I arrived for the party that I encouraged him to have, so I'd have somewhere to go to light 3rd night candles and get to meet some new people (since he's really the only person I have as a friend here, because my housemate Hugo. I was earlier than the rest, so he gave me a tour of his home. I I didn't take any pictures, but it's a beautiful old house (over 100 years), and he has it filled, very neatly and very organized, with old electronics: telephones (all working), TV's, including one with a sonar remote control (each button plays a different note, and the TV receiver "hears" the note and changes the channel. Music: 8-track tapes, 4-track tapes, LPs, etc. Music players: every kind possble. They're so neatly organized that you don't realize the extent of the collection until he starts showing it. He's also an electrial engineer by training, though he actually fixes these things.
Pablo has also restored an old harmonium foot-pump organ, I do have a video of that which I'll post. And another one, a 1980's era one.
I'm not doing justice to how amazing his collections are, but they're quite fascinating.
The party was quite nice too, nice group of folks who I hope to see more of.
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