Things You Don't See Anymore Part 3

[Winslow]

I use it for an alarm clock these days.

Nice! When I retired my old IIIc, I disassembled it, and put its boards, buttons, and stylus into a shadowbox frame.

 

[D M C]

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I worked at the bottom one for a summer job in high school.

We had Service Merchandise.

 

[notJaco]

We had Service Merchandise.

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Was this the original big box store?

 

[Stinsok]

We had Service Merchandise.

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I loved that store.

 

[murphy]

Sanyo 9819

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Ah Sanyo...Sonys cheaper cousin

 

[murphy]

Sanyo G-2607N (Sanyo was later acquired and discontinued by Panasonic)
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Sanyo MBC 775

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I had one of these as a hand me down from my older sister

 

[shadowtippy]

I had one of these as a hand me down from my older sister

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All I ever got from my older sister was lumps and bruises.

 

[fretter]

I had one of these as a hand me down from my older sister

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I picture somebody entering a room like James Bond and starting the party by opening the briefcase.

 

[tubedude]

 

[roccobass]

 

[murphy]

All I ever got from my older sister was lumps and bruises.

Oh I had plenty of those too...as well as being locked out of the house stark naked while sister and her friends rejoiced...haha..

 

[Winslow]

We had Service Merchandise.

I remember them! One of the buildings they used to be in near Atlanta is now a car dealership.

 

[Richland123]

 

[Winslow]

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I still have one of those irons. Still works, too!

 

[roccobass]

 

[Richland123]

 

[bassdude51]

Transistor radios.

 

[FilterFunk]

Ah Sanyo...Sonys cheaper cousin

And JVC was the king of the boomboxes.

 

[Richland123]

 

[the harp unstrung]

This looks very British...?
WWII?