Foo - Are you old?

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Be honest... who knows the answer? (Don't post it, for the benefit of younger readers who might not)

I know....

Just realised I can add a poll to the thread.

I think I know.

Nah.... Chief and Voodoo are old though.

Couch

Butt crack spreader and a nose pick.

I'm probably old enough but I don't get it. A pen and a cassette tape... ummmm... Is the connection that no one uses either of those objects anymore?

They're both recording devices.

Well, technically a pencil works better, but I'm 25, about to be 26 and know.


You old people should be ashamed.

I was kind of old when the two objects were used together, so yes, I am old.

There's no "well duh!" option.

I was kind of old when the two objects were used together, so yes, I am old.

This has to be my answer, too.^^^^^^ Please, I'm not used to thinkin' so hard this early in the day.

I think I know.

If you knew, you would know. As it is, you don't know.



I know.

Well, technically a pencil works better, but I'm 25, about to be 26 and know.


You old people should be ashamed.

Yes, a pencil does work better.

I also know what a licorice pizza is.

Well, technically a pencil works better, but I'm 25, about to be 26 and know.


You old people should be ashamed.

Those specific bic pens have a hexagonal cross section. They're just as good as a pencil.

Do you have to be old to know the connection between a cassette box and a razor blade?

I was still using one of these for years after cassettes came out

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You mean there are people who don't know??

But I refuse to admit I'm old just because I've used item B appropriately with item A... old is a state of mind!

Sigh, I know.

I also did similar things with the VHS tape as well....

I voted 'I don't know' to the title question but I actually do know the connection between the 2 objects in the picture.

I take it back, I don't know what the connection is. I was thinking one thing, then another occurred to me, but I wouldn't do that so I figure it's not that one. But the comments lead me to believe that a bunch of you old people would.

Spoiler. If you don't know and it's driving you nuts, here is your answer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF8rqMebTwM). But once you know, don't spoil the thread.

If you knew, you would know. As it is, you don't know.



I know.

I DO know!!!!!!

Yes, a pencil does work better.

I also know what a licorice pizza is.

Bic pens worked best. I used to shop at Licorice Pizza.

I used to duplicate sermon tapes at church... you bet I know what those go together for. Man, that 7-well high-speed duplicator was a sight to behold.

I DO know!!!!!!

Congratulations. You're old. And here I was trying to give you the benefit of the doubt.

I refuse to answer your question on the grounds that I do not like the answer that I would have to give. :notamused:

I also know that if you dismember one of those items, you have to cover the little hole in the side for it to work right.

I bought one of these for my wife last year for the kitchen. The kids hate it. They had never seen one in real life before.

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I bought one of these for my wife last year for the kitchen. The kids hate it. They had never seen one in real life before.

http://www.rotarydialphones.com/red_phone.jpg

That's sweet. Our 2-year-old likes to listen to the dial tone on our land line sometimes.

Yes

I presume that one has something to do with tension in the other? :p

Come to think of it, my car AND my truck both have cassette players in them.

I bought one of these for my wife last year for the kitchen. The kids hate it. They had never seen one in real life before.

http://www.rotarydialphones.com/red_phone.jpg Do these things still work?

Come to think of it, my car AND my truck both have cassette players in them.

Luddite!

Well, technically a pencil works better,

+1 whatever.

I remember one time I found a smashed cassette tape on the side of the road (I think it was something like Sir Mix-a-Lot or some such nonsense that I thought was cool at the time - what can I say, I was like 10 - but my mom wouldn't want in the house), so I pulled the tape out of its smashed housing and took apart a blank tape and threaded the spools of the smashed tape in there instead. Thought I was pretty ingenious at the time.

Spoiler. If you don't know and it's driving you nuts, here is your answer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF8rqMebTwM). But once you know, don't spoil the thread.

What the hell? That's not what I did with them together.

I used a pencil to tighten it up if some came out or if the tape had gotten eaten. Not to rewind it.
I did what Tom alludes to with them. Highlight the blank area to see what I mean.

Old people: how is the pen/pencil paired with one of these?

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I'm not only old enough to know what the connection is, but old enough to have forgotten!

I bought one of these for my wife last year for the kitchen. The kids hate it. They had never seen one in real life before.

http://www.rotarydialphones.com/red_phone.jpg


Awesome. I want to get one. Our 16 month old has one of those old white phones you pull around that has the eyes that move and a rotary dial and a cord like that, and I was thinking how silly it was of us to have gotten that for her as she'll probably never see a real rotary dial phone in her life.

And to think I grew up with a party line.

I'm just barely old enough to know. Digital media became available when I was pre-teen, making the relationship between these items obsolete.

I bought one of these for my wife last year for the kitchen. The kids hate it. They had never seen one in real life before.

http://www.rotarydialphones.com/red_phone.jpg

My in-laws still have & use there's...except they have the wall-hanging model with the 50' spiral cord.

I know...

For the record I feel 38... as my wife just celebrated her birthday.

If you knew, you would know. As it is, you don't know.



I know.

Correct.

What the hell? That's not what I did with them together.

Essentially the same thing.

Do these things still work?

Not for dialing in most areas. The equipment at the other end (in most cases) doesn't know how to interpret the clicks anymore. You can receive calls on them though.

Old people: how is the pen/pencil paired with one of these?

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No clue. I never had an 8-track player. Even when I was a kid I was a late adopter and by the time I got around to getting anything like that, cassettes had taken over.

I know...

For the record I feel 38... as my wife just celebrated her birthday.

The Groucho Marx age estimate?

Not for dialing in most areas. The equipment at the other end (in most cases) doesn't know how to interpret the clicks anymore. You can receive calls on them though.

Perfect phone for a teens room.

Well, technically a pencil works better

Yes, a pencil does work better.

If so, you guys were doing it wrong.

I'm old.

I dunno if I am old, but I have one of these still.

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