Oh the days of yore! Sitting with a blank cassette it the recorder and the mic in front of the radio speaker. Waiting for your favorite song to be played so you can push both play and record buttons at the same time. Then when you played back, you could always hear the sound of the buttons being pushed. LOL!
It’s fun to explain our growing up stories of technologies to the younger generations. It’s not only a History lesson but a lesson in life on how ideas develop, evolve and hopefully improve. It does dates us and makes us seem “real old” to them. However, it WILL bring a smile and a happy memory to Wilberforce when HE answers the same questions posed by his children to him…….
AllishaDawn over 3 years ago
I still have the one my (ex)boyfriend made for me when I was in the hospital 20 years ago.
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member over 3 years ago
I can see Wilberforce at Brutus age have the same conversation with his son/daughter.
cracker65 over 3 years ago
I’ve still got a box of cassettes.
Ahuehuete over 3 years ago
It’s how you made copies of your records. Kidding aside, you can still buy brand new cassette players and recorders. They are hardly obsolete.
wjones over 3 years ago
I still have a walkman tape player.
GROG Premium Member over 3 years ago
I have three drawers full of cassettes that I still listen to.
LookingGlass Premium Member over 3 years ago
Don’t get him started on his collection of 78s, 33s and 45s!!
/SMIRK/
nosirrom over 3 years ago
Old tech if my Memorex serves me correctly.
Fishenguy Premium Member over 3 years ago
Oh the days of yore! Sitting with a blank cassette it the recorder and the mic in front of the radio speaker. Waiting for your favorite song to be played so you can push both play and record buttons at the same time. Then when you played back, you could always hear the sound of the buttons being pushed. LOL!
Michael G. over 3 years ago
Back when we watched television by gaslight …
MuddyUSA Premium Member over 3 years ago
Absolutely!
raybarb44 over 3 years ago
It’s fun to explain our growing up stories of technologies to the younger generations. It’s not only a History lesson but a lesson in life on how ideas develop, evolve and hopefully improve. It does dates us and makes us seem “real old” to them. However, it WILL bring a smile and a happy memory to Wilberforce when HE answers the same questions posed by his children to him…….
CorkLock over 3 years ago
I’m thinking Wilberforce is smarter than Dad Brutus. Unlikely to work for likes of a Rancid W. Veeblefester – I hope.
rhpii over 3 years ago
Recorded off the radio.
pathamil over 3 years ago
Remember taking a basket of tubes to the tube tester in the hardware store?
Neat '33 over 3 years ago
Hey Brutus, if the kid doesn’t know what a tape recorder is, don’t ever show him a photo of a “rotary phone” !!!
Buckeye67 over 3 years ago
For me, my music progression was 78, 45, LP, reel to reel, thankfully skipped 8-track, cassette, CD, Mp3 and now satellite radio.
Plods with ...™ over 3 years ago
Loved my Roberts reel to reel
paranormal over 3 years ago
It’s a thing you record tape on…
mistercatworks over 3 years ago
It’s like a record player but you didn’t see records strung out along the major highways.
comixbomix over 3 years ago
Knowing Brutus, it was probably a Scotch Tape recorder…
paullp Premium Member over 3 years ago
“Son, it’s time for another episode of When I was Your Age . . . "