The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[donaldtoo]

But But I still have an 8 track player ------------------------------------in the attic

Does it still work...?
The only 8-track player I ever owned was in the first home stereo I bought in HS.
Had a cassette deck in my car.

 

[donaldtoo]

Spent 37+ mins. earlier listening to an old album on YouTube. Went through some of my albums earlier.
Found one from a long-defunct local band called “The Argyles” from 1983...brought back some damn good memories of seeing them at local clubs, the Texas Union on campus, etc., back in the day...!!!!!!!
Also, did some research...
I paid $4 for The Argyles “Picture In My Pocket” album...it’s now worth $50...!!!!!

 

[donaldtoo]

All that sentimentality then, of course, made me go back and look at old pics...!!!!!
From younger, and skinnier, days (22 years ago...I was 35)...!!!!!!!

 

[Figgy1]

Oh, yep. I’m that old.

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I remember wanting to throw my beeper in the Passaic River.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

THNEED both!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The shirt is from tee public we bought them in March, and the mask is from Etsy.

 

[Figgy1]

You're that old? I am part of the no pager, no voice mail. If you weren't home you didn't get a call that you knew about and if you had to give someone a call many times you had to go through an operator. Pay phones did exist and by the time I was old enough to use one, the cost for a call was 5 cents. When dial phones became the norm phone numbers were a combination letters and numbers. (i.e. JO-12785) And almost all home phones were party lines. That was how I met my first girlfriend. We still keep in touch via e-mail now. That really didn't change much until the late 80's!

I thought you used smoke signals, drums and pigeons

 

[Figgy1]

What is youtube trying to tell me

 

[Figgy1]

The shirt is from tee public we bought them in March, and the mask is from Etsy.

I'm still trying not to buy clothes but seeing I can't sew for another month

 

[donaldtoo]

You can keep the fried okra

Thanks...!!!!!

 

[Figgy1]

Thanks...!!!!!

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That looks like enough to share

 

[21stamps]

You're that old? I am part of the no pager, no voice mail. If you weren't home you didn't get a call that you knew about and if you had to give someone a call many times you had to go through an operator. Pay phones did exist and by the time I was old enough to use one, the cost for a call was 5 cents. When dial phones became the norm phone numbers were a combination letters and numbers. (i.e. JO-12785) And almost all home phones were party lines. That was how I met my first girlfriend. We still keep in touch via e-mail now. That really didn't change much until the late 80's!

I was telling my son that when I was in grade school, I had to do the following-

Call a radio station to request a song, never getting thru.

Have a tape and tape recorder ready for if a song came on.

If I missed a show on tv, I couldn’t watch it on demand... would try to remember to set VCR.

Called a phone number to find out the time and weather.



He especially got a kick out of the last one.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

I'm still trying not to buy clothes but seeing I can't sew for another month

On Etsy people sell the fabric that my figment mask is made of. I would love to buy the fabric to make a cross body purse but my sewing skills aren’t strong enough for that.

 

[21stamps]

Yep.
Though I’m sure this could apply to teachers too!

 

[donaldtoo]

I had a complete stereo system- turntable, reel to reel, caset player, 60 reel to reel tapes that held 4 or 5 albums ( I recorded) and countless records all this was put together when I was in the service 68-70. Hurricane Hugo hit and with 5 feet of seawater in the house all my stereo stuff was lost. Many feel records have a better sound --I would have to agree, sure miss those old records.

Ouch...! Sorry about that loss.
I payed $1K for the better stereo right after I graduated HS and the firm I first worked for nights during HS hired me full time the summer of ‘80.
Turntable, receiver, double cassette deck, all Hitachi. The only thing I varied on were the speakers. The Hitachi speakers just weren’t doin’ it for me. After listening to several options, I was finally blown away by speakers from a company called Accord out of Boston, MA. They were BADA$$...!!!!!!!!!!!
People commented on the sound quality all the time...!!!!!
Haven’t done an extensive search, but, so far, a coupla’ short searches have rendered no trace of that company, whatsoever.
Maybe, someday , I’ll see about gettin’ my whole system back in workin’ condition...!!!

 

[donaldtoo]

But with a far less challenging and satisfying ending when done properly. It's a story that can be retold for years. I know, I have retold many of them.

You can have that satisfaction...PASS...!!!

 

[donaldtoo]

When I was moving a few months back I went through my vinyl collection and gave a lot of them to thrift stores. I kept the ones with folks that I enjoyed listening to. I still have a very good working turntable even though I don't use it very much. In the process I found some original distribution, Beatles, Cream and Sound of Music that when I researched them on ebay appeared to be worth some money. To this point I have never done anything about trying to sell them, but I probably will in the future.

It’s funny, I never lost my love of vinyl, it just got put on hold for many years...!!!
Remember the sheer joy of unwrapping the plastic off of a new album...? The smell of it as you pulled it out of the sleeve...? The smell of the stereo system itself...?
Good times...!!!!!!!

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

Magic Kingdom tomorrow @93boomer and @MinnieM123 . Then dinner at the Boathouse at Disney Springs.

 

[Goofyernmost]

I thought you used smoke signals, drums and pigeons

I did before phones were invented. This was a discussion about phones.

 

[Goofyernmost]

I was telling my son that when I was in grade school, I had to do the following-

Call a radio station to request a song, never getting thru.

Have a tape and tape recorder ready for if a song came on.

If I missed a show on tv, I couldn’t watch it on demand... would try to remember to set VCR.

Called a phone number to find out the time and weather.



He especially got a kick out of the last one.

If we missed a TV show the best we could hope for was a rerun during the summer. Three networks, CBS, NBC and ABC. No VCR's.

 

[Cesar R M]

Hopefully you'll also have more hair.

I'm already balding so fat chance XD