Things you don't see anymore

[chi-town_mike]

I had those before the whole stupid orange front thing happened.

 

[chi-town_mike]

 

[chi-town_mike]

When waterguns actually looked like guns. Boy was I pissed at congress when that orange front thingy law was passed. I took those parts off.

 

[My name is Mudd]

Oh wow...I forgot about the cap bomb. I may still have one of those around here somewhere.

 

[jmattbassplaya]

Dunno if theses still exist- haven't looked, but speed loading cap guns rocked:

Check out the toy section of your local Walgreens next time you run in. I could of sworn I saw some of those in there about a year ago.

 

[SamanthaCay]

If you find any of these lying around I’ll gladly pay you ten dollars.

 

[Vorago]

 

[My name is Mudd]

If you find any of these lying around I’ll gladly pay you ten dollars.

True story...my dad bought a Leica M3 at a yard sale for $50.

 

[SamanthaCay]

Funny you should mention that as the only reason I am able to differentiate the difference between an old Leica, Rolleiflex, what have you is because of my dad.
I seriously think the man owns just about every camera ever made.

 

[My name is Mudd]

I have degrees in photo-journalism and worked in high-end camera shops when I was in school...I can spot a Leica at 50 yards.

 

[Muddslide]

8 track tapes.

I actually have a friend in Texas who collects 8 track tapes. He opens them up, cleans them, puts new felt and some kind of little metal strip in them. He also has a cache of blank 8-track tapes and he often makes his own 8-track versions of some of his favorite albums, complete with artwork he does on his computer. They look very authentic.

Believe it or not, there's an 8-track subculture around, with collectors/traders online and such. There are some specific 8-track tapes that fetch pretty high coin on eBay.

My buddy in TX--true story, and I've got a Flip Video he sent me a couple of weeks back of this--just got an older pickup and he installed an 8-track player in it with a booming speaker system.

I had a friend in Tulsa a few years back who found a NOS, sealed in-box 8 track player along with a huge box of tapes at the local Goodwill. He incorporated the player into his big stereo system and regularly jammed 8 track tapes with little or no sense of irony.

Portable record players...

I own one of these. Looks similar, but maybe a little better quality. Mine is tan. I've used it to burn old vinyl and shellac (78 rpm records) to CD with a non-computer stereo component-type CD burner I have. I used to have a big collection of old pre-WW2 78 records as well as a lot of vinyl singles and LPs that never made it to CD release. This porta-player I have is good for transferring that stuff and it's fun to hook up the speakers to it and spin some old vinyl.

One of these days I'm going to get another really serious turntable. I dig vinyl, though I have sold off most of what I used to have.

 

[ShredderMaximus]

Portable record players and record players in cars

I got one of those, probably a more inexpensive model but

hint: its in the background

 

[JacoLesFlea]

Have not looked thru this whole thread so some of these might have been mentioned.

Planes made out of balsa wood that you could buy at the grocery store..The ones with the propellr and rubber band where the best!
Metal capguns and those bomb looking things that you would load with a cap and throw in the air and would "explode" when hit the ground.
Those tart flavored suckers that everyone had in the 70's, think they were called Lollies.
Felt blacklight posters of Bruce Lee or good looking black women with afros.
Mad and Cracked Magazines.
Roller skating rinks with discoballs.
Drive-up grocery loading service..I did that in highschool from '81 to'83 you would give the customer a ticket they would drive up to the front of the store and you would load there grocerys.
kids selling cinnamon flavored toothpicks in highschool.
single serve pudding that came in those little metal cans.
Stretch Armstrong doll
Hai Karate colonge
music videos on MTV
a dime bag costing 10 bucks, nickel bag 5 bucks, and a single J 1 buck. not ditch weed either.
Shamrock Shakes
Krispy Kreme donuts..speaking for minnesota they use to be everwhere now there all gone.

 

[mindbass]

If you find any of these lying around I’ll gladly pay you ten dollars.

The M3 is a a high quality tool, but it's darn heavy.

 

[chi-town_mike]

 

[JimB52]

Speedo bathing suits.

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[Demon_Hunter]

We'll never see bands releasing great albums every year...heck...even two in one year
Queen
# Queen (1973)
# Queen II (1974)
# Sheer Heart Attack (1974)
# A Night at the Opera (1975)
# A Day at the Races (1976)
# News of the World (1977)
# Jazz (1978)

Beatles
* Please Please Me (1963)
* With The Beatles (1963)
* A Hard Day's Night (1964)
* Beatles for Sale (1964)
* Help! (1965)
* Rubber Soul (1965)
* Revolver (1966)
* Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
* The Beatles (aka the White Album) (1968)
* Yellow Submarine (1969)
* Abbey Road (1969)
* Let It Be (1970)

 

[Hawaii Islander]

add to Demon_Hunter's list

(from Wikipedia)
Main article: Jethro Tull discography
This Was (1968)
Stand Up (1969)
Benefit (1970)
Aqualung (1971)
Thick as a Brick (1972)
Living in the Past (1972)
A Passion Play (1973)
War Child (1974)
Minstrel in the Gallery (1975)
M.U. – The Best of Jethro Tull (1976)
Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976)
Songs from the Wood (1977)
Repeat – The Best of Jethro Tull – Vol II (1977)
Heavy Horses (1978)
Stormwatch (1979)
A (1980)
The Broadsword and the Beast (1982)
Under Wraps (1984)
Original Masters (1985)
Crest of a Knave (1987)
Rock Island (1989)
Catfish Rising (1991)
Roots to Branches (1995)
J-Tull Dot Com (1999)
Living with the Past (2002)
The Jethro Tull Christmas Album (2003)

 

[Lady Kayri]

Tom Corbett Space Cadet books - was downloading some ebooks from Project Gutenberg to my eReader and guess what? 7 out of the 8 Tom Corbett books are on the site, available for free download! A bunch of stuff from other older sf authors, including James Schmidt, EE "Doc" Smith, H Beam Piper, Andre Norton, etc. Even if you don't have an eReader, most PCs and Macs (as well as a lot of smart phones and tablet computers like the iPad) will read ePUB files, so if you're here online, chances are you can download and read some of the Project's free ebooks...

 

[Hot Rats]

Easy Bake Oven
Suction cup dart guns
Baby Alive....creepy. my sister had one. It pooped in its pants. a doll.
Silly String