Just a thought.

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Thanks for they help. I followed the steps with the email, but the 800 numbers is only for ordering. Still haven't heard back. Currently wouldn't order anything else from Dead.net until they improve customer service. Seems I'm not alone. Hoping they read this stuff and improve things.

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1-15-79 2nd set!

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I have never gotten a defective CD from another band, but have gotten at least one per year for the last several years from GD/Rhino.
No defective CD’s in the Pink Floyd Box, Bear’s Sonic Journals (Janis, ABB), JGB Electric Eel, etc.
The Rhino CD’s are thinner, indicating that they are trying to cut costs by using less plastic. I suspect that they also are trying to cut costs by making the metal layer thinner too, but that is where the data is stored.

For each of the last few subscription periods I have contemplated getting 2 subscriptions as a hedge against defective CD’s, but then decided that I would most likely get 2 copies of any defective CD, and would have to do twice the work trying to get replacements.

I’m really quite shocked that the GD Organization allows Rhino to operate this way with their music. Maybe it was written into the contract that Rhino would have exclusive rights to the GD Vault, but didn’t actually have to produce a quality product or provide quality customer service.

Seems that Garcia Family control of the Jerry Vault results in a better quality product and responsive customer service.

I am not a robot, but I wonder if robots would provide better quality control, warehousing and shipping logistics, and customer service.

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Is it possible to add a picture with my comment? It’s also quite possible that I’m missing something obvious.

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If you can imagine changing your address to another it can be a problem. The post office does not route all mail including magazines and other periodicals. You have to do this yourself by calling or emails. It takes several weeks sometimes. Now imagine you have hundreds of thousands if not millions of products from this and other countries to change addresses and warehouses and you can imagine the cluster*uck it can cause. Plus the number of incompetent moving companies driving around using a gps leading them to the sea and saying this does not look like a warehouse. So I can see their problem. Mabey stop taking orders till it's resolved or something to reduce the pressure.

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They removed the ability to post pictures when they switched/upgraded to the new website a year or so ago. Pics and embedded YouTube links are a thing of the past.

You can, however, still post links to erectile dysfunction cures, sites where you buy cheap internet and Chinese, North Korean or Russian bot websites though.. so if that's your thing, have at it. (kidding of course, and a big thanks to MaryE for removing all that stuff before it has a chance to corrupt our innocent minds).

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Removing Pictures........

They were replaced with reCRAPTCHA pictures.

There used to be so many pictures, videos, gifs, etc that you had to scroll through many pages a day just to read that day’s discussion.

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