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35. In high school a guy I dated one time made a tape of songs for me

Mon Jan 23, 2012, 08:17 PM

Jan 2012

on one of those big 8" reel to reel tapes... It started with "Hello, I love you" and ended with "I'll say goodbye to love". Must have been a lot of work. I wonder if I still have it somewhere.

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13 year old girl holds vinyl record for the first time. baffled why so few songs on massive disk [View all] Liberal_in_LA Jan 2012 OP

Cute. But I'm skeptical. Skinner Jan 2012 #1

Me too RockaFowler Jan 2012 #2

Agree... less than spontaneous jberryhill Jan 2012 #3

me three warrior1 Jan 2012 #9

I agree Tripper11 Jan 2012 #7

Me too! JDPriestly Jan 2012 #11

Word XemaSab Jan 2012 #14

Well, I called my 7 yr old granddaughter in 1993 and SharonAnn Jan 2012 #42

Yup. When I was growing up our phone number was HillWilliam Jan 2012 #44

Do you know WHY they had alphabetic characters as part of the number? jmowreader Jan 2012 #52

I call setup on that one. MineralMan Jan 2012 #4

Obviously the record wasn't 78 rpm Wwagsthedog Jan 2012 #5

If it had been dipsydoodle Jan 2012 #10

Sure Ron Obvious Jan 2012 #6

Our then 22-year-old daughter was in my father's basement with me, when phylny Jan 2012 #29

Dialing? pinboy3niner Jan 2012 #51

Some items, such as phones, seem more self-evident. You speak and listen in that device. Liberal_in_LA Jan 2012 #59

Yes--but how long will she spend looking for where to punch in the number? pinboy3niner Jan 2012 #62

Well, I had to let my 14 year old use my old word processor not that long ago... Xithras Jan 2012 #65

A year or two ago the BBC gave a young kid an old Sony Walkman RZM Jan 2012 #8

It's quality, not quantity, honey. edbermac Jan 2012 #12

Original cut-outs all the way, baby. Leopolds Ghost Jan 2012 #34

right, because there was NO shitty music made in 1967. Warren DeMontague Jan 2012 #40

My parents always said just as much about the 60s RZM Jan 2012 #43

just wondering; why is something like that worth youtube-ing? Blue_Tires Jan 2012 #13

people have nothing betterto do leftyohiolib Jan 2012 #21

I just sold (2 hours ago) wilt the stilt Jan 2012 #15

what's a cartridge?? ??? Liberal_in_LA Jan 2012 #16

it is what is in a turntable wilt the stilt Jan 2012 #27

At CES in Vegas hifiguy Jan 2012 #17

Nice piece of kit! GliderGuider Jan 2012 #30

Ive had SOTAS for 20 years. hifiguy Jan 2012 #54

I'm sure that kronos is big bucks wilt the stilt Jan 2012 #31

$28,000, actually. hifiguy Jan 2012 #53

I have a systemdek 11X wilt the stilt Jan 2012 #57

Indeed it is. hifiguy Jan 2012 #58

Gosh I still have alot of vinyl records. So great songs. southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #18

Well---she's kind of dumb if she doesn't know what an LP is... trumad Jan 2012 #19

And she has obviously never been in the teen fad store "Hot Topic" which has whole ScreamingMeemie Jan 2012 #23

LP's are still pretty much a novelty item onenote Jan 2012 #26

They are not so novel that a 13 year old would not be familiar with them. ScreamingMeemie Jan 2012 #28

As Dr. Hubert Farnsworth would say... sakabatou Jan 2012 #20

Something's wrong with this story. Lint Head Jan 2012 #22

Smack her in the head with one of these ... JoePhilly Jan 2012 #24

Data Ron Obvious Jan 2012 #32

In my early days, we got to use punch cards ... this was around 1980. JoePhilly Jan 2012 #33

LOL! How about computer punched paper tape guardian Jan 2012 #38

I have actually! Ron Obvious Jan 2012 #39

Ditto. Ms. Toad Jan 2012 #47

That tape's 5-bit. BiggJawn Jan 2012 #50

Her acting is very obvious. Her dad should be ashamed of himself Liquorice Jan 2012 #25

and his daughter is the one getting the brunt of the reaction Enrique Jan 2012 #55

In high school a guy I dated one time made a tape of songs for me undeterred Jan 2012 #35

Patton Oswalt------Time Travel in 2009 thelordofhell Jan 2012 #36

Video looks fake or staged to me. nt aaaaaa5a Jan 2012 #37

Video looks staged to me too guitar man Jan 2012 #41

Oh please--most stores have started carrying vinyl records again. Best Buy, FYE, etc. Puregonzo1188 Jan 2012 #45

Poor acting. I am quite sure it is faked. nt Bonobo Jan 2012 #46

I agree it is staged...but how many more hits did we just give it? Ms. Toad Jan 2012 #48

:-( Liberal_in_LA Jan 2012 #60

I went to the UU church on sunday... krispos42 Jan 2012 #49

Same John Scalzi that wrote "Old Man's War?" AngryAmish Jan 2012 #56

Yeah, but he wrote (still writing?) more than 2 others in the series Spike89 Jan 2012 #64

Similar to others' sentiment on this thread, I call Shenanigans! slutticus Jan 2012 #61

yeah, faked, but the point is valid Spike89 Jan 2012 #63