I Officially Feel Old

Elspode · 11-14-2008, 10:51 PM

Check this craigslist posting, obviously from someone a whole lot younger than I am, who doesn't know that an "8mm Video/Reel Player" is called a "projector". Sigh.

Juniper · 11-14-2008, 11:10 PM

I've been looking through some boxes of stuff from my mom's condo tonight, and came across a 1974 S&H Green Stamps catalog.

When I looked through the catalog, there was something on nearly every single page that either we owned, or someone I knew owned. In many cases, we still have the items somewhere in my mom's condo either packed up or waiting to be packed.

Also...last weekend my hubby wanted to go take a stroll through an antique mall. I love antiques. But I had the same experience as in the Green Stamps catalog -- I kept saying "OMG, I had that!" or "OMG, my grandma had that."

Now...you KNOW you're getting old when you go to the history museum and some of the stuff on display is just like the one you had as a kid. In a MUSEUM. (sigh)

HungLikeJesus · 11-14-2008, 11:16 PM

What is that thing? Some kind of freaky cyclops transformer something? Does it hook up to the internet? Wow, that just gives me the creeps.

lookout123 · 11-14-2008, 11:28 PM

I remember when my parents got one. They still have some of my old soccer games on 8mm. It's pretty comical because of the lurchy speed.

Cloud · 11-14-2008, 11:46 PM

I can't remember what I use to have . . . spent too much time sniffing that purple mimeograph ink . . .

Clodfobble · 11-14-2008, 11:53 PM

As a Radio-TV-Film major, we were required to do several projects on old Super8 cameras. They told us this was to build our experiences with film from the ground up, as well as to teach us how to be creative when we couldn't have fancy things like sound in our movies... but really, it was because they had all this old equipment lying around and weren't going to let us use the expensive digital video cameras.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-15-2008, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Juniper

I've been looking through some boxes of stuff from my mom's condo tonight, and came across a 1974 S&H Green Stamps catalog.

Oh oh oh, order me a "Big Beam" light! The one that takes a 6 volt battery, has a red enamel paint job, and a flashing red light at the back end of the handle. Take me back...

Wait... 1974? shucks. By then they were probably plastic, if they even had them any more. Drat.

Juniper · 11-15-2008, 12:58 AM

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Originally Posted by lookout123

I remember when my parents got one. They still have some of my old soccer games on 8mm. It's pretty comical because of the lurchy speed.

We just got all my parents' 8mm home movies transferred to DVD. There were a TON of them, and it's so much fun to watch.

Bruce -- LOL, I'm thinking about scanning that catalog and posting it on the web just for nostalgic grins, whaddaya think?

I've got a bunch of old Woman's Day, Family Circle, and a few BH&G from 1973-1980, too. Wow.

ZenGum · 11-15-2008, 01:08 AM

In a friend's family's garage I saw some 1950s Reader's Digests.

I mostly remember the add for chlorine .... to paraphrase (very loosely):

This 4 mile irrigation pipe was blocked with weeds and algae. The technicians from XXXX company added pure chlorine until saturation level was reached, and now the pipe flows clear and smooth. Chlorine, wonder chemical of the modern era - also a crucial component of the new insecticide DDT! Safe and effective!

Errrrrrrmmmm.....

xoxoxoBruce · 11-15-2008, 01:15 AM

Holy shit.

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Results 1 - 10 of about 276,000 for S & H green stamp catalog

Elspode · 11-15-2008, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Oh oh oh, order me a "Big Beam" light! The one that takes a 6 volt battery, has a red enamel paint job, and a flashing red light at the back end of the handle. Take me back...

Wait... 1974? shucks. By then they were probably plastic, if they even had them any more. Drat.

I'm sorry it can't be less virtual, but...

xoxoxoBruce · 11-15-2008, 01:45 PM

I've got a erection.

ZenGum · 11-15-2008, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I've got a erection.

Does it have a red flashing light on the end?

xoxoxoBruce · 11-15-2008, 06:28 PM

No, but the light on the back end of the handle folds up and down the same way.

TheMercenary · 11-16-2008, 04:47 PM

I have a great really old radio that has tubes and it still works. Takes about 3 min to warm up and it is am only, wooden box style desk top about 12x8x8 (LHW)

I will have to take a pic of it. It was at my great uncles house in Gotebo Oklahoma when I got it as a kid.

11-14-2008, 10:51 PM	#1
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11-14-2008, 11:28 PM	#4
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	I remember when my parents got one. They still have some of my old soccer games on 8mm. It's pretty comical because of the lurchy speed. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

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Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	I can't remember what I use to have . . . spent too much time sniffing that purple mimeograph ink . . . __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

11-14-2008, 11:53 PM	#6
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	As a Radio-TV-Film major, we were required to do several projects on old Super8 cameras. They told us this was to build our experiences with film from the ground up, as well as to teach us how to be creative when we couldn't have fancy things like sound in our movies... but really, it was because they had all this old equipment lying around and weren't going to let us use the expensive digital video cameras. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

11-14-2008, 11:10 PM	#2
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	I've been looking through some boxes of stuff from my mom's condo tonight, and came across a 1974 S&H Green Stamps catalog. When I looked through the catalog, there was something on nearly every single page that either we owned, or someone I knew owned. In many cases, we still have the items somewhere in my mom's condo either packed up or waiting to be packed. Also...last weekend my hubby wanted to go take a stroll through an antique mall. I love antiques. But I had the same experience as in the Green Stamps catalog -- I kept saying "OMG, I had that!" or "OMG, my grandma had that." Now...you KNOW you're getting old when you go to the history museum and some of the stuff on display is just like the one you had as a kid. In a MUSEUM. (sigh)

11-15-2008, 01:08 AM	#9
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	In a friend's family's garage I saw some 1950s Reader's Digests. I mostly remember the add for chlorine .... to paraphrase (very loosely): This 4 mile irrigation pipe was blocked with weeds and algae. The technicians from XXXX company added pure chlorine until saturation level was reached, and now the pipe flows clear and smooth. Chlorine, wonder chemical of the modern era - also a crucial component of the new insecticide DDT! Safe and effective! Errrrrrrmmmm..... __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

11-15-2008, 01:45 PM	#12
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11-15-2008, 06:28 PM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	No, but the light on the back end of the handle folds up and down the same way. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-16-2008, 04:47 PM	#15
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	I have a great really old radio that has tubes and it still works. Takes about 3 min to warm up and it is am only, wooden box style desk top about 12x8x8 (LHW) I will have to take a pic of it. It was at my great uncles house in Gotebo Oklahoma when I got it as a kid. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

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