You Know You Are Living In 2006

[canawler]

I think my mimeograph is right over by the Gestetner. Let me have a look for ya.

Hey, wait a minute. I'm an office equipment tech and our main product line is Gestetner. They are an old company but still around as part of Ricoh.

[Andrew Green]

Hey, I have a number of LPs. I am not THAT old. I also have the stereo to play them on. I haven't used a typewriter for years though. Speaking of LPs, I have entertained the thought of going to Guitar Center, or musiciansfriend.com, and getting a new turntable, and then hooking it up to my audio equipment. I don't have THAT many LPs, but I can also hook up a CD deck too... which I haven't done in a long time... a 200 watt powered mixer, and 2 15" cabs can get pretty loud... of course that's the same gear I use for my PA system...so everything CAN hook up to it...

[neo71665]

I'm 26 but learned how to type on a typewriter and still have/use records.

[Iolaus]

I have over a thousand LPs and no player. I keep meaning to go out and hit garage sales on a regular basis, so that I can keep an eye out for a decent one, but it never seems to happen.

[Graham]

This makes me think of what a strange mix we are..
One one hand we love the tradition and ancient history associated with the kilt and love to show that every day.

One the other hand most of us love technology, we use computers, the net, email, PDA's etc.

For me I see it as enjoying the best of both worlds.

[cessna152towser]

This pocket adding machine would have been the latest state of the art technology when my late father purchased it. The date on the guarantee is 12th August, 1950.
My wife and I still have our manual typewriters; mine is a Remington Travelriter which was new in 1963 and Ann's is an Adler, also from the 1960's. Though I have to admit we haven't used them since we bought our first home computer three years ago.

[Hamish]

I have an Imperial portable typewriter which I stopped using when the bi-coloured ribbons became unavailable some years ago, and a PC came into my life! Don't know why I hang on to it - but I do! I've also several boxes of foolscap paper to go with it!

As for LPs and 78s: I have about 250 LPs - mostly classical and musicals which I am able to play (but seldom do) on the turntable unit within my stacked music centre. There must be about 100 78s up in my roof space which I cannot play but would LOVE to! They are virtually all Scottish Country Dance band music - Jimmy Shand, Ian Powrie, McBain's, etc., etc. - but I have some recordings dating back to the 1930s that belonged to my father. It would be wicked, if not sinfull, to destroy them!

[morrison]

Iolaus, it's worth the dollars. Go to Frys or some kind of components store and get an new turntable. A thousand memories per revolution will quickly payoff the price in "Good Vibrations," and "Sunshine Superman."

I have over a thousand LPs and no player. I keep meaning to go out and hit garage sales on a regular basis, so that I can keep an eye out for a decent one, but it never seems to happen.

I remember my friend's sister had a Barbie doll when she was the plain doll image, before the smile and the glitzy glamour that Mattel put her through.
rsl

[Southern Breeze]

Tossing out LPs should be a crime. I have well over 3500, the majority of which are from the late 50s to around 1970. Most of these were given to me by people who were going to throw them away.
I've set up my player so that I can record the LPs into my computer. I can then clean up a lot of the static and noise, then record them on CDs or put them on my Ipod.

[Iolaus]

Tossing out LPs should be a crime. I have well over 3500, the majority of which are from the late 50s to around 1970. Most of these were given to me by people who were going to throw them away.
I've set up my player so that I can record the LPs into my computer. I can then clean up a lot of the static and noise, then record them on CDs or put them on my Ipod.

I wish I was software literate enough to do something like that; some of my stuff is pretty well used.