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I still have a Walkman too. 
In about a week I won't, I'm donating it to a benefit thing going on here. I hope someone is into antiques.
In about a week I won't, I'm donating it to a benefit thing going on here. I hope someone is into antiques.
Jan, I even have some old tube radios. My favorite is a 1960 Zenith AM/FM model. I replaced all the capacitors on it and it works great. lol. There's nothing like reliving the good ole days, by turning on a radio and watching the tubes start to glow as it takes 20 seconds to warm up. 
I have cassettes, 78 and 33 1/3 rpm records and a turntable stored in the garage. No 8 track though, never had one.
I have a shelf in the basement, filled with spare tubes. My oldest radio is a 1947 Truetone AM floor model. I play it at Christmas time, when the local AM stations play Christmas music. I did a lot of work to restore that one.No tubes here.
How about cassettes and 8 tracks!!! Those are going too.
You sound like DH but with him it's CBs.
He hasn't fixed one in a long time though. Since he is feeling better he might get back into a little heavier since he has an antenna up.
As for keeping the stuff, I've decided to dump. I didn't even know I had the eight tracks, I just stumbled on a box stored in a closet.
He hasn't fixed one in a long time though. Since he is feeling better he might get back into a little heavier since he has an antenna up.
As for keeping the stuff, I've decided to dump. I didn't even know I had the eight tracks, I just stumbled on a box stored in a closet.
Jan, I even have some old tube radios. My favorite is a 1960 Zenith AM/FM model. I replaced all the capacitors on it and it works great. lol. There's nothing like reliving the good ole days, by turning on a radio and watching the tubes start to glow as it takes 20 seconds to warm up.
You kids don't know what old is. My oldest radio was made in about 1921, but most of them are a few years later. The tube filaments are also the cathode and begin working as soon as it is turned on. These tubes burn very bright when the rheostat is turned up to increase the volume. Several knobs are used to tune a station.
CB is how I started, but the language and fighting got so bad around here, that I got my ham license. The nice thing about ham radio is that it's regulated by the FCC and we have to give our callsign every 10 minutes and every ham knows how to look up a call and find out who the person is and where they live, so that eliminates anonymous bravery. lol.
I never owned one, but I am familiar with those, BR. They are rare, because when AC radios came out, the dealers had a promotion, to turn in your old battery (farm) radio and get a discount on a new one. The radios that were turned in got destroyed.
BR my brother worked on radios & TV right out of high school and he worked on one of those!!!
I use to love to talk on the CB but then, as you said, it got bad. I won't even let DH put one in my car---too noisy and, well, you know, and no since in having one with a cell phone.
I use to love to talk on the CB but then, as you said, it got bad. I won't even let DH put one in my car---too noisy and, well, you know, and no since in having one with a cell phone.
The first radio that I talked on was a police radio. I was about 9 years old and a sergeant had to leave his car for a few minutes. He asked us kids to listen to the radio and let him know if he got a call. He did and I got in the car and answered it. I got yelled at and he got in trouble, but not too bad, because he retired as a Captain.
There's still plenty of them out there if you know where to look.I never owned one, but I am familiar with those, BR. They are rare, because when AC radios came out, the dealers had a promotion, to turn in your old battery (farm) radio and get a discount on a new one. The radios that were turned in got destroyed.
Well he wasn't specific enough---he didn't tell you that you couldn't answer!!!
Well son is home and it's his birthday so if he actually gets off the phone I can tell him happy birthday before I go to bed.
Well son is home and it's his birthday so if he actually gets off the phone I can tell him happy birthday before I go to bed.
I messed with CB's when they first became available. We used to hook one up in an airplane and talk with people on the ground 50 miles or more away. Later on, the traffic got so bad that the squelch had to be turned all the way down just as soon as the wheels left the ground. Reception then was about a mile or two.
It's time for me to punch out and let someone else work the graveyard shift.
Night BR.
I think i never punched out from this morning....hmmm maybe i've gotten a bit of overtime.
I think i never punched out from this morning....hmmm maybe i've gotten a bit of overtime.
I'm back, I relocated to the living room. Ok, goodnight BR and Jan, sleep well my friends.
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