This should make some of you feel old.

**Big Dave** · 30th June 2009, 18:20

I got my first walkman in 1981 - no steenking cassettes though.

Effffff emmmmmm no static at all. no range at all and hardly any reception at all.

It was still great for riding my Bonneville around Perth. But those ear muffs got uncomfortable - it was a quite a while before bud phones were less than the players.

**Indiana_Jones** · 30th June 2009, 18:38

I love my LPs and turntable

-Indy

**Maha** · 30th June 2009, 18:40

Originally Posted by junkmanjoe

you guys go through this time zone..mid to late 80's

the one i had took 10 D size batterys.
and made a good noise...

Or, as they were known in south Auckland and beyond....' An Otara Briefcase'

**Subike** · 30th June 2009, 18:54

I have an 8 track sterio that still works in my furniture truck, 1/2 doz cassettes to play on it, Beach boys, Elvis, The Mods, to name a couple of the artists. still rocks out the sounds , better than the CD player that falters all the time from the vibration of the old desiel mtr.
8 tracks rock!

**slofox** · 30th June 2009, 18:56

Arrrrr I never went for that new fangled "walkman" stuff..far too bloody hi tech for the likes of me...now in MY day, we....(fill in your own raving bullshit here )

**jrandom** · 30th June 2009, 19:07

My favourite line: "I mistook the metal/normal switch on the Walkman for a genre-specific equaliser."

**tri boy** · 30th June 2009, 19:11

Anybody want a promotion only copy of the B-52's on vinyl?
Form a Q, and name ya price.

**Big Dave** · 30th June 2009, 19:17

Originally Posted by tri boy

Anybody want a promotion only copy of the B-52's on vinyl?
Form a Q, and name ya price.

I'll take it off your hands for $10.
I'll send you my bank details and you can direct transfer the cash into it.

**tri boy** · 30th June 2009, 19:19

Throw in a 12week sortie on the soon to arrive KR Thunderbird, and your almost got a deal.

**Big Dave** · 30th June 2009, 19:25

Originally Posted by tri boy

Throw in a 12week sortie on the soon to arrive KR Thunderbird, and your almost got a deal.

I press bike x 5 publications unfortunately - and then it's spoken for at a Dealer I believe.

Second batch will have better access.

**tri boy** · 30th June 2009, 19:29

And a lil tri boy waits.......

**tri boy** · 30th June 2009, 19:52

Originally Posted by Big Dave

Effffff emmmmmm no static at all.

Oh yeah baby, got that one too

**sunhuntin** · 30th June 2009, 19:53

i adore records, and they were the whole reason i bought the stereo i did [back when i was like 16 from farmers, lol.] ive even got records that i brought back from canada... lynyrd skynyrd.

what makes me feel old is the fact the toys i adored are now referred to as vintage, and even scarier is the fact some of them are in their 4th reincarnation in 25 years.

about the only toys from the 80s that i havent seen since would be he-man. everything else has been back at least once. [care bears, pound puppies, cabbage patch kids, transformers etc]