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Post by ochobeavo on Nov 19, 2019 8:43:49 GMT -8
- I lined up outside of Happy Trails at midnight for a CD release.
- Along those lines - looking at album artwork/lyrics
- Being able to walk up to the departure/arrival gate at an airport. Really weird when you see it in an old movie now.
- Using ice cube trays. I actually had to explain this to one of my kids a few years ago. Wait whaaaat?
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Post by Judge Smails on Nov 19, 2019 8:57:26 GMT -8
- I lined up outside of Happy Trails at midnight for a CD release. - Along those lines - looking at album artwork/lyrics - Being able to walk up to the departure/arrival gate at an airport. Really weird when you see it in an old movie now. - Using ice cube trays. I actually had to explain this to one of my kids a few years ago. Wait whaaaat? Albums are on the come back. And Happy Trails is still here. They just had an article in the GT about Happy Trails and how the return of album popularity has saved his business. - I will go with Pay Phones. I went into my old fraternity and had to explain to the younger crowd what the booths were for that they just thought were closets. |
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Post by spudbeaver on Nov 19, 2019 9:29:37 GMT -8
- I lined up outside of Happy Trails at midnight for a CD release. - Along those lines - looking at album artwork/lyrics - Being able to walk up to the departure/arrival gate at an airport. Really weird when you see it in an old movie now. - Using ice cube trays. I actually had to explain this to one of my kids a few years ago. Wait whaaaat? Albums are on the come back. And Happy Trails is still here. They just had an article in the GT about Happy Trails and how the return of album popularity has saved his business. - I will go with Pay Phones. I went into my old fraternity and had to explain to the younger crowd what the booths were for that they just thought were closets. Several years ago I was coaching pretty young kids in youth basketball. One practice I went back to the old adage to "shoot it like you're in a phone booth" to help them take better balanced shots. I said it a couple times and they all just had a dazed look on their faces. I stopped and asked if anyone knew what a phone booth was. Nope. Glitch! Had to go with the hall closet! Ha ha |
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Post by baseba1111 on Nov 19, 2019 10:38:46 GMT -8
Albums mentioned above, but GF's son get s new turntable this month. Assembling it to try it out... "Hey, what's this?"
Reply, "The 45 adapter. You know to play 45s/singles."
Deadpan, blank stare... "45s?"
Brought up in previous other threads... the original TOGOs!! The current version is passable as a sandwich place, but there is no way to describe the place and the #23 Gut Bomb without experiencing it!
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Post by sagebrush on Nov 19, 2019 15:17:47 GMT -8
Hey, I have an old antique METAL 45 adapter.
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Post by ochobeavo on Nov 19, 2019 16:24:33 GMT -8
- I lined up outside of Happy Trails at midnight for a CD release. - Along those lines - looking at album artwork/lyrics - Being able to walk up to the departure/arrival gate at an airport. Really weird when you see it in an old movie now. - Using ice cube trays. I actually had to explain this to one of my kids a few years ago. Wait whaaaat? Albums are on the come back. And Happy Trails is still here. They just had an article in the GT about Happy Trails and how the return of album popularity has saved his business. - I will go with Pay Phones. I went into my old fraternity and had to explain to the younger crowd what the booths were for that they just thought were closets. Yeah I saw that article on Happy Trails. Pretty sure he was getting through those lean years with a little side gig where you leave the envelope of cash up front and pick up your weed in the back. Probably not a great revenue source these days, so it's a good thing albums are back. |
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Post by Tigardbeav on Nov 19, 2019 21:05:03 GMT -8
Brought up in previous other threads... the original TOGOs!! The current version is passable as a sandwich place, but there is no way to describe the place and the #23 Gut Bomb without experiencing it! I would pay pretty good money for a Togos Bomb. It was Subway before Subway. The new Togos just breaks my heart to go in there. There is/was(?) one in tualatin. Close to Charlie's hotel/restaraunt. Been in like once. same for 9th street Damn you all to hell health codes |
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Post by sagebrush on Nov 20, 2019 7:55:52 GMT -8
Poloroid camera. My accident investigation kit had one so the higher ups could get pictures right away and I would have them for my file.
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Post by 2ndGenBeaver on Nov 20, 2019 10:45:01 GMT -8
Riding the revolutionary paths like: Reel-to-Reel -> cassette -> CD VHS -> Laser Disc -> DVD -> BluRay (I know what 8 track is, and what Beta is as well FYI). Funny, potentially off-topic story: I ended up with a music collection of ~1500 CDs, and my spouse eventually indicated the many shelves of CDs gathering dust needed to go. So I did some research and procured a ~$600 device called a Brennan to rip those CDs in a lossless format (FLAC). In my household, buying $600 "toys" usually requires some pre-discussion, but I assumed the spousal directive to "get rid of the CDs" had me covered. It did not. It probably didn't help that I decided I never wanted to repeat the time consuming ripping process, so I bought a back up Brennan for the other audio system :-). In order to deflect the fury of aforementioned spouse, I directed my teenager interested in (and now majoring in at OSU) business to "dump" the CD collection on eBay, with the agreement that I would get $1 from each CD sold, and he could pocket anything above and beyond (hoping I could at least recover half the cost of 1 Brennan as a result, and he would learn something about business). He gleefully found a ton of "gems" in my collection, including a 'rare' U2 disc he just sold for $400...........I did get my $1 from that sale :-). I find it interesting that (for example) a Pink Floyd CD I had to impose on an Army buddy stationed in Japan to buy for me because it was not available in the US at the time (circa 1985) is worth hundreds of dollars on eBay, while a US-made CD with exactly the same 1's and 0's on it is worthless...... |
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Post by beavs6 on Nov 20, 2019 12:31:08 GMT -8
Encyclopedias...
Heck, the library.
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Post by Judge Smails on Nov 20, 2019 14:10:23 GMT -8
Encyclopedias... Heck, the library. We still have a library. I threw my pet rock through one of their windows just last week. |
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Post by osuft3 on Nov 20, 2019 17:19:43 GMT -8
The Beaver Hut aka Goofys. $1.25 pitchers of Blitz and dimer night.
Rotary dial phones
S & H Green Stamps. Talked my Mom out of enough to get a tennis raquet.
Quadraphonic stereo. Sounded like a great idea--didn't work very well.
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Post by believeinthebeavs on Nov 20, 2019 18:08:32 GMT -8
$.23 gallon regular gasoline.
3 wheel atvs.
Watching a football game where the actual play was longer than the obligatory celebration for doing their job.
Clocks with hands.
Gas station with a garage and mechanic.
Taking grandpa's new ss impala 20 miles to the Mercantile to pick up beer, cigarettes, and a case of dynamite when i was 12. I was his favorite.
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Post by baseba1111 on Nov 20, 2019 18:55:25 GMT -8
Encyclopedias... Heck, the library. Ha... any research material, text, encyclopedia... AND the ability to safely plagiarize! Although I'm sure that never happened! Add... freaking typewriter and correction tape! Argh |
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Post by sagebrush on Nov 20, 2019 21:07:45 GMT -8
I have an antique roll top desk in my office. A couple years ago I found a 100+ year old Royal typewriter at an antique store in North Bend and I literally stole it from him. Cost me $25. And, it works perfectly. Have a couple brand new sealed up ribbons to go with it. Have it sitting on one of those old metal typing tables you used in High School in the 60s.
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