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- Yep, good times.....
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Only people of a ''certain age'' will understand this picture...... (Original Post)
DeSwiss
Jul 2013
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CaliforniaPeggy
(149,611 posts)1. Yup. I guess I'm old enough, lol!
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)2. Ah, then you'll remember this!
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,611 posts)3. I sure do, thanks!
intaglio
(8,170 posts)4. What about using your fingernail
... to just tighten it up a little?
krispos42
(49,445 posts)5. Hexagonal Bic pens worked perfectly...
The cases cracked really easily with a particular crunching sound, as I recall.
starroute
(12,977 posts)6. I guess I'm older than that
I still think of cassettes as flashy new technology.
Identify this and you really date yourself:
Though even that is 1960s tech. This is more what I remember from my childhood:
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)7. What?!?! I still use them!
- And I have an eclectic taste in music. From Beethoven to Be-Bop and all things in-between!
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LiberalFighter
(50,912 posts)12. If you play them backwards?
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)18. You wake up naked, face down at the beach.
ConcernedCanuk
(13,509 posts)14. OK - I used to have dozens of them
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.
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Even had a couple of record players that didn't need the insert for the 45's.
Yep, I be gettin "up there".
CC
qnr
(16,190 posts)15. Heh - that's used in one of the tees that I sell n/t
Generic Brad
(14,274 posts)8. I qualify
And at the time I nothing but disdain for 8 tracks.
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)10. Yeah, those track changes......
...were always real mood busters!
unionthug777
(740 posts)9. i am
of that "certain age". which now I feel old !! thank you.
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)11. Don't worry......
...it's all an elaborate illusion.
- Here's a favorite riding song.....
....and a photo (someone else's) of my ride back in the day.
ConcernedCanuk
(13,509 posts)13. Memories
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.
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This was MY baby for years
CC
tazkcmo
(7,300 posts)16. Should I laugh because I get it?
Or cry because I get it?
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)17. When given the choice......
...I always choose laughter!
- Always!