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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,821
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    billbillw wrote: »
    Soft tape measures would be recognized by millennials, but I agree the other ones will be lost to them. I'm 55 and many of them were being phased out by the time I was in middle school. My parents had that exact nut cracker set and I think I might still have the cracker in a drawer somewhere. The picks are all gone though.

    Where do you see a "soft tape measure"?
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  • billbillw
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    Viking64 wrote: »
    billbillw wrote: »
    Soft tape measures would be recognized by millennials, but I agree the other ones will be lost to them. I'm 55 and many of them were being phased out by the time I was in middle school. My parents had that exact nut cracker set and I think I might still have the cracker in a drawer somewhere. The picks are all gone though.

    Where do you see a "soft tape measure"?

    Never mind. Now I see they are caps. Duh.
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  • billbillw
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    Viking64 wrote: »

    I said: "Kodak 126 film" when it was in fact "Kodak 110 film".

    Also, I can't make out whatever those are in the bottom right corner.

    Other than that, I am batting 1000.

    Now I need to be disqualified for using a sports metaphor. :'(

    I think, but I'm not sure, that is a chalk holder for putting parallel lines on the board for writing lessons or for music classes?
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  • billbillw
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    I’m stuck on the Zenith thingy.

    What did Zenith make in large quantities in the 60s and 70s? TVs. It's an early remote control known as the Space Commander I think.
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  • Viking64
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    I found the full pic and it appears to be one of those chalk things for making lines to teach students how to write letters properly and/or musical notes.

    EDIT: I think they would load them with just 3 pieces of chalk for writing words/letters and 5 for music.

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  • treitz3
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    You know you are getting old when the responses to that post cracks you up.

    Bunch of young whippersnappers...

    Tom
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • TEAforONE
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    I miss the smell of caps!
    See my profile for list of gear.
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  • aprazer402
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  • motorhead43026
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    I have 4 rolls of 110 film along with 10 rolls of 35 mm film that I am getting developed. The 110 would have to be from the 70’s.
    The 35mm would be from about 30 years ago.

    Since we don’t know where we are going we have to stick together in case someone gets there….Ken Kesey.

    Idolizing a politician is like believing the stripper REALLY likes you.

    And the boots you lick will stomp you too.
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  • Viking64
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    I have a Polaroid camera that my grandfather got for Christmas in 1969. I can't wait to use it and see pics of all of us grandchildren when we were little.
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  • mhardy6647
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    ... or if you want to see Polaroids instant photos of... I dunno... somebody's little Japanese grandchildren:
    https://instax.com/camera/

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  • xschop
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    When you just drive by Taco Bell and it triggers GERD.
    Don't take experimental gene therapies from known eugenicists.
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  • CottageChz
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    ken brydson wrote: »
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    Gotta fix that meme, I think millennials can identify most of these. Need to choose a younger generation.

    Maybe a new meme: you might be old if you’re still bashing millennials like they’re the newbies in the workplace!
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  • polrbehr
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    ... you can't recall when the NY Knicks won an NBA championship.

    Oh, wait. It was yesterday.

    Carry on. B)
    So, are you willing to put forth a little effort or are you happy sitting in your skeptical poo pile?


    http://audiomilitia.proboards.com/
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  • agingboomer
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    polrbehr wrote: »
    ... you can't recall when the NY Knicks won an NBA championship.
    Oh, wait. It was yesterday.
    Yesterday? I didn't remember that . . .
    The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.—Martin Luther King Jr.
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  • BlueBirdMusic
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    Understanding this video equals OLD!

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    https://www.facebook.com/reel/987098627580776

    Or this applies to you:

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    "Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"
    Harry / Marietta GA
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  • BlueBirdMusic
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    BlueBird Music with my brother at the Municipal Auditorium, Atlanta 1971

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    "Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"
    Harry / Marietta GA
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  • Tony M
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    edited June 22
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    The Allman Brothers Band - Fillmore East - 1970.09.23 - Full Concert

    B)

    https://youtu.be/XsjzV8sOdXU
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.

    “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
    --Mark Twain.

    “If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.” - Steven Wright
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  • kevhed72
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    I think a person is getting old if they start wondering how another person would be able to shoot down a drone, for no particular reason other than curiosity.
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  • F1nut
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    edited June 22
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    NM
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  • pumpkinman
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    I turned 70 in Jan. and nothing works as it should anymore.
    I look in the mirror and wonder who that is starring back at me. In my mind I’m still 30 but only in my mind. :D
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    Because I am The Pumpkinking


    A Kind Word Is An Easy Gift To Give
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  • mhardy6647
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    pumpkinman wrote: »
    I turned 70 in Jan. and nothing works as it should anymore.
    I look in the mirror and wonder who that is starring back at me. In my mind I’m still 30 but only in my mind. :D

    At my house, it's my father staring back at me from the mirror -- and not because it's haunted. :o:blush:
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  • tonyp063
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    I've got a Mr. Dorian Gray for you on line one.
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  • pumpkinman
    pumpkinman Posts: 10,511
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    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    pumpkinman wrote: »
    I turned 70 in Jan. and nothing works as it should anymore.
    I look in the mirror and wonder who that is starring back at me. In my mind I’m still 30 but only in my mind. :D

    At my house, it's my father staring back at me from the mirror -- and not because it's haunted. :o:blush:

    How long ago was it when I visited you ??

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    Because I am The Pumpkinking


    A Kind Word Is An Easy Gift To Give
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  • xschop
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    The fireflys are more intriguing than the early fireworks.
    Don't take experimental gene therapies from known eugenicists.
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  • mhardy6647
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    pumpkinman wrote: »
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    pumpkinman wrote: »
    I turned 70 in Jan. and nothing works as it should anymore.
    I look in the mirror and wonder who that is starring back at me. In my mind I’m still 30 but only in my mind. :D

    At my house, it's my father staring back at me from the mirror -- and not because it's haunted. :o:blush:

    How long ago was it when I visited you ??
    We were up here in NH, but, past that... I got nothin'.
    Like most things that happened in the past (at my age)... I believe it was the other day.
    :blush:
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