They were good days indeed!

[El Presidente]

Sad to think that many of you have missed this era 

 

 ...if you have never rocked a transistor radio....you haven't lived. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Ken Gargett]

17 minutes ago, El Presidente said:

Sad to think that many of you have missed this era 

 

 ...if you have never rocked a transistor radio....you haven't lived. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i remember when pocket calculators arrived. you could do "magic tricks" with them by coming up with various stories multiplying and dividing and then turning the thing upside down so the result, 58008 spelt BOOBS. you have no idea how much that amused schoolkids. 

[El Presidente]

13 minutes ago, Ken Gargett said:

 so the result, 58008 spelt BOOBS. you have no idea how much that amused schoolkids. 

Pfft......i caught you doing that last week 

[Ken Gargett]

Just now, El Presidente said:

Pfft......i caught you doing that last week 

we both know that is a lie.

neither of us have the technical ability to work a pocket calculator. 

[Nino]

4 hours ago, El Presidente said:

Sad to think that many of you have missed this era 

 ...if you have never rocked a transistor radio....you haven't lived. 

 

 

Looks same same to the transistor radio my girl friend was holding on her lap on a road trip to Spain back in 1972 in my Austin Mini ....

Can't believe I did crazy things like that, how I ever fit into that midget and that we survived it with nothing more than a broken fan belt near Madrid.

[KCCubano]

Blast from the past! I do recall in late 60s we had a larger Panasonic Transistor Radio. I still remember how it smelled! Perfect companion for Van Morrison " Brown Eyed Girl"

[anacostiakat]

Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days - 1968 - YouTube

[Cairo]

6 hours ago, Ken Gargett said:

turning the thing upside down so the result, 58008 spelt BOOBS

This is why I come to the forum--learn something new every day.    😀

 

[xsquid]

I had the TI-55.  Hey where is the Polaroid camera LOL

[joeypots]

Am I too late with the early 70s?  If u had one of these in '72 you had the stuff.

[GaryK 54]

What a great post. Recognize every one of those items. The transistor radio, bag phone and reel to reel tape deck really take me back!

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[Fuzz]

I still have a lot of those items. I recently found a Casio fx-100c calculator, 1980s Akai "boombox" (with removable speakers!), my first Walkman and Discman, plus many more from my childhood.

[Cigar Surgeon]

Great walk down memory lane.

[SpecialK]

11 hours ago, Ken Gargett said:

we both know that is a lie.

neither of us have the technical ability to work a pocket calculator. 

technical ability yes.... eye sight no..

[Chibearsv]

Let's not forget the high tech sound of the day

[madandana]

The good old days

[Islandboy]

1 hour ago, Chibearsv said:

Let's not forget the high tech sound of the day

Aww hell yeah! Got one of these just before Boy Scout camp, blasted the just released Aerosmith “Rocks” tape all summer. Good times. 

[Bri Fi]

5318008 is superior to 58008. This was still funny when I was in high school in the early 2000’s

[El Presidente]

ah Bo Derek. 80's icon. 

 

 

 

 

[Chibearsv]

Ok, I was going to post something but I lost my thought.  That's a mic drop post 🙄

[joeypots]

52 minutes ago, El Presidente said:

ah Bo Derek. 80's icon. 

 

 

 

 

 

She didn't look that good in bed. 

[gorob23]

With the Panasonic 9 you forgot the little ear piece. Used to wear along sleeve short and run the cord through the sleeve so I could listen to the baseball playoff game whenI was in grade school.

With Bo you missed when she and I went dancing at the Disco 😎

 

Rob

[El Presidente]

Just now, gorob23 said:

With the Panasonic 9 you forgot the little ear piece. Used to wear along sleeve short and run the cord through the sleeve so I could listen to the baseball playoff game whenI was in grade school.

With Bo you missed when she and I went dancing at the Disco 😎

 

Rob

Rob, I am guessing you were a headband guy?

[WarriorPrincess]

4 hours ago, El Presidente said:

ah Bo Derek. 80's icon. 

 

 

 

 

Only you would go from pocket calculators to a wet tshirt memory 

[SCgarman]

5 hours ago, El Presidente said:

ah Bo Derek. 80's icon. 

 

 

 

 

Don't forget the classic Farrah poster!