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Those Were The Days My Friend... (Original Post)
MayReasonRule
May 2025
OP
I Had One Pen In Particular That I Kept In The Car For That Very Thing....
MayReasonRule
May 2025
#9
Yep... And Rewinding An 8-Track Tape That Got Pulled Out Into The Player Rapidly...
MayReasonRule
May 2025
#14
unblock
(56,262 posts)1. 1
The Blue Flower
(6,594 posts)2. Good one!
yorkster
(3,951 posts)3. Way more than three, I wager. Very clever.
larwdem
(908 posts)4. I get it Lol
anciano
(2,317 posts)5. Got it! 👍
snowybirdie
(6,749 posts)6. I'm one
SheltieLover
(81,715 posts)7. Lol
Dave in VA
(2,291 posts)8. Oh yeah
I kept a pencil in the car just for those moments!
Thanks for the memories!
MayReasonRule
(4,137 posts)9. I Had One Pen In Particular That I Kept In The Car For That Very Thing....
JMCKUSICK
(6,616 posts)10. Been there, done that lol
Thank you MayReasonRule.
Love the flashback.
Silver Gaia
(5,433 posts)11. LOL
Iamscrewed
(486 posts)12. Got it
Old school. I've been wondering what's going to happen to these kids when they're batteries are dead and they're out of gas.
lonely bird
(3,034 posts)13. Does anyone remember
Stuffing a matchbook under your 8-track to keep it playing correctly?
MayReasonRule
(4,137 posts)14. Yep... And Rewinding An 8-Track Tape That Got Pulled Out Into The Player Rapidly...
TommieMommy
(3,077 posts)15. OMG that's funny 👍👍
bobalew
(477 posts)16. I work on vintage players & recorders; still perform that operation...
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