Years ago when my son was six, maybe seven he was rummaging through one of my
'stuff' drawers. He came up long enough for air and said "Dad, what's this
funny
ruler for". It was one of my slide rules. Now he's an multi-degreed Engineer
and
STILL doesn't know what one's for nor how to use them (he never found the
circular
rule!). These kids today....
WFO Herb
Bryan Vandiver wrote:
> Talk about 'retro'.
> I think my two little boys are the only kids at their day-care that know what
>a
> record is. I've collected three Edison Phongraphs (2-cylinder 1-disc) All
> wind-up. My boys favorite record is the 'Abba Dabba Honeymoon' which was
> recorded prior to 1920.
>
> - Bryan
>
> >Subject: Re: No LBC, Dizzy, Roe, etc
> >To: "Paul A. Asgeirsson" <PAsgeirsson@compuserve.com>, "Valentine"
> <valntine@ptd.net>
> >cc: "Frank Clarici" <spritenut@Exit109.com>, "spridgets"
> <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> >Mime-Version: 1.0
> >
> >Still have a few 78's collected from my family. I will cherish them. My
> >dad also has an Edison phonograph and 2 boxes of cylinders. We were
> >listening to them at Xmas.
> >
> >Larry
> >
> >At this exact moment in time 7/26/00 23:28, PAsgeirsson@compuserve.com
> >made the profound statement:
> >
> >>OK, OK,
> >>
> >>Along with the 45's, who remembers
> >>
> >>the 120's?
> >>
> >>the 78's?
> >>
> >>Paul A
> >>
> >>
> >>FROM: Valentine, INTERNET:valntine@ptd.net
> >>TO: Tom Stone, INTERNET:tstone@frontierprecision.com
> >>CC: Spridgets, INTERNET:spridgets@autox.team.net
> >> Frank Clarici, INTERNET:spritenut@Exit109.com
> >>DATE: 7/26/00 10:58 PM
> >>
> >>Re: Re: No LBC, Dizzy, Roe, etc
> >>
> >>
> >>Frank,
> >>
> >>Remember 45's?
> >>
> >>I remember stopping at the "record store" to pick up the "Hit of the
> >>week" The name of the store was "House of Wax"..... Only some of us on
> >>the list knows why it was named that..... Who knows why? (don't give
> >>away the answer).
> >>
> >>Kevin V.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Tom Stone wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hey guys, I am 22 and I am proud to say I have USED an 8-Track before. I
> >>> even know what one looks like. ;)
> >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>>
> >>> Tom
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
> >>> [mailto:owner-spridgets@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Frank Clarici
> >>> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 8:45 PM
> >>> To: Brad Fornal
> >>> Cc: Larry Macy; JustBrits@aol.com; Spridgets
> >>> Subject: No LBC, Dizzy, Roe, etc
> >>>
> >>> Brad Fornal wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> > Tommy Roe...................
> >>> >
> >>> > Larry Macy wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> > > It's a "Name That Tune" quiz.
> >>>
> >>> Oh yeah, and my wife has that tune on a FOUR TRACK tape player.
> >>> 4 tracks debuted just before 8 tacks, I think she only has Tommy Roe and
> >>> a Herman's Hermits tape for the old 4 track.
> >>>
> >>> Remember kids, you will be telling your kids about those funny little
> >>> CDs you used to have in a few years.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Frank Clarici
> >>> Toms River, NJ
> >>> The bug in the rice bowl
> >>> http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >>Message-ID: <397FA42B.7521@ptd.net>
> >>Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 22:53:31 -0400
> >>From: Valentine <valntine@ptd.net>
> >>X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (Win95; I)
> >>MIME-Version: 1.0
> >>To: Tom Stone <tstone@frontierprecision.com>
> >>CC: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>,
> >> Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> >>Subject: Re: No LBC, Dizzy, Roe, etc
> >>References: <NEBBIOBLILHBDFJBEFNPCEBMCCAA.tstone@frontierprecision.com>
> >>Sender: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
> >>Precedence: bulk
> >>Reply-To: Valentine <valntine@ptd.net>
> >
> >
> >Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
> >macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
> >System Administrator/Manager
> >Neuropsychiatry Section
> >Department of Psychiatry
> >University of Pennsylvania
> >3400 Spruce St. - 1015 Gates
> >Philadelphia, PA 19104
> >
> > Ask a question and you're a fool for three minutes; do not ask a
> >question and you're a fool for the rest of your life.
> >
> >
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