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naturegirl321 · Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 9041 Location: home sweet home

And it took nearly a year!

Shaman · Joined: 06 Apr 2003 Posts: 446 Location: Hammertown

denise · Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 3419 Location: finally home-ish

Broken again!

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Capergirl · Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 2:01 pm Post subject:

arioch36 · Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 3589

I was explaining to my class words that are spelled the same but stressed differently such as permit/permit record/record this was suppose to segway nicely into talking about albums, as I would mention record albums ...and then I realized..... they don't know what record albums are.

bu hao yisi .. quite embarrassing.

It is like trying to explain why the the 3 1/2 disk is called a floppy disk

zaneth · Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 4:00 pm Post subject:

Remember when all Matthew Broderick's gadgets in "War Games" looked soooo high tech. 5 1/4 floppies and the modem that you put the handset on? Bet students would get a good laugh out of that.

Somebody in my high school (late 80's) brought in an article touting the latest and greatest recordable media. "Scratches will be a thing of the past" "crystal clear sound" "unbreakable"

Turned out it was an article heralding the birth of vinyl records (I guess over the old wax ones or something).

Here's to you Cheryl, if you're out there.

Stephen Jones · Joined: 21 Feb 2003 Posts: 4124

Just open up the case and show them the floppy disk inside.

Teacher Lindsay · Joined: 31 Mar 2004 Posts: 393 Location: Luxian, Sichuan

LP = long play
SP = single play
EP = extended play

When I was still at school there were no;
personal computers
calculators
digital watches
FM radio stations
UHF TV stations
photocopiers
facsimile machines
VCRs
mobile phones
microwave ovens

Cheers

willy · Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 5:29 pm Post subject:

My record collation had 33`s,45`s and the best ones the 72`s and of cores there was the National Geographic pull out record of the moon landing still have that, but nothing to play it on.

And the best TV shows The Walton�s, Get Smart Hogens Heroes�..

Floppy disk? My Pet64 used a cassette tape, spent hours typing the new game in, Asteroids.

Stephen Jones · Joined: 21 Feb 2003 Posts: 4124

khmerhit · Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 6:15 pm Post subject:

That aint nothing, Jones. When i was at school the first ice age hadnt begun and the permian was a gleam in the maker's eye.

Actually, when i starte school we still had the Imperial System in Canada--that will give you an idea of my antiquity.

I read an article in the local rag the other day about DVDs deteriorating because the manufactureres use a variety of different coatings, some better than others, and they dont last too long. che sara sara!!

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

"33`s,45`s and the best ones the 72`s and of cores there was the National Geographic pull out record of "

Shouldn't that be 78's ?

And what IS a DVD ? Something you get from sex ?

Teacher in Rome · Joined: 09 Jul 2003 Posts: 1286

willy · Posted: Fri May 14, 2004 4:02 pm Post subject:

I WONDER IF MR. WHITJON HAS THAT PROBLEM?

khmerhit · Posted: Fri May 14, 2004 10:50 pm Post subject:

i rather doubt it, old man!