How many of you are old enough to know what these are for?

[dennilfloss]

Are there still roller rinks around?

I think they're coming back. I know they have started selling more old-fashioned rollerskates again.

 

[Rubycon]

It would be neat to have one of these!

 

[lxskllr]

It would be neat to have one of these!

Pic Clipped

That came in cereal, didn't it? I just read something about them recently, but I can't remember where, or what exactly it was about.

 

[Locut0s]

That came in cereal, didn't it? I just read something about them recently, but I can't remember where, or what exactly it was about.

Lol it was the thread about interesting toys we had as kids. The OP posted one of those 130 in 1 electronics kits. Then we started talking about radioactive "chemistry" kits and the like.

That ring is a spinthariscope.

 

[IronWing]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIFknAdVvNM

 

[lxskllr]

Lol it was the thread about interesting toys we had as kids. The OP posted one of those 130 in 1 electronics kits. Then we started talking about radioactive "chemistry" kits and the like.

That ring is a spinthariscope.

Ah, ok. I remember that thread now. I had the same electric set the OP had found :^)

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Since we've got the time machine cranked up, here was my first stereo. I used this for a long time until I got a "real" one from a neighbors yard sale :^D The only filmstrips I remember are Puss n Boots, and Snow White, but I had a few of them.

I had one of those. Itc ame with the Count of Monte Cristo

 

[sandorski]

I feel really young... holy crap.

One day some Kid will Post a Thread titled "Schnock, whadis??? and there will be a pic of a DVD in the OP. Then you too will feel Old.

 

[Locut0s]

One day some Kid will Post a Thread titled "Schnock, whadis??? and there will be a pic of a DVD in the OP. Then you too will feel Old.

<old man husky voice>Son in my day when you wanted porn you had to go search for it. And it was in 2D!! And streaming quality!!! Why we didn't have any of this useless dam direct nural interfaces, retinal screen, and tactile feedback nonsence..... wait a sec our porn sucked.... hand me that nural interface!!</old man husky voice>

 

[ReggieDunlap]

Yes...I am old enough and do know what they are for. Sheesh.

 

[JohnOfSheffield]

That is for them new record players that don't come with the hockey puck like piece of plasic to use for singles.

 

[JohnOfSheffield]

I think they're coming back. I know they have started selling more old-fashioned rollerskates again.

There are still roller derbys in England so..

 

[Fritzo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIFknAdVvNM

I got a brand new pair of roller skates, you got a brand new key!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIFknAdVvNM

Tell me you aren't going to sing this song in your head the rest of the day now

 

[james1701]

Greatest toy ever growing up.

Still have it in working condition.

My football game.

 

[IronWing]

I got a brand new pair of roller skates, you got a brand new key!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIFknAdVvNM

Tell me you aren't going to sing this song in your head the rest of the day now

When I went to youtube to find the song, I was careful to make sure the volume was turned off.

 

[gsellis]

My first 45 was this song as it was just released in 4th grade.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoRa-S8mckI

I used to 'rip' album sides from the radio onto reel-to-reel.

 

[IronWing]

Greatest toy ever growing up.




Still have it in working condition.

My football game.

I had tin can alley and my brother had that football game.

 

[Kelemvor]

Dude, you're missing out. Fried Spam and eggs is the shit. I love the stuff.

We make Rice a Roni and put cut up Spam in there when it's cooking. Yum!

 

[skyking]

I got a brand new pair of roller skates, you got a brand new key!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIFknAdVvNM

Tell me you aren't going to sing this song in your head the rest of the day now

I cheated and listened to "look what they done to my song ma"

 

[gsellis]

You bastard... Now I have Melanie stuck in my head.

Removed the link.... I see on the next pages that other folks are equally as tortured.

 

[DietDrThunder]

You might like this then. Who knows where you'd find this?

Not so hard to find when they are in my daily driver.

 

[BoomerD]

Are there still roller rinks around?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml1696pN-yE

Ah hell...someone already beat me to it!

fuck it...I'm leaving it in for the extra torture.

 

[Linflas]

I got a brand new pair of roller skates, you got a brand new key!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIFknAdVvNM

Tell me you aren't going to sing this song in your head the rest of the day now

If I am going to have a Melanie song stuck in my head it better damn well be "Lay Down", "Beautiful People", or "What Have They Done To My Song Ma?"!

 

[Perknose]

I am saying it was controlled in Taiwan if I remember correctly. You couldn't even have walkie talkie.

Remember I was in Taiwan, so I was already lagging behind in terms of electronics. Throw in martial law on top.

Lol, the good 'ol days of the Kuomintang and the little warlord general and his bitch queen wife. D:

 

[Perknose]

If I am going to have a Melanie song stuck in my head it better damn well be "Lay Down", "Beautiful People", or "What Have They Done To My Song Ma?"!

Together with "Roller Skates" her four best songs, all pretty much as good as it damn well gets.

"Lay Down" can still send shivers down my spine when I hear it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=530Hqoamf3Q&feature=related

And, if you think for even one moment that Melanie was some ephemeral, hot house, boosted by lush production values pretender, here she is doing it live, and doing it even better:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQwKDijLqyg