Most of mine are collecting dust on a shelf:You have to be getting along in age to remember buying new 7" 45s!
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My 78s are in an old record storage book.
jtk
Most of mine are collecting dust on a shelf:You have to be getting along in age to remember buying new 7" 45s!
Old Records.jpg
My 78s are in an old record storage book.
jtk
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
The ellipsograph box caught my attention.
When I was maybe 10 or 12 and out walking on our rural road a small truck went speeding by, hit some bumps, and a bunch of old 78s came flying out of the bed. They were made of some kind of brittle material and most broke when they hit the pavement but some survived enough to play. There were some incredible old scratchy songs on them! I wished I could have gone through that truckload before it went to the dump.My 78s are in an old record storage book.
That comes in handy at times.The ellipsograph box caught my attention.
It is from my days as a drafter before CAD. That is back when it was spelled draughtsman.
jtk
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
The first (and only) 45 I bought was in 1955 or 56. Jr. High School student , and bought 'Blue Suede Shoes'. I wanted Elvis, and it turned out to be a cover by some other singer.
I was so disappointed, I never bought another 45. The next record I bought was after High School, when I bought the Silvery Moon album by Billy Vaughn (I was a sax player...met the wife on a college dance band gig).
Rick Potter
DIY journeyman,
FWW wannabe.
AKA Village Idiot.
Makes me feel real old when I still use this....
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Correcto Bruce.
I prefer the Carl Perkins version now, but the one I got wasn't either him or Elvis. Just a rip off of the dumb kid.
Rick Potter
DIY journeyman,
FWW wannabe.
AKA Village Idiot.
You know you are old when you tune to an "Oldies Station" to find they are playing stuff from the late ninties, rather than the fifties / sixties.
You know you are old when all your favorite musicians are either dead or bald with grey beards.
You know you're pretty old when...
The TV announcer followed the name of the show you're about to watch with: "in COLOR!", and you remember the exact day and which relative got a color TV before YOU did...
You know what a wire recorder is -
You were on a "party line" -
-- it's too loud...
You know who Dobie Gillis is-
You remember when smoking was considered healthy -
You started your pickup truck with your foot
You're putting your kids in rest homes--
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ELEVEN - rotary cutter tool machines
FOUR - CO2 lasers
THREE- make that FOUR now - fiber lasers
ONE - vinyl cutter
CASmate, Corel, Gravostyle
And next to the starter plunger was the high/low switch for the headlights.You started your pickup truck with your foot
jtk
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
You know you're picking up a penny on the ground and then put it in cup you keep on the dresser.
When enough coins are in the jar, you take it to a coin star machine.