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Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
older than hell
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Date: May 31, 2014 10:32AM
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Posted by:
dats a good test
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Date: May 31, 2014 10:34AM
Im old...got them all... that is a good test
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
Cjckv
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Date: May 31, 2014 10:48AM
I'm 40 and only got the 8-track and RF converter.
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
Ye Olde Dude
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Date: May 31, 2014 10:53AM
I can identify all of them. Yet I can't remember what I had for dinner last night.
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
Curcor over to see answers
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Date: May 31, 2014 11:21AM
To see answer written in white font scroll your cursor after this>>>>>
1) oil can spout with self puncture, you shove it in old fashioned oil cans,
2) 45 RPM record hole adapter, so it will play on a 33RPM record player
3) metal ice tray, pull the handle up to release cube
4) Switch from game to VCR or Tv etc,,, beforet here was multiple plug in for TV
5) 8 Track tape
6) Before pop tops on aluminum cans stayed in place, these things used tyo lay all over the ground and cut your foot open <<<<scroll over before this
1) oil can spout with self puncture, you shove it in old fashioned oil cans,
2) 45 RPM record hole adapter, so it will play on a 33RPM record player
3) metal ice tray, pull the handle up to release cube
4) Switch from game to VCR or Tv etc,,, beforet here was multiple plug in for TV
5) 8 Track tape
6) Before pop tops on aluminum cans stayed in place, these things used tyo lay all over the ground and cut your foot open <<<<scroll over before this
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
clink for answer
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Date: May 31, 2014 11:25AM
Click the link to see answer to
1)http://tommcmahon.typepad.com/.a/6a00d834515db069e2011571e79406970b-800wi
2) http://cdn3.volusion.com/aapps.nykew/v/vspfiles/photos/INSERTS45-2.jpg?1337796982
3) http://blog1.ebates.com/ebates/ice%20cube%20trays.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/cottontimer/pulltab.jpg
1)http://tommcmahon.typepad.com/.a/6a00d834515db069e2011571e79406970b-800wi
2) http://cdn3.volusion.com/aapps.nykew/v/vspfiles/photos/INSERTS45-2.jpg?1337796982
3) http://blog1.ebates.com/ebates/ice%20cube%20trays.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/cottontimer/pulltab.jpg
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
toe jam driver
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Date: May 31, 2014 11:53AM
how about this one,
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Posted by:
KeepOnTruckin
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Date: May 31, 2014 12:05PM
Turn on the headlights!
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
tjd
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Date: May 31, 2014 12:09PM
KeepOnTruckin Wrote:
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> Turn on the headlights!
fail. high beams on and off only.
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> Turn on the headlights!
fail. high beams on and off only.
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
Smarter than u
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Date: May 31, 2014 12:11PM
older than hell Wrote:
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> .
Chainsaw
Gang symbol
Snow sled
Sex toy
Harmonica
Can opener
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> .
Chainsaw
Gang symbol
Snow sled
Sex toy
Harmonica
Can opener
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
LMAO.
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Date: May 31, 2014 12:13PM
^ funny :)
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
tjd
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Date: May 31, 2014 12:14PM
I thought this was a sex toy.
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Posted by:
ask a cat
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Date: May 31, 2014 12:15PM
HEY!!! Lets ask a cat what he think they are?
Yeah, as expected.... what do cats know?
Yeah, as expected.... what do cats know?
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
FEYPj
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Date: May 31, 2014 12:22PM
> how about this one,
clutch switch.
clutch switch.
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
now what
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Date: May 31, 2014 12:34PM
Hey kids under 30, what is this?
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Posted by:
tomahawk
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Date: May 31, 2014 12:37PM
Back in the 70s those beer can pop tops were used in a white trash ritual of making chainmail vests.
They switched to the current ones because people were littering with the detatchable ones.
They switched to the current ones because people were littering with the detatchable ones.
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
tomahawk
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Date: May 31, 2014 12:38PM
now what Wrote:
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> Hey kids under 30, what is this?
>
I don't know. Can you make it bigger so we can all see it better?
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/31/2014 12:39PM by tomahawk.
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> Hey kids under 30, what is this?
>
I don't know. Can you make it bigger so we can all see it better?
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/31/2014 12:39PM by tomahawk.
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
tjd
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Date: May 31, 2014 12:40PM
Had me one of these in 1978.
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Posted by:
Manuel Labor
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Date: May 31, 2014 01:15PM
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Posted by:
tube tops and halter tops
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Date: May 31, 2014 01:20PM
What are these woman wearing?
As kid, I got more eye fulls of boobs and side boobs than I had any idea what to do with....
As kid, I got more eye fulls of boobs and side boobs than I had any idea what to do with....
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
Ummmm Halter Tops
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Date: May 31, 2014 01:26PM
HALTER TOPS ARE AWESOME!!!
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
Geezer dude
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Date: May 31, 2014 02:10PM
You young whippersnappers should thank your lucky stars that you dont have to deal with the hairy bush that we had to deal with in the 1970s.
It was like a jungle down there, I remember being harder than Chinese arithmetic and trying to find my way through one of those jungles so we could get our phuck on.
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It was like a jungle down there, I remember being harder than Chinese arithmetic and trying to find my way through one of those jungles so we could get our phuck on.
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Posted by:
Harry
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Date: May 31, 2014 02:22PM
I think God everyday for the blad pussy trend...
And I thankful that my first, older, girlfreinds were very nice
about helping me out and guiding my cock where it should go.. or Id been lost.
Old joke, not understood by kids today-
Q
What is the best way remove pubic hair?
A
Toothpick
And I thankful that my first, older, girlfreinds were very nice
about helping me out and guiding my cock where it should go.. or Id been lost.
Old joke, not understood by kids today-
Q
What is the best way remove pubic hair?
A
Toothpick
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
Lived Here Forever
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Date: May 31, 2014 03:02PM
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Posted by:
I remember
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Date: May 31, 2014 03:17PM
Lived Here Forever Wrote:
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Dunkin YoYos and return tops, Howdy's Beef Burgers, Universal Gyms,
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> .
Dunkin YoYos and return tops, Howdy's Beef Burgers, Universal Gyms,
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Posted by:
Lived Here Forever
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Date: May 31, 2014 03:32PM
We used to go to Montgomery Wards in Springfield Mall and play with these $200-$350 things like video games. They had a display case with about 20 different powered-up models.
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Posted by:
eesh
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Date: May 31, 2014 03:48PM
I never got the pet rock thing. It was so stupid.
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Posted by:
Going back
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Date: May 31, 2014 04:05PM
Remember when shoe stores carried X-ray machines embedded in the floor.
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
gen Y er
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Date: May 31, 2014 04:07PM
Back in my day we had to drive to a video store to rent a movie.
Back in my day we had to turn our heads around when backing out of a parking space, not backup cameras.
Back in my day we had to turn our heads around when backing out of a parking space, not backup cameras.
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
Lot of fat people
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Date: May 31, 2014 04:13PM
gen Y er Wrote:
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> Back in my day we had to drive to a video store to
> rent a movie.
>
> Back in my day we had to turn our heads around
> when backing out of a parking space, not backup
> cameras.
Maybe there were less obese people back then, people with 25lb hanging "dewlaps" and multi back folded neck layers. It is tougher to turn a head a few degrees today. Glad they have them.. would be running over kids right and left.
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> Back in my day we had to drive to a video store to
> rent a movie.
>
> Back in my day we had to turn our heads around
> when backing out of a parking space, not backup
> cameras.
Maybe there were less obese people back then, people with 25lb hanging "dewlaps" and multi back folded neck layers. It is tougher to turn a head a few degrees today. Glad they have them.. would be running over kids right and left.
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
eesh
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Date: May 31, 2014 04:14PM
What were those things called at the library? I can't think of the name. You sat in front of a huge monitor and moved the screen left or right with a knob....it was for archived books and magazines.
I can't think of the name! aaaaaargh
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I can't think of the name! aaaaaargh
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/31/2014 04:14PM by eesh.
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
jero
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Date: May 31, 2014 04:29PM
Does they military still use "microfiche"? I remember all kinds of pubs and SOPs on them. Also we used "Lexicons", I remember taking a course at IBM Crystal City on the use of the Lexicon apparatus.
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
Harry Tuttle
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Date: May 31, 2014 04:30PM
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
eesh
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Date: May 31, 2014 04:31PM
Yes, microfiche! Thank you. I haven't heard that word in 15 years.
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
eesh
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Date: May 31, 2014 04:32PM
jero Wrote:
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> Does they military still use "microfiche"? I
> remember all kinds of pubs and SOPs on them. Also
> we used "Lexicons", I remember taking a course at
> IBM Crystal City on the use of the Lexicon
> apparatus.
No, not that I heard. When I first joined units had pubs clerks that would order FMs and ARs for the unit, but they went away. If you have AKO access, you can download and print all the FOUO publications.
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> Does they military still use "microfiche"? I
> remember all kinds of pubs and SOPs on them. Also
> we used "Lexicons", I remember taking a course at
> IBM Crystal City on the use of the Lexicon
> apparatus.
No, not that I heard. When I first joined units had pubs clerks that would order FMs and ARs for the unit, but they went away. If you have AKO access, you can download and print all the FOUO publications.
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Posted by:
Anybody remember?
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Date: May 31, 2014 04:41PM
The old "purple water bubbler" in the Pentagon. It was located in the USAF Directorate of Operations and Readiness, basement, near the Comm.Center? That is maybe 30 years ago, Lew Allen was top dog then.
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Posted by:
Jen Money
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Date: May 31, 2014 04:42PM
I don't know what any of this shit is
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Posted by:
Jen Money
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Date: May 31, 2014 04:43PM
Except the mood ring and pet rock
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Posted by:
gen Y er
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Date: May 31, 2014 04:47PM
Jen Money Wrote:
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> Except the mood ring and pet rock
Those were the only two I knew also.
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> Except the mood ring and pet rock
Those were the only two I knew also.
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
yes yes yes
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Date: May 31, 2014 05:34PM
how about these things?? FCPS owned hundreds of them back in the day.
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Posted by:
eesh
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Date: May 31, 2014 05:34PM
yes yes yes Wrote:
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> how about these things?? FCPS owned hundreds of
> them back in the day.
Is that for projectors?
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> how about these things?? FCPS owned hundreds of
> them back in the day.
Is that for projectors?
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
tomahawk
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Date: May 31, 2014 05:35PM
Car features that used to be considered luxuries but are now standard:
power locks
power windows
automatic transmission
Also, stock car radios are not so bad now, but they used to be shit. The after market for car sound systems was bigger back in the day. Blaupunkt, Alpine, even Pioneer were all names you wanted in your car as status symbols.
And keyless entry hadn't even been invented yet.
Then there were "car phones", which were big cellphones that only douchebags in Beemers had and which ran off car power. It was rare to see one. Now everyone has a phone with them at all times and reads their email and FB status while in traffic at 75 mph.
power locks
power windows
automatic transmission
Also, stock car radios are not so bad now, but they used to be shit. The after market for car sound systems was bigger back in the day. Blaupunkt, Alpine, even Pioneer were all names you wanted in your car as status symbols.
And keyless entry hadn't even been invented yet.
Then there were "car phones", which were big cellphones that only douchebags in Beemers had and which ran off car power. It was rare to see one. Now everyone has a phone with them at all times and reads their email and FB status while in traffic at 75 mph.
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Posted by:
eesh
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Date: May 31, 2014 05:43PM
Remember in the 80s when digital gauges and talking alarms were popular? Chrysler used to be big into that.
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Posted by:
Pull ups
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Date: May 31, 2014 05:49PM
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Posted by:
Duck n Cover
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Date: May 31, 2014 05:51PM
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Posted by:
eesh
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Date: May 31, 2014 05:58PM
I know what a slide rule is, pre-calculator days.
The last image is a civil defense alarm, common during the Cold War. They still use those in tornado country.
The last image is a civil defense alarm, common during the Cold War. They still use those in tornado country.
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Posted by:
AC in Cars is Newfangled to Me
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Date: May 31, 2014 06:02PM
Hell, I wish I still had my slide rule from college. Those things go for a fortune now on eBay.
About the Presidental Fitness Program...a couple of years ago my youngest was acting up in gym class, and was sent to the asst. principal's office. So the asst. principal calls me and explains what his punishment was going to be. I said "Hell, it was PE. When we did shit when I was in high school in this county, the PE teacher would say 'See that track? Start runnin'". "Oh no" the asst. principal replied, "we can't do that, that's corporal punishment".
I had to look it up, and damn, he was right. Just another sign that the apocalypse is upon us.
About the Presidental Fitness Program...a couple of years ago my youngest was acting up in gym class, and was sent to the asst. principal's office. So the asst. principal calls me and explains what his punishment was going to be. I said "Hell, it was PE. When we did shit when I was in high school in this county, the PE teacher would say 'See that track? Start runnin'". "Oh no" the asst. principal replied, "we can't do that, that's corporal punishment".
I had to look it up, and damn, he was right. Just another sign that the apocalypse is upon us.
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Posted by:
Keds
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Date: May 31, 2014 06:09PM
AC in Cars is Newfangled to Me Wrote:
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> Hell, I wish I still had my slide rule from
> college. Those things go for a fortune now on
> eBay.
>
> About the Presidental Fitness Program...a couple
> of years ago my youngest was acting up in gym
> class, and was sent to the asst. principal's
> office. So the asst. principal calls me and
> explains what his punishment was going to be. I
> said "Hell, it was PE. When we did shit when I
> was in high school in this county, the PE teacher
> would say 'See that track? Start runnin'". "Oh
> no" the asst. principal replied, "we can't do
> that, that's corporal punishment".
>
> I had to look it up, and damn, he was right. Just
> another sign that the apocalypse is upon us.
That or a volleyball to the head. Some of my gym teachers were masters at picking kids off who weren't paying attention. It was like a sport. lmao
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> Hell, I wish I still had my slide rule from
> college. Those things go for a fortune now on
> eBay.
>
> About the Presidental Fitness Program...a couple
> of years ago my youngest was acting up in gym
> class, and was sent to the asst. principal's
> office. So the asst. principal calls me and
> explains what his punishment was going to be. I
> said "Hell, it was PE. When we did shit when I
> was in high school in this county, the PE teacher
> would say 'See that track? Start runnin'". "Oh
> no" the asst. principal replied, "we can't do
> that, that's corporal punishment".
>
> I had to look it up, and damn, he was right. Just
> another sign that the apocalypse is upon us.
That or a volleyball to the head. Some of my gym teachers were masters at picking kids off who weren't paying attention. It was like a sport. lmao
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
Gramps
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Date: May 31, 2014 06:14PM
eesh Wrote:
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> I know what a slide rule is, pre-calculator days.
>
>
> The last image is a civil defense alarm, common
> during the Cold War. They still use those in
> tornado country.
I know you won't get this one without looking.
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> I know what a slide rule is, pre-calculator days.
>
>
> The last image is a civil defense alarm, common
> during the Cold War. They still use those in
> tornado country.
I know you won't get this one without looking.
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
eesh
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Date: May 31, 2014 06:20PM
Is that some sort of record player?
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Posted by:
Gramps
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Date: May 31, 2014 06:28PM
Film strip projector. Kind of like having a movie in class but more lame. You had a strip of film that the teacher would advance one frame at a time while a record played with the narration and sound. That's a fancy one with the record player built in. Most were separate.
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Posted by:
Gramps
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Date: May 31, 2014 06:33PM
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Posted by:
eesh
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Date: May 31, 2014 06:36PM
Those are punch cards for computers.
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Posted by:
eesh
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Date: May 31, 2014 06:36PM
The last place I worked had an enormous archive of them.
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Posted by:
kenr
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Date: May 31, 2014 06:41PM
I remember Fall Out station sign at every Public School. 12noon on Friday they would test the Sirens in the city. Gas stations had these little hoses that would ring to alert the mechanic.
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Posted by:
eesh
()
Date: May 31, 2014 06:51PM
Anyone remember when bench seats in the front were common in cars?
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Posted by:
Gramps
()
Date: May 31, 2014 07:02PM
eesh Wrote:
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> Anyone remember when bench seats in the front were
> common in cars?
Yep. Probably in most.
OK, speaking of what used to be common in cars, what's this person doing?
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> Anyone remember when bench seats in the front were
> common in cars?
Yep. Probably in most.
OK, speaking of what used to be common in cars, what's this person doing?
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Posted by:
ogfhgf
()
Date: May 31, 2014 07:04PM
eesh Wrote:
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> Anyone remember when bench seats in the front were
> common in cars?
Oh do I. Made it much easier for my girlfriend to suck my cock when driving.
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> Anyone remember when bench seats in the front were
> common in cars?
Oh do I. Made it much easier for my girlfriend to suck my cock when driving.
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Posted by:
ogfhgf
()
Date: May 31, 2014 07:05PM
Gramps Wrote:
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> eesh Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Anyone remember when bench seats in the front
> were
> > common in cars?
>
>
> Yep. Probably in most.
>
>
> OK, speaking of what used to be common in cars,
> what's this person doing?
>
>
> src="http://image.highperformancepontiac.com/f/tec
> h/9143911+w799+h499+cr1+ar0/hppp_0712_06_z%2Bsetti
> ng_up_ignition_points%2Bnew_point_in_place.jpg">
Setting the points gap. I still do this.
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> eesh Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Anyone remember when bench seats in the front
> were
> > common in cars?
>
>
> Yep. Probably in most.
>
>
> OK, speaking of what used to be common in cars,
> what's this person doing?
>
>
> src="http://image.highperformancepontiac.com/f/tec
> h/9143911+w799+h499+cr1+ar0/hppp_0712_06_z%2Bsetti
> ng_up_ignition_points%2Bnew_point_in_place.jpg">
Setting the points gap. I still do this.
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Posted by:
libs gonna lib
()
Date: May 31, 2014 07:07PM
AC in Cars is Newfangled to Me Wrote:
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> Hell, I wish I still had my slide rule from
> college. Those things go for a fortune now on
> eBay.
>
> About the Presidental Fitness Program...a couple
> of years ago my youngest was acting up in gym
> class, and was sent to the asst. principal's
> office. So the asst. principal calls me and
> explains what his punishment was going to be. I
> said "Hell, it was PE. When we did shit when I
> was in high school in this county, the PE teacher
> would say 'See that track? Start runnin'". "Oh
> no" the asst. principal replied, "we can't do
> that, that's corporal punishment".
>
> I had to look it up, and damn, he was right. Just
> another sign that the apocalypse is upon us.
You can just say liberalism instead of apocalypse.
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> Hell, I wish I still had my slide rule from
> college. Those things go for a fortune now on
> eBay.
>
> About the Presidental Fitness Program...a couple
> of years ago my youngest was acting up in gym
> class, and was sent to the asst. principal's
> office. So the asst. principal calls me and
> explains what his punishment was going to be. I
> said "Hell, it was PE. When we did shit when I
> was in high school in this county, the PE teacher
> would say 'See that track? Start runnin'". "Oh
> no" the asst. principal replied, "we can't do
> that, that's corporal punishment".
>
> I had to look it up, and damn, he was right. Just
> another sign that the apocalypse is upon us.
You can just say liberalism instead of apocalypse.
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
eesh
()
Date: May 31, 2014 07:24PM
Hey Gramps! Were you around for vacuum tubes?
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Posted by:
Gramps
()
Date: May 31, 2014 07:30PM
Oh yeah. They used to have tube testers in every "Peoples Drug" around here. Probably up though the early 70s or so. Most TVs still had tubes in them at that point. Although they were on the way out by then.
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
eesh
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Date: May 31, 2014 07:33PM
I can remember when TVs were more pieces of furniture than electronics. They came in this huge wooden chest, some even had drawers.
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
Gramps
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Date: May 31, 2014 07:34PM
Something like this...
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
old goat
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Date: May 31, 2014 07:50PM
What is it? Didn't everybody have one?
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Posted by:
eesh
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Date: May 31, 2014 07:51PM
What is that? A computer with printer readout?
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
old goat
()
Date: May 31, 2014 07:52PM
Gramps Wrote:
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> Something like this...
>
> src="http://yesteryearremembered.com/wp-content/up
> loads/2010/11/vacuum_tube_tester.jpg" width="400">
Radio shack had tube testers too. The very high end audio and guitar amps are still tube. Nothing sounds better.
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> Something like this...
>
> src="http://yesteryearremembered.com/wp-content/up
> loads/2010/11/vacuum_tube_tester.jpg" width="400">
Radio shack had tube testers too. The very high end audio and guitar amps are still tube. Nothing sounds better.
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Posted by:
Ludwig
()
Date: May 31, 2014 07:54PM
yes yes yes Wrote:
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> how about these things?? FCPS owned hundreds of
> them back in the day.
Just got done watching Mad Men and saw the episode where Don came up with the name for it.
Good show
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> how about these things?? FCPS owned hundreds of
> them back in the day.
Just got done watching Mad Men and saw the episode where Don came up with the name for it.
Good show
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Posted by:
Ludwig
()
Date: May 31, 2014 07:56PM
toe jam driver Wrote:
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> how about this one,
High beam switch. I have a car that has one and works.
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> how about this one,
High beam switch. I have a car that has one and works.
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
Gramps
()
Date: May 31, 2014 07:58PM
eesh Wrote:
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> What is that? A computer with printer readout?
Kinda sorta.
And there were these too.
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> What is that? A computer with printer readout?
Kinda sorta.
And there were these too.
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
old goat
()
Date: May 31, 2014 08:05PM
eesh Wrote:
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> What is that? A computer with printer readout?
A Teletype machine.
My dad worked for DARPA in the 60's and would bring stuff like this home.
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> What is that? A computer with printer readout?
A Teletype machine.
My dad worked for DARPA in the 60's and would bring stuff like this home.
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
Ludwig
()
Date: May 31, 2014 08:05PM
Gramps Wrote:
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> eesh Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > What is that? A computer with printer readout?
>
>
> Kinda sorta.
>
> And there were these too.
>
> src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons
> /2/28/AJ_311_Acoustic_modem.JPG" width="400">
Shall we play games???
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> eesh Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > What is that? A computer with printer readout?
>
>
> Kinda sorta.
>
> And there were these too.
>
> src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons
> /2/28/AJ_311_Acoustic_modem.JPG" width="400">
Shall we play games???
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Posted by:
old goat
()
Date: May 31, 2014 08:16PM
Ludwig Wrote:
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> Gramps Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > eesh Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > What is that? A computer with printer
> readout?
> >
> >
> > Kinda sorta.
> >
> > And there were these too.
> >
> > >
> src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons
>
> > /2/28/AJ_311_Acoustic_modem.JPG" width="400">
>
> Shall we play games???
First time I saw a modem like that was in 1974. I played tic tac toe with a computer that was located at some top secret government agency.
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> Gramps Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > eesh Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > What is that? A computer with printer
> readout?
> >
> >
> > Kinda sorta.
> >
> > And there were these too.
> >
> > >
> src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons
>
> > /2/28/AJ_311_Acoustic_modem.JPG" width="400">
>
> Shall we play games???
First time I saw a modem like that was in 1974. I played tic tac toe with a computer that was located at some top secret government agency.
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
eesh
()
Date: May 31, 2014 08:16PM
Remember making popcorn without a microwave? I remember those home popcorn machines.
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
Ludwig
()
Date: May 31, 2014 08:25PM
eesh Wrote:
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> Remember making popcorn without a microwave? I
> remember those home popcorn machines.
a must have for all collage students in the 80s..............
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> Remember making popcorn without a microwave? I
> remember those home popcorn machines.
a must have for all collage students in the 80s..............
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Posted by:
eesh
()
Date: May 31, 2014 08:35PM
Yes! That exactly.
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Posted by:
old goat
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Date: May 31, 2014 09:05PM
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Posted by:
h67ub
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Date: May 31, 2014 09:08PM
Harry Wrote:
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> I think God everyday for the bald pussy trend...
+1
The shaving trend really took hold during my time as an undergrad (a nice benefit of the 6 year plan!).
The first girl I had in my freshman year looked just like that first photo. Like a jungle. I got a lot of practice with the skill of quickly picking hair of my mouth without stopping the pussy eating routine. The sight of a jungle smeared in juices is also something I don't miss.
By my last year, some girls were totally bald. Most had transitioned to the close cropped + shaved labia deal which was fucking rad.
Girls also got sluttier over that time span, too which was also great.
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> I think God everyday for the bald pussy trend...
+1
The shaving trend really took hold during my time as an undergrad (a nice benefit of the 6 year plan!).
The first girl I had in my freshman year looked just like that first photo. Like a jungle. I got a lot of practice with the skill of quickly picking hair of my mouth without stopping the pussy eating routine. The sight of a jungle smeared in juices is also something I don't miss.
By my last year, some girls were totally bald. Most had transitioned to the close cropped + shaved labia deal which was fucking rad.
Girls also got sluttier over that time span, too which was also great.
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
eesh
()
Date: May 31, 2014 09:10PM
Do you think the hairless trend will end? I hope not. I hope hairless pubic regions are here to stay....
...and I never hope hairy men comes back in style. Back in the 70s, bushy, hairy chests were so popular, they even sold chest wigs.
...and I never hope hairy men comes back in style. Back in the 70s, bushy, hairy chests were so popular, they even sold chest wigs.
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
Jen Money
()
Date: May 31, 2014 09:18PM
eesh Wrote:
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> Do you think the hairless trend will end? I hope
> not. I hope hairless pubic regions are here to
> stay....
>
>
> ...and I never hope hairy men comes back in style.
> Back in the 70s, bushy, hairy chests were so
> popular, they even sold chest wigs.
You like your men/women(?)smooth and shaved, eesh?
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> Do you think the hairless trend will end? I hope
> not. I hope hairless pubic regions are here to
> stay....
>
>
> ...and I never hope hairy men comes back in style.
> Back in the 70s, bushy, hairy chests were so
> popular, they even sold chest wigs.
You like your men/women(?)smooth and shaved, eesh?
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Posted by:
eesh
()
Date: May 31, 2014 09:18PM
Smooth and waxed, or sugared, or lasered.
Shaving leaves razor sharp hairs.
Shaving leaves razor sharp hairs.
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
eesh
()
Date: May 31, 2014 09:18PM
Have you ever gotten sugared?
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
Gramps
()
Date: May 31, 2014 09:19PM
From back in the day...
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
Jen Money
()
Date: May 31, 2014 09:25PM
eesh Wrote:
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> Have you ever gotten sugared?
Say what now?
Tf is that?
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> Have you ever gotten sugared?
Say what now?
Tf is that?
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
eesh
()
Date: May 31, 2014 09:26PM
Sugaring, it's popular among Persian women. It's like a glob of wax. It lasts slightly longer than waxing.
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
eesh
()
Date: May 31, 2014 09:27PM
Have you ever had your brows threaded? Hurts like hell.
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
Jen Money
()
Date: May 31, 2014 09:31PM
No I haven't. I do them myself.
I agree that razors and shaving suck ass
Have you ever used nair? It's fucking awful. Shit will give you chemical burns.
I agree that razors and shaving suck ass
Have you ever used nair? It's fucking awful. Shit will give you chemical burns.
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
eesh
()
Date: May 31, 2014 09:34PM
I used Nair once, never again.
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
Jen Money
()
Date: May 31, 2014 09:36PM
Haaaah, same. You only need to try it once.
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Posted by:
old goat
()
Date: May 31, 2014 09:41PM
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Posted by:
eesh
()
Date: May 31, 2014 09:43PM
Vibrating beds in sleazy motels....
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Posted by:
old goat
()
Date: May 31, 2014 09:47PM
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Posted by:
eesh
()
Date: May 31, 2014 09:48PM
Laserdisc?
I can remember going to the video store when I was little and the clerk would ask "Beta or VHS" if you wanted a movie.
I can remember going to the video store when I was little and the clerk would ask "Beta or VHS" if you wanted a movie.
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
Gramps
()
Date: May 31, 2014 09:49PM
A little bit obscure but a lot of guys would have known what it was.
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
LW74p
()
Date: May 31, 2014 09:49PM
>> OK, speaking of what used to be common in cars,
>> what's this person doing?
>>
>>
>> src="http://image.highperformancepontiac.com/f/tec
>> h/9143911+w799+h499+cr1+ar0/hppp_0712_06_z%2Bsetti
>> ng_up_ignition_points%2Bnew_point_in_place.jpg">
>
>Setting the points gap. I still do this.
Note the mechanical advance. Never saw one before since everything I ever worked on was vacuum advance.
>...slide rule...
Still have one and can use it but I had a calculator for college. We used tables and linear interpolation in high scale for analytic funtions.
>> what's this person doing?
>>
>>
>> src="http://image.highperformancepontiac.com/f/tec
>> h/9143911+w799+h499+cr1+ar0/hppp_0712_06_z%2Bsetti
>> ng_up_ignition_points%2Bnew_point_in_place.jpg">
>
>Setting the points gap. I still do this.
Note the mechanical advance. Never saw one before since everything I ever worked on was vacuum advance.
>...slide rule...
Still have one and can use it but I had a calculator for college. We used tables and linear interpolation in high scale for analytic funtions.
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
GbbJt
()
Date: May 31, 2014 09:53PM
old goat Wrote:
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> What is it? Didn't everybody have one?
Looks like a teletype. Predates the glass tty.
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> What is it? Didn't everybody have one?
Looks like a teletype. Predates the glass tty.
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Posted by:
old goat
()
Date: May 31, 2014 09:55PM
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Posted by:
PUkpD
()
Date: May 31, 2014 09:57PM
Gramps Wrote:
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> eesh Wrote:
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> > I know what a slide rule is, pre-calculator
> days.
> >
> >
> > The last image is a civil defense alarm, common
> > during the Cold War. They still use those in
> > tornado country.
>
>
> I know you won't get this one without looking.
>
Looks a bit like a vinyl record cutter (or recorder if you like). People forget that vinyl didn't have to be pressed from a master. You could just "cut" a vinyl blank directly.
>
> src="http://www-personal.umich.edu/~pfa/centennial
> /gallery/filmstrip/flmstrp2.gif">
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> eesh Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
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> > I know what a slide rule is, pre-calculator
> days.
> >
> >
> > The last image is a civil defense alarm, common
> > during the Cold War. They still use those in
> > tornado country.
>
>
> I know you won't get this one without looking.
>
Looks a bit like a vinyl record cutter (or recorder if you like). People forget that vinyl didn't have to be pressed from a master. You could just "cut" a vinyl blank directly.
>
> src="http://www-personal.umich.edu/~pfa/centennial
> /gallery/filmstrip/flmstrp2.gif">
Re: Age test. The under 30 crowd will not be able to identify these items.
Posted by:
old goat
()
Date: May 31, 2014 09:57PM
eesh Wrote:
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> Laserdisc?
>
>
> I can remember going to the video store when I was
> little and the clerk would ask "Beta or VHS" if
> you wanted a movie.
Yep.
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> Laserdisc?
>
>
> I can remember going to the video store when I was
> little and the clerk would ask "Beta or VHS" if
> you wanted a movie.
Yep.
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Posted by:
Gramps
()
Date: May 31, 2014 10:14PM
old goat Wrote:
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> "
Yeah those haven't been seen for a while.
Or this guy...
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> "
Yeah those haven't been seen for a while.
Or this guy...