You can still buy those 45 record adapters. I saw some in a store last week.
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Things You Don't See Anymore Part 3
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You can still buy those 45 record adapters. I saw some in a store last week.
I don't own a suit and only have a few winter shirts with collars, but the last time I rode a big gray dog was in 75.
We had several hardcover books of paper slipcovers loaded with 45 RPM records and most had adapters in them. There was also a large cabinet full of albums and another one full of reel to reel tapes. I grew up with music and was encouraged to get my own. When I left for bootcamp I gave my brother all my albums and my suitcase turntable and speaker set. IIFC I had close to a hundred albums, and he already had quite a few himself.
Ha! Revealing my age big time!!!!!!!!
Back when I was in junior high school (not called that anymore) grades 7, 8 and 9........around 1963ish, there was a fad at our school (anyway) of wearing "taps" on leather shoes in order to get that clicky sound when walking down the hallways. Kind of a "hood" sort of thing that was still going on, carry over from the 50s.
(Don't look at me! I didn't have them on my shoes! Mom and dad would not have allowed me anyway!)
Back when I was in junior high school (not called that anymore) grades 7, 8 and 9........around 1963ish, there was a fad at our school (anyway) of wearing "taps" on leather shoes in order to get that clicky sound when walking down the hallways. Kind of a "hood" sort of thing that was still going on, carry over from the 50s.
(Don't look at me! I didn't have them on my shoes! Mom and dad would not have allowed me anyway!)
I thought that Orange car was P76, but on closer look, I still think it's a Leyland, but I don't recognise the model. Of course the Charger and XC Cobra were obvious.
we called them Blakeys in UK....I had some for a bit
I used one at Seattle airport...Early 90s
I refuse to call it "middle school." It will always be "junior high" to me. And it was grades 7, 8 and 9 when I was there, too.
Up in Canada "back in my day" - we had Jr High @ 8-9-10, with senior high being 11-12...
I wore taps on my shoes for most of elementry school. I dragged my feet terribly and these saved wear and tear on the toes.
When I was in the US Coast Guard marching band in the 70's, we had taps on our shoes. The most interesting fashion accessories were the spats that we wore.
Young whippersnappers will have to look them up. 
Being the son of a Marine I went to all kinds of schools in lots of different places, frequently moving midway through a school year. Junior HS was always 9-10. Until I moved here I was never even aware of anything being called "middle school" let alone people having elaborate graduation ceremonies and parties for completing middle school. I get that getting a HS diploma means something in terms of potential employment and all that but making a big deal out of finishing the *8th* grade seems kind of like the academic equivalent to participation trophies in sports. You showed up enough to move on and you didn't get expelled, yay.
I'm old.
USN boot camp, late 64. Work pants tucked into spats over 'boondockers'(boots).When I was in the US Coast Guard marching band in the 70's, we had taps on our shoes. The most interesting fashion accessories were the spats that we wore.
