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13. I owe him a lot.

Wed Mar 10, 2021, 05:28 PM

Mar 2021

I wouldn't know half my friends if we hadn't met back when we were all trading Dead tapes.

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Lou Ottens, Inventor Of The Cassette Tape, Has Died [View all] IcyPeas Mar 2021 OP

Pencil manufacturers around the world thank you, sir. Aristus Mar 2021 #1

I lost many a mix tape to the 'squee'... Hugin Mar 2021 #4

Wow, when I look back across my life to my first Walkman. Hugin Mar 2021 #2

... 2naSalit Mar 2021 #3

thank u sir . AllaN01Bear Mar 2021 #5

Loved your invention! RIP soothsayer Mar 2021 #6

K&R nt Guy Whitey Corngood Mar 2021 #7

Thank you indeed, Mr. Ottens Silent3 Mar 2021 #9

Genius & easy to fix Budi Mar 2021 #10

I used cassette tapes for storage on my first computers. hunter Mar 2021 #11

Cassettes were the best thing since the 8track without a doubt! world wide wally Mar 2021 #12

And they were around longer than 8-tracks. IcyPeas Mar 2021 #15

I had both... world wide wally Mar 2021 #17

I owe him a lot. Jerryatric Mar 2021 #13

My girlfriend and I frequently enjoyed his invention in my car Hassler Mar 2021 #14

I still have all mine PlanetBev Mar 2021 #16

RIP MustLoveBeagles Mar 2021 #18