OT - How Old Am I Game

On 2011-08-02, Joy wrote:
"CatNipped" wrote in message
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On 8/1/2011 8:28 PM, Cheryl wrote:
On 8/1/2011 8:31 PM, CatNipped wrote:

I'm so old I still shake the milk carton before pouring?

How old are you? ;


I'm old enough to remember having to position a portable cassette
recorder next to the radio to record my favorite songs. I'd get mad when
the DJ talked over the song. Yes there were records, but no way to get
them to be portable.


45RPM and 33.5RPM (there was a third 'revolutions per minute' position,
but I never used it and can't remember what it was for). I loved the
vinyl records (I still say "album" rather than CD), scratches and all! I
had a "box" phonograph and I had to put a large plastic center piece over
the middle stem for 45s. It had the latest innovation - it would
automatically click and let down a record onto the turn-table so you could
stack up to 5 or 6 records and kick back and enjoy the tinny sounding love
songs!

Gosh, now I'm thinking about all the great music back then. I keep up
with the current singers and songs and I like most of it (everything
except Rap). But it just seems to me that now-a-days most singers rely
on their looks and on the recording studio to "mix" their voices - it's
rare that a singer can even play an instrument.

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Hugs,

CatNipped

You're a youngster! I remember when all records were 78 RPM. I still had a
couple of albums of 78s until a few years ago, when I sold them.

Joy



Those record albums really were albums - the record sleeves were bound in
a book like a photo album.

Bud