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I've got one of them magnifiers here. It has a picture of the wife in it when she was about 3. Her nan gave it to her years ago!
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andyd wrote:These were 'strange' at the time https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com ... L1500_.jpg
It's hard to understand why people take drugs when you can just have one of those instead!
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Stish704 wrote:I've got one of them magnifiers here. It has a picture of the wife in it when she was about 3. Her nan gave it to her years ago!
Cool! :D They were once a 'normal' everyday thing.
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pbar wrote:
andyd wrote:These were 'strange' at the time https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com ... L1500_.jpg
It's hard to understand why people take drugs when you can just have one of those instead!
:agree: 'Acid Trip' in a tin :lol:
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I bet there are many people around here who won't know what these are -

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pbar wrote:I bet there are many people around here who won't know what these are -

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Centres for 45rpm (Single) record
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pbar wrote:
Stish704 wrote:I've got one of them magnifiers here. It has a picture of the wife in it when she was about 3. Her nan gave it to her years ago!
Cool! :D They were once a 'normal' everyday thing.
I know, pretty cool thing to keep.
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Hope this doesn't mean secondhand Ford Radio's will become even more expensive :? http://home.bt.com/tech-gadgets/tech-ne ... 4141735967
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I heard something about this the other day. Always surprised me that they didn't at least equal vinyl for sales back in the day. The beauty being that they were very portable and you could record on them. I can't imagine them coming back to the point of rivaling the modern equivalent though, MP3, but time will tell.
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pbar wrote:I heard something about this the other day. Always surprised me that they didn't at least equal vinyl for sales back in the day. The beauty being that they were very portable and you could record on them. I can't imagine them coming back to the point of rivaling the modern equivalent though, MP3, but time will tell.
:agree: The anticipation of the cassette getting chewed up whilst playing :lol:
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Even batteries looked better back in the day!

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:agree: :D Way before Duracell etc........
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pbar wrote:Even batteries looked better back in the day!

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Ideal for using in this to play those cassette's :D
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Freelanderfan wrote:
pbar wrote:Even batteries looked better back in the day!

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Ideal for using in this to play those cassette's :D
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/73 ... 7222ca.jpg
Or http://thumbs2.picclick.com/d/l400/pict ... player.jpg
No wonder I'm deaf......Happy days indeed :D
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andyd wrote:No wonder I'm deaf
Pardon?

If Woolworths were selling these for 6p, it's no wonder they never made any money! :)

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andyd wrote: Or http://thumbs2.picclick.com/d/l400/pict ... player.jpg
No wonder I'm deaf......Happy days indeed :D
Show off, you must have had the posh one :D
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Freelanderfan wrote:
andyd wrote: Or http://thumbs2.picclick.com/d/l400/pict ... player.jpg
No wonder I'm deaf......Happy days indeed :D
Show off, you must have had the posh one :D
Not until I was about 14, had one similar to the other before that :)
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Andrew 2.8i wrote:
andyd wrote:No wonder I'm deaf
Pardon?

If Woolworths were selling these for 6p, it's no wonder they never made any money! :)

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What?!! :whistle:

6p was a lot of money then :lol:
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Retro seems to be fashionable these days. Not to mention expensive!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/sharp-gf767-1 ... Sw2xRYSulg

Advanced technology for 1886! :D

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Andrew 2.8i wrote:Retro seems to be fashionable these days. Not to mention expensive!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/sharp-gf767-1 ... Sw2xRYSulg

Advanced technology for 1886! :D

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Yes that seems a tad expensive....Why has it got a handle? You wouldn't want to carry that too far :lol:
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