| TIMARU: Timaru man Alistair Potts conceded yesterday that his CD's now almost definitely skip more than his dads records ever did. This is the forth time that Miller has been forced to downgrade the rating of his CD collection and follows hard on the heels of last September's downgrading from still better to about the same.
"The thing is I remember laughing at dad for keeping all his old records," explained Potts (29), "but at least he can still play the damned things. If I want to listen to Queen's Greatest Hits I just get really pissed off and have to turn the CD off in disgust long before Fat Bottomed Girls kicks in." Darren Potts (58) was quick to capitalise on his son's concession. "I can well remember Alistair telling me I was crazy for hanging on to my records and that I should be changing over to CDs. Now he keeps coming over asking if he can borrow Dark Side of the Moon. It seems the 20th anniversary special edition digitally remastered box set no longer cuts the mustard." Emily Potts (26) Alistair's sister and long time reluctant observer of the intergenerational banter fears the latest concession will almost certainly swing the balance of power Potts senior's way. "Dad still takes great satisfaction from asking Alistair if he can borrow his Video Laser Disk player every time he comes over, so there's no telling how long this CD thing is going to last for."  Alistair Potts' Downgraded CD Collection. |
| CD's now skipping more than Father's records |
Thursday, 01 August 2002 12:00
