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09 Feb 2017, 9:12 pm

computer punch cards



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09 Feb 2017, 9:13 pm

Renting VCR's and VCR's in general


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09 Feb 2017, 10:00 pm

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WOW, was I ever so surprised to see this thread brought-back, to life----HAPPILY surprised!!

that was an hilarious comment



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10 Feb 2017, 12:05 am

super elastic bubble plastic



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10 Feb 2017, 1:19 am

..,AB , you really mean chocolate milk is that non available in shops up your way ? You are all that healthy up there ? It is easy enough to find in shops down here .



tblabby"]chocolate moo[/quote]


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10 Feb 2017, 1:32 am

...I have been homeless , or if not quite HL , living marginally , for so long , Sob that many things maybe as far back as the Seventies I never quite got to say good bye to or truly experiençe or kñow at all ! Sniff


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My life destroyed by Thorazine and Mellaril - and rape - and the Psychiatric/Industrial Complex. SOB:-(! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!


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10 Feb 2017, 3:52 am

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the vacuformer toy [mattel vac-u-form] that let you takes sheets of plastic and melt them over patterns, you could make little signs and things with them as well as basic toys.
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I totally remember those machines. I knew a family that had one, and they always made "bugs" and "worms", in them!! LOL

I gave mine to a friend who was a model maker.



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10 Feb 2017, 3:54 am

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...reel-to-reel tape recorders were vital to the radio business until around the year 2000, because of the need to do precise editing by physical cut-and-splice (with razor and sticking tape). That even though consumers stopped using reel-to-reels when cassettes came out in circa 1969.

Yeah, we were still using reel-to-reels on mainframe computers, when I was in the military in the 80s / 90s----and, I've spliced-a-PLENTY of 'em.

how does one know the precise edit point on a computer data tape?



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10 Feb 2017, 3:56 am

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..,AB , you really mean chocolate milk is that non available in shops up your way ? You are all that healthy up there ? It is easy enough to find in shops down here . tblabby"]chocolate moo

chocolate moo was a brand-name powdered chocolate you added to milk and then shook up in a sealed container to make it into a frothy milk-shakey thing. I liked it but it disappeared quickly from the stores as I remember.



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10 Feb 2017, 10:35 am

In my neighborhood, it seems as though people taking care of their pets is a foreign concept. We have helped take care of (and adopted) many cats and dogs others have abandoned. Their loss was our gain, IMO. You missed out, people!



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10 Feb 2017, 10:50 am

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Black Forest cuckoo clocks (still in business but pricey)


I have one of these that still works!



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10 Feb 2017, 5:54 pm

loyalty.



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10 Feb 2017, 6:13 pm

Lists compiled with pen and paper.
Or even pencil and paper.



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10 Feb 2017, 7:14 pm

electronic things that take D cells. or even C cells, not to mention B cells.



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10 Feb 2017, 7:28 pm

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Slide rules, dial-up internet, AOL, and soon, manual transmissions in cars.

Hey----I still HAVE Dial-up Internet!!

Hilarious,I have better internet and I live in the boondocks!


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10 Feb 2017, 7:34 pm

I don't think manual transmissions in cars will ever become obsolete.

For one, to replace a manual transmission costs much less than an automatic.

For another, some people believe they have more "control" of a car with a manual transmission. They feel like they are in the "saddle," rather than merely being a relatively passive user of a car.