🤔 1923-1973 Do You Remember...

[Anonymous]

👍Tell us about YOUR "good old days"......

BORN: Age 50 - 1973, Age 60 - 1963, Age 70 - 1953, Age 80 - 1943, Age 90 - 1933, Age 100 - 1923.

[DaveMcK]

[Fall2024inVA]

1 comment (9/18/23)

Dave @DaveMcK , what is this? 🤔

Thanks,

Nicole 🙃

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✏@DaveMcK wrote:

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[DaveMcK]

It is called an electron tube that were used in older radios and TV's.

[Tempest332]

Vacuum tube as they are under vacuum.   Remember going to the tube tester at the corner appliance repair shop with dad, later it was Olson's, Lafayette  & Radio Shack.  

[Tempest332]

Being a Ham (or former Ham), Tubes are still occasionally desired. 

Edit, the FCC arm of the fedzilla has made renewing licensing a total debacle if you aren't using online payment methods now. 

[DaveMcK]

[KellytheBelly]

'Open wide.'  😁

[DaveMcK]

[DaveMcK]

[KellytheBelly]

Is this some old-fangled skeet shooting thingamajig? 😉 🎵 🎶

[Tempest332]

I had several cabinets of this "cool" I couldn't give away once upon a time, now this stuff goes for a premium @ used record shops. 

[DaveMcK]

Artisan Handcrafted Wood Vintage St. Regis Model 402 Vacuum Tube AM Shortwave Radio Rare Manufacturer! 

[EricC28201]

I used to think of these every time I saw a Chrysler PT Cruiser.

[KellytheBelly]

That's my daddy! 😂

[DaveMcK]

25 cents 

[KellytheBelly]

I'm still in denial. As soon as payphones went away, all romance was gone. 🥀

[DaveMcK]

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[DaveMcK]

[DirkB349973]

Getting four photos before you had to change the flash cube was nice!

[DaveMcK]

Antique Wringer Washing Machine with White Linen Cloth stock photo...

[DirkB349973]

Kind of related to the washer above, Grandma used a mangle iron, similar to this photo, to iron sheets and pillowcases.

[jonibee]

I can see why they called this a mangle as it certainly could do just that...

[DaveMcK]

[Therapist4u]

Hi @DaveMcK

Wow,....this was a deluxe model compared to my 1st one...

it only had AM...& no fancy-pants leather case...LOL!😊

Anyway... Take care!

🍁🍂  ☮️ 🍁🍂 ~Allen 🍁🍂 🌈 🍁🍂

[DaveMcK]

[Tempest332]

You could still get this as a Factory option in Vehicles (GM at least) up to as late as 1984. 

I had a copy of Brian Auger's Oblivion Express... "Closer to it!" I had saved for nostalgic sake, not sure what happened to it though.  This tape loop concept was a great idea, though didn't wear well.   

[cmgoeke11]

Tape deck

[cmgoeke11]

Tape deck

[DaveMcK]

[DaveMcK]