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Things You Don't See Anymore Part 3
- Thread starter Richland123
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We played out before affordable, portable tuners. Want to have some fun…play out on a muggy summer night and tune the whole band in front of the crowd using one of these!
I have one of those pitch pipes laying here on my desk near my computer. I have had it since about 1979.
^ The guitar pitch pipe. I've had mine almost as long as @Richland123, circa 1980. Actually got it after splurging for my first electronic tuner (this Ovation strobe tuner pictured below) but had no luck getting it to work properly. It was probably user error on my part but I returned it and got the pitch pipe and a tuning fork. To my ears they didn't sound like the same note to tune by, so I was quite glad when I finally bought the Korg GT-6 shortly thereafter.
I still possess one of these (A 440, though)
Yep! I've got an A440 as well. A nice German one from Strings By Mail:
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Always works, no batteries required!
Never had the pleasure myself! 
This toy, manufactured by Wham-O, was like a step above blowing bubbles. You squeezed out a little bit of liquid plastic, rolled it into a ball, and blew through a straw to create colorful durable bubbles.
Sounds harmless, right? Of course not. The bubbles contained chemicals like polyvinyl acetate (found in glue) and ethyl acetate (found in nail polish remover). And if you inhaled it, you got a mouthful of toxic fumes. Discontinued in the 1980s.
This toy, manufactured by Wham-O, was like a step above blowing bubbles. You squeezed out a little bit of liquid plastic, rolled it into a ball, and blew through a straw to create colorful durable bubbles.
Sounds harmless, right? Of course not. The bubbles contained chemicals like polyvinyl acetate (found in glue) and ethyl acetate (found in nail polish remover). And if you inhaled it, you got a mouthful of toxic fumes. Discontinued in the 1980s.
Oh, I remember those. They sure as [bleep] smelled toxic, and to make it even worse, never worked as well as the illustrations implied.
I remember this stuff. But at least we have a good excuse for why a lot of us are like we are. Those darn chemicals!Never had the pleasure myself!
This toy, manufactured by Wham-O, was like a step above blowing bubbles. You squeezed out a little bit of liquid plastic, rolled it into a ball, and blew through a straw to create colorful durable bubbles.
Sounds harmless, right? Of course not. The bubbles contained chemicals like polyvinyl acetate (found in glue) and ethyl acetate (found in nail polish remover). And if you inhaled it, you got a mouthful of toxic fumes. Discontinued in the 1980s.
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Never had the pleasure myself!
This toy, manufactured by Wham-O, was like a step above blowing bubbles. You squeezed out a little bit of liquid plastic, rolled it into a ball, and blew through a straw to create colorful durable bubbles.
Sounds harmless, right? Of course not. The bubbles contained chemicals like polyvinyl acetate (found in glue) and ethyl acetate (found in nail polish remover). And if you inhaled it, you got a mouthful of toxic fumes. Discontinued in the 1980s.
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It gave you a little buzz if you chewed it like gum right out of the tube…don’t ask me how I know this! Oh and I did see all 3 colors that they advertise on the package.
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Kibble, milkbones, and P Basses. And redheads.
Never had the pleasure myself!
This toy, manufactured by Wham-O, was like a step above blowing bubbles. You squeezed out a little bit of liquid plastic, rolled it into a ball, and blew through a straw to create colorful durable bubbles.
Sounds harmless, right? Of course not. The bubbles contained chemicals like polyvinyl acetate (found in glue) and ethyl acetate (found in nail polish remover). And if you inhaled it, you got a mouthful of toxic fumes. Discontinued in the 1980s.
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Yeah, I played with this. Made me the man I am today.
Smelled good-in a chemically way. Didja see other colors too?
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Had the pleasure myself. This (and including playing with mercury when I was a kid) explains a lot of things about me todayNever had the pleasure myself!
This toy, manufactured by Wham-O, was like a step above blowing bubbles. You squeezed out a little bit of liquid plastic, rolled it into a ball, and blew through a straw to create colorful durable bubbles.
Sounds harmless, right? Of course not. The bubbles contained chemicals like polyvinyl acetate (found in glue) and ethyl acetate (found in nail polish remover). And if you inhaled it, you got a mouthful of toxic fumes. Discontinued in the 1980s.
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Me too also.Had the pleasure myself. This (and including playing with mercury when I was a kid) explains a lot of things about me today
