Things we used to do

[ianrauk]

Cramming into the booths at the local record shop to listen to the latest 45s.

Buying ex-jukebox 45's from the newsagents on the corner.

 

[slowmotion]

Cramming into the booths at the local record shop to listen to the latest 45s.

Didn't they have perforated hardboard on the inside to keep the sound from escaping?

 

[midlife]

Holograms! Whatever happened to them? They were all the rage in the late 70's.
I can remember going to The Light Fantastic Exhibition at the Royal Acamemy in London. As the name implies it was fantastic.
The ones In particularly liked were the ones which projected out into the room and could be viewed from different angles.

Taken over by books of sird pictures, hated them!

Shaun

 

[Illaveago]

Taken over by books of sird pictures, hated them!

Shaun

What are sird pictures? Were they those pictures made up of different coloured squigley lines if viewed in a strange way produced a 3d image?

 

[slowmotion]

Here's the type of booth that they had my local record shop.

 

[Illaveago]

[ATTAll]110074[/ATTACH] Here's the type of booth that they had my local record shop.

Did you ever try asking for a record of a song you didn't know the name of or who sang it? It was "B". Difficult if not embarrassing.

 

[Dirk]

Listening to 8 track stereo tapes in my Morris Traveller.

 

[midlife]

What are sird pictures? Were they those pictures made up of different coloured squigley lines if viewed in a strange way produced a 3d image?

Yep, stupid things I could never see!

Shaun

 

[Profpointy]

Yep, stupid things I could never see!

Shaun

i could see them, but they are wholly underwhelming so you've missed nothing

 

[midlife]

i could see them, but they are wholly underwhelming so you've missed nothing

The trick I was taught was to put your nose against the picture and then step back trying not to focus and the picture would appear......... By the time I reached the kitchen the whole picture was out of focus. I bought one of an F117 for ba fortune in 1990 and its sulking in the garage!

Shaun

 

[Illaveago]

The trick I was taught was to put your nose against the picture and then step back trying not to focus and the picture would appear......... By the time I reached the kitchen the whole picture was out of focus. I bought one of an F117 for ba fortune in 1990 and its sulking in the garage!

Shaun

It took me a long while to manage to do it, it was a bit like letting your eyes drift out of focus. Once the image started to appear your eyes would lock onto it and it would become clearer. What I found fascinating was that small pictures of them in magazine adverts would also work.

 

[mybike]

It took me a long while to manage to do it, it was a bit like letting your eyes drift out of focus. Once the image started to appear your eyes would lock onto it and it would become clearer. What I found fascinating was that small pictures of them in magazine adverts would also work.

I found it reasonably easy, probably something to do with wandering around with your eyes unfocussed.

 

[Illaveago]

I seem to remember seeing sweet wrappers with a Macaw on them but I can't think of the make.

 

[postman]

View attachment 110074 Here's the type of booth that they had my local record shop.

Girls with taste.Johnny Cash at San Quentin.

 

[martint235]

I have no idea why but on my way to work this morning I suddenly started thinking of Soap on a Rope.