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04-24-07, 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Digital Gee
How many of you had one of these? Or lusted after one? I paid $75 for my first calculator, and it looked pretty much like this one:
I've still got the slide rule (and leather tooled case) my Grandfather gave me. I pull it out occasionally to scare the teenagers.
It's quite remarkable to remember that we got to the Moon with a room full of "A" type personalities estimating to the least number of significant digits for the entire trip.
Slip stick
04-24-07, 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Thrifty1
Sputnik Satelite.........October 1957
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04-24-07, 02:31 PM
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When you came in from riding your bike did anybody watch TV on one of these?
1951-DuMont-RA113.jpg
1951-DuMont-RA113.jpg
04-24-07, 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Rolling15
When you came in from riding your bike did anybody watch TV on one of these?
Attachment 42956
Attachment 42956
Some of those things took a good five minutes for the vacuum tubes to all come up to temperature before the picture would clear. Put off enough heat to help heat the house in the winter.
The back panels were a real thrill for curious little boys. Some of the set back panels were basically uninsulated wiring boards with live voltage at various points.
Guess how I know.
04-24-07, 03:42 PM
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I need more cowbell.
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Note the Crocs (shoes). Guy was WAY ahead of his time.
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04-24-07, 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Digital Gee
Note the Crocs (shoes). Guy was WAY ahead of his time.
04-24-07, 03:54 PM
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OK. I clicked on Last Page. Am I gonna come back tomorrow and find that this isn't the Last Page********************???
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I never had one of these. Did you?
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04-24-07, 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by WalterMitty
I've still got the slide rule (and leather tooled case) my Grandfather gave me. I pull it out occasionally to scare the teenagers.
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04-24-07, 04:46 PM
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Spy Vs. Spy, Snappy answers to stupid questions, and
Alfred E. Neumann for president.
This is the cover from the month I turned 16.
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You were 16
04-24-07, 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Thrifty1
White Bucks
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04-24-07, 06:29 PM
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Check the price.
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04-24-07, 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Little Darwin
. . .
Riding my bike to the store to get a tube of Flicks.
. . .
Riding my bike to the store to get a tube of Flicks.
. . .
"heh, heh--wanna walnetto?" <whack, whack, whack! [by an old lady's purse]>
04-24-07, 07:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Little Darwin
Another mathematical memory for me...
04-24-07, 07:56 PM
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I did the cards in the spokes, but a few months back I spied this on eBay and had to have it.
I had no idea what it was, and bought it for the box... It is a metal contraption that hooks to the fork and holds a plastic flap in the spokes.
Plus, it has my name on it.
I had no idea what it was, and bought it for the box... It is a metal contraption that hooks to the fork and holds a plastic flap in the spokes.
Plus, it has my name on it.
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04-25-07, 09:28 AM
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Any soap box derby builders and racers???
The wheels and axles availble at the local Chevrolet dealer for $12.00 which was a huge amount.....for 12 year olds in the 50s....at least for me.
The wheels and axles availble at the local Chevrolet dealer for $12.00 which was a huge amount.....for 12 year olds in the 50s....at least for me.
04-25-07, 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Thrifty1
Any soap box derby builders and racers???
The wheels and axles availble at the local Chevrolet dealer for $12.00 which was a huge amount.....for 12 year olds in the 50s....at least for me.
The wheels and axles availble at the local Chevrolet dealer for $12.00 which was a huge amount.....for 12 year olds in the 50s....at least for me.
04-25-07, 11:37 AM
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Remember when EVERY school day began with:
I pledge allegiance to the Flag
of the United States of America,
and to the Republic for which it stands:
one Nation under God, indivisible,
With Liberty and Justice for all.
I pledge allegiance to the Flag
of the United States of America,
and to the Republic for which it stands:
one Nation under God, indivisible,
With Liberty and Justice for all.
04-25-07, 11:49 AM
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Anyone old enough to remember it without "under God" ?
I'm not, but just curious...
I'm not, but just curious...
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04-25-07, 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Little Darwin
Anyone old enough to remember it without "under God" ?
I'm not, but just curious...
I'm not, but just curious...