How To Disappear Completely

Canadian Tire and Value Village

Since Sarah had a few errands to run and somehow I had neglected to patronize Canadian Tire for my entire sojourn in Canada, we went shopping. Canadian Tire is like Home Depot/Target. I thought about buying an iron, but they were kind of expensive. So we moved on to Value Village, the Canadian thrift store.

I noticed a bunch of 45s hung on a wall over a stack of LPs. Now often I will rummage through thrift albums and find that most are Barry Manilow or someone-else-with-very-bad-hair, but tonight was different. I found one with the RCA Victor label. I want to hang it on my wall somehow. I found a few Frank Sinatras, Beach Boys, David Bowie, and the Mamas and the Papas. I even picked up the single "Ben" from back in the day when Michael Jackson was actually cute. But the most interesting find was a Decca Extended Play 45 with "Somebody Else Is Taking My Place"/"Mammy o' Mine" on the A side and "The Darktown Strutters' Ball"/"Rag Mop" on the B side. You really don't find those any more (and for good reason). I must admit that I feel rather like someone who buys an old pair of lederhosen simply because there was a swastika stitched on the pocket...

The LPs were not bad, either. I picked up the soundtrack to the Graduate.