This should make some of you feel old.

[sunhuntin]

BP smurfs?
Common S/huntin, I bet you have a huge stash.

bp did smurfs? heck, by the time i got there, all the "buy $20 petrol and get a book/toy/etc for $5" had long gone.
only things we "gave away" were disney/pixar cars keyrings with 2 bottles of coke. of course, i tucked a set away for me, but ended up giving them to kids who were upset that whatever character had sold out. 3 years later, ive finally put together a complete set via op shops.

[tri boy]

Mechanic Smurf graced my GS1100G keyring from day one.

[Conquiztador]

I miss my 2-sided LP record player. Can't find them anywhere anymore. Looked like a oversized toastie maker standing up. You open the lid and place the LP inside standing up, close the lid and it will play both sides. Over and over and...

[Big Dave]

If you strangle a smurf what colour does it turn?

[Robbo]

This will make you feel even older if you remember it.
The Sound Burger.

[Conquiztador]

I had a battery driven small mono record player. (Looked like a small briefcase and when opened voila!) We used to have it when we went camping. Together with cheap wine and young girls it was must for a inspiring night...

[junkmanjoe]

i used to play the big records on the 45 speed....sounds like chip munks..

my grand dad had a valve radio, size of a small fridge..
he used to turn it on,,, put some coal in the chippy, make a cup of tea, and sit down, by then the valves had warmed
up enough for the sound to come out....

classic man..

i used to look in the back and see the valves glowing...

[Laava]

I have an old Pioneer component car stereo with 2 tape decks, 2 graphic eq and 3 amps and couldn't get $5 for the lot on TM.

[Indiana_Jones]

This will make you feel even older if you remember it.
The Sound Burger.

That is so fucking awesome!

-Indy

[Disco Dan]

I'm probably the only person to sell a CD player and buy an old tape deck for my cage.

Love cassettes!

Oh and what wally is going to try and nick that!




...oh yeah - Disco's Back.

[Indiana_Jones]

...oh yeah - Disco's Back.

You keep telling yourself that mate....

-Indy

[MaxB]

The first one I got was plastic in about 1980. I don't even think it had 2 capstans. One was just a post of plastic. I still wore it out.

The second one was about 1984. I saved like a months wages from a student job to afford it. It was alloy bodied, had a 5-band graphic equaliser, Dolby B/C (remember Dolby?) and metal tape. Man I loved that thing. It got stolen in a house burglary in 94. They left my wife's jewelery box alone and swiped my Walkman the bastards!

I got a Discman after that but it didn't go loud enough for my tastes.

As an aside I sold one of my old cars at Christmas. The new owner's excited son said "Dad, Dad its even got a slot for an iPod adaptor." He was talking about my factory Alpine state of the art radio cassette player.

[MSTRS:Me]

i used to look in the back and see the valves glowing...

...and snuffle up that wonderful smell of dust scorching?

[Swoop]

I still have my SONY Sports walkman sitting in a drawer. 2 X AA batteries and it still goes well.

This will make you feel even older if you remember it.
The Sound Burger.

Anyone remember the little toy van that you could put onto an LP and it would drive around-and-around playing the record??

Thomas Dolby...

[Big Dave]

I'm probably the only person to sell a CD player and buy an old tape deck for my cage.
Love cassettes!
Oh and what wally is going to try and nick that!
...oh yeah - Disco's Back.

May the God of the Capstan and the munted tape watch over you. Experience will bring you round eventually.