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OT - How Old Am I Game
On 8/2/2011 12:55 AM, Joy wrote:
wrote in message ... On 8/1/2011 8:28 PM, Cheryl wrote: On 8/1/2011 8:31 PM, CatNipped wrote: I'm so old I still shake the milk carton before pouring? How old are you? ; I'm old enough to remember having to position a portable cassette recorder next to the radio to record my favorite songs. I'd get mad when the DJ talked over the song. Yes there were records, but no way to get them to be portable. 45RPM and 33.5RPM (there was a third 'revolutions per minute' position, but I never used it and can't remember what it was for). I loved the vinyl records (I still say "album" rather than CD), scratches and all! I had a "box" phonograph and I had to put a large plastic center piece over the middle stem for 45s. It had the latest innovation - it would automatically click and let down a record onto the turn-table so you could stack up to 5 or 6 records and kick back and enjoy the tinny sounding love songs! Gosh, now I'm thinking about all the great music back then. I keep up with the current singers and songs and I like most of it (everything except Rap). But it just seems to me that now-a-days most singers rely on their looks and on the recording studio to "mix" their voices - it's rare that a singer can even play an instrument. -- Hugs, CatNipped You're a youngster! I remember when all records were 78 RPM. I still had a couple of albums of 78s until a few years ago, when I sold them. Joy Ah, *that* was the other setting, of course! Thanks from the reminder! Did you get a lot for them, if they were in mint condition I bet they would have been worth a fortune! -- Hugs, CatNipped See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped See the RPCA FAQ site, created by "Yowie", maintained by Mark Edwards, at: http://www.professional-geek.net/rpcablog/ Email: L(dot)T(dot)Crews(at)comcast(dot)net |
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OT - How Old Am I Game
On 8/2/2011 9:27 AM, Lesley Madigan wrote:
On Aug 2, 2:56 am, wrote: 45RPM and 33.5RPM (there was a third 'revolutions per minute' position, but I never used it and can't remember what it was for). I 78rpm- it was the records that were ancient even when I was born but not so ancient that a few of them still weren't around my dad had quite a few. You used to have to get styli with a needle for them and a needle for everything else and if you wanted to play them you had to flick the needle over (or else you would do serious damage to more modern records as the groove on them was thinner) Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs Oh thanks for that info - I do member being about to flip my needle but I never knew why! -- Hugs, CatNipped See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped See the RPCA FAQ site, created by "Yowie", maintained by Mark Edwards, at: http://www.professional-geek.net/rpcablog/ Email: L(dot)T(dot)Crews(at)comcast(dot)net |
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OT - How Old Am I Game
On 8/2/2011 10:05 AM, Art Shapiro wrote:
On 8/2/2011 7:27 AM, Lesley Madigan wrote: 78rpm- it was the records that were ancient even when I was born There was also a "half-speed" 16 2/3 RPM on some players. I don't think I ever saw an LP of that speed, but understand that they were used where fidelity wasn't urgent, such as "talking books" for the visually impaired. Let's not sadly recall the price of postage stamps over the years. How 'bout UHF televisions where the new UHF band was a dial tuner like a radio, making it extraordinarily difficult to accurately tune in a channel. Art Oh costs - that's not as much fun to remember. I remember getting gasoline for $0.27 a gallon! Of course everything's relative, when it gets down to it we pay more per gallon for milk and *water* than we do gas - we just don't used as much of it. -- Hugs, CatNipped See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped See the RPCA FAQ site, created by "Yowie", maintained by Mark Edwards, at: http://www.professional-geek.net/rpcablog/ Email: L(dot)T(dot)Crews(at)comcast(dot)net |
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OT - How Old Am I Game
On 8/2/2011 3:39 AM, Spock-n-Persephone wrote:
On Aug 2, 10:31 am, wrote: I'm so old I still shake the milk carton before pouring? How old are you? ; -- Hugs, CatNipped See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped See the RPCA FAQ site, created by "Yowie", maintained by Mark Edwards, at:http://www.professional-geek.net/rpcablog/ Email: L(dot)T(dot)Crews(at)comcast(dot)net tee hee, I'm younger than you, but I'm old enough to remember "party lines" where a lady (never a man) at the telephone exchange would put calls through. The telephone exchange was also the post office, so the lady who ran it knew EVERYTHING about what was happening in the village. Tish Yep remember that busy-body. We used to make up things for her to tell - we ruined her credibility for a least a little time until people got on to what we were doing. ; -- Hugs, CatNipped See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped See the RPCA FAQ site, created by "Yowie", maintained by Mark Edwards, at: http://www.professional-geek.net/rpcablog/ Email: L(dot)T(dot)Crews(at)comcast(dot)net |
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OT - How Old Am I Game
Lesley Madigan wrote:
On Aug 2, 2:56*am, CatNipped wrote: 45RPM and 33.5RPM (there was a third 'revolutions per minute' position, but I never used it and can't remember what it was for). *I 78rpm- it was the records that were ancient even when I was born but not so ancient that a few of them still weren't around my dad had quite a few. You used to have to get styli with a needle for them and a needle for everything else and if you wanted to play them you had to flick the needle over (or else you would do serious damage to more modern records as the groove on them was thinner) Remember 16 rpm? That never really caught on, but I remember a period of time when turntables had that option. Joyce -- Who ever thought up the word "Mammogram"? Every time I hear it, I think I'm supposed to put my breast in an envelope and send it to someone. -- Jan King |
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OT - How Old Am I Game
"Spock-n-Persephone" wrote in message
... On Aug 2, 10:31 am, CatNipped wrote: I'm so old I still shake the milk carton before pouring? How old are you? ; -- Hugs, CatNipped See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped See the RPCA FAQ site, created by "Yowie", maintained by Mark Edwards, at:http://www.professional-geek.net/rpcablog/ Email: L(dot)T(dot)Crews(at)comcast(dot)net tee hee, I'm younger than you, but I'm old enough to remember "party lines" where a lady (never a man) at the telephone exchange would put calls through. The telephone exchange was also the post office, so the lady who ran it knew EVERYTHING about what was happening in the village. Tish *** Here (in the U.S.) having a "party line" meant that more than one phone was on the same line. You might pick up a phone and hear someone else's conversation. Or they might pick up and hear yours. We didn't have to go through an exchange, though. We could dial the number we wanted, unless we were calling long distance. Joy |
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OT - How Old Am I Game
"Jane" wrote in message
... Also, it was delivered to our door, fresh from the dairy, every other day. That was also back in the day hen even doctors made house called to "deliver"! ; We used to get our milk fresh from the dairy that was a quarter mile down the road. Fresh and still warm from the cow. We would bring it home and put it into the pasteurizer that we had at home. Later on the barn started pasteurizing it first, but not in the early days. Jane - owned and operated by the Princess Rita *** We had milk delivered for a few years, but when we visited my grandparents' small farm, it was a different story. They had owned a dairy at one time, and still had three cows. I got to help Grandpa milk the cows, and watched Grandma pour the milk into a separator to separate the cream from the milk. I even had a turn at the churn, making butter out of the cream. That butter and cream were nothing like what we get nowadays. The butter was so dark yellow it was almost orange, instead of the pale, anemic stuff we get nowadays, and the cream was so thick that, when we brought some home with us and Mama put it in a cream pitcher, it sometimes had to be spooned into the coffee, because it was too thick to pour. Joy |
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OT - How Old Am I Game
"Lesley Madigan" wrote in message
... On Aug 2, 2:56 am, CatNipped wrote: 45RPM and 33.5RPM (there was a third 'revolutions per minute' position, but I never used it and can't remember what it was for). I 78rpm- it was the records that were ancient even when I was born but not so ancient that a few of them still weren't around my dad had quite a few. You used to have to get styli with a needle for them and a needle for everything else and if you wanted to play them you had to flick the needle over (or else you would do serious damage to more modern records as the groove on them was thinner) Lesley *** Yup. And every so often you had to replace the needle. Joy |
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OT - How Old Am I Game
"Art Shapiro" wrote in message
... On 8/2/2011 7:27 AM, Lesley Madigan wrote: 78rpm- it was the records that were ancient even when I was born There was also a "half-speed" 16 2/3 RPM on some players. I don't think I ever saw an LP of that speed, but understand that they were used where fidelity wasn't urgent, such as "talking books" for the visually impaired. Let's not sadly recall the price of postage stamps over the years. Yes, let's. All the time I was growing up, and well beyond, it cost 3 cents to mail a letter and one cent for a postcard. Another thing that seemed as though it would always be the same was the price of gold - $32 an ounce. How 'bout UHF televisions where the new UHF band was a dial tuner like a radio, making it extraordinarily difficult to accurately tune in a channel. Art I guess they had that worked out by the time we got a TV. My parents didn't get one until after I was married, and we'd been married a year when we got our first one. Joy |
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OT - How Old Am I Game
"CatNipped" wrote in message
... On 8/2/2011 12:55 AM, Joy wrote: wrote in message ... On 8/1/2011 8:28 PM, Cheryl wrote: On 8/1/2011 8:31 PM, CatNipped wrote: I'm so old I still shake the milk carton before pouring? How old are you? ; I'm old enough to remember having to position a portable cassette recorder next to the radio to record my favorite songs. I'd get mad when the DJ talked over the song. Yes there were records, but no way to get them to be portable. 45RPM and 33.5RPM (there was a third 'revolutions per minute' position, but I never used it and can't remember what it was for). I loved the vinyl records (I still say "album" rather than CD), scratches and all! I had a "box" phonograph and I had to put a large plastic center piece over the middle stem for 45s. It had the latest innovation - it would automatically click and let down a record onto the turn-table so you could stack up to 5 or 6 records and kick back and enjoy the tinny sounding love songs! Gosh, now I'm thinking about all the great music back then. I keep up with the current singers and songs and I like most of it (everything except Rap). But it just seems to me that now-a-days most singers rely on their looks and on the recording studio to "mix" their voices - it's rare that a singer can even play an instrument. -- Hugs, CatNipped You're a youngster! I remember when all records were 78 RPM. I still had a couple of albums of 78s until a few years ago, when I sold them. Joy Ah, *that* was the other setting, of course! Thanks from the reminder! Did you get a lot for them, if they were in mint condition I bet they would have been worth a fortune! -- Hugs, CatNipped I don't remember now. I'm sure it was more than I'd paid for them, but it wasn't a huge amount. I sold them to the son of a friend. I did keep one, though. It might be worth something. It's a Dixieland record by Teddy Buckner, and it's autographed. I don't know how well known Teddy Buckner was; he may have been local. My husband used to go hear him sometimes before we were married. Many years later we went to Disneyland and Teddy Buckner was performing in one of the outdoor venues. During a break my husband went up and told him about going to hear him in the old days. I think it made Teddy's day. He was probably in his 80s then. Joy Joy |
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