This is where I toot from

[droinfl@mstdn.party]

@5teverin0 @mrgrumpymonkey @SecularJeffrey

I knew that, but I tried to make the post relatable. I don't think anyone but us remembers 8-tracks.

[secularjeffrey@ohai.social]

@DrOinFL @5teverin0 @mrgrumpymonkey

When they warbled due to tape/head alignment you had to use a matchbook to shim them into place...

[droinfl@mstdn.party]

@SecularJeffrey @5teverin0 @mrgrumpymonkey

Yes, and I also remember using double album covers to channel weed into a joint roller of bong. Or this little trick for cassette tapes that have gone rogue....

[rk@mastodon.well.com]

@SecularJeffrey

This is the future they stole from us.

[felis_catus_domesticus@mstdn.party]

@SecularJeffrey @DrOinFL @5teverin0 @mrgrumpymonkey

back when everyone carried matches or a lighter.

[felis_catus_domesticus@mstdn.party]

@DrOinFL @mrgrumpymonkey @SecularJeffrey

still fun for kids today..

amazingly

[assignedbsba@woof.group]

@DrOinFL I believe I can get them for a dollar by listing my dog as the person who owes them money for the rest of the club subscription and then just never having my dog send in a check.

I’m sorry to butt in. I didn’t read up the thread. Just wanted to share a real thing that my mother used to do with the record club service. @mrgrumpymonkey @SecularJeffrey

[mrgrumpymonkey@mastodon.social]

@assignedbsba @DrOinFL @SecularJeffrey The more chaotic this thread gets, the better.

[mrgrumpymonkey@mastodon.social]

@Felis_Catus_Domesticus @SecularJeffrey @DrOinFL @5teverin0 I feel like I should carry a lighter at all times. I don't. But I should.

[mrgrumpymonkey@mastodon.social]

@DrOinFL @SecularJeffrey @5teverin0 The magic pencil trick. These were a staple growing up.

[assignedbsba@woof.group]

@mrgrumpymonkey I’m too lazy to get up and take a picture of my typewriter collection, as to show y’all where I’m tooting from.
@DrOinFL @SecularJeffrey

[droinfl@mstdn.party]

@assignedbsba @mrgrumpymonkey @SecularJeffrey

Dude, I still remember when you could Scotch tape an actual penny to the mail-in order and get ten albums for one cent, as long as you signed away your first-born child, bank account PIN codes, and any life insurance policy you may have owned.

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[felis_catus_domesticus@mstdn.party]

@mrgrumpymonkey @SecularJeffrey @DrOinFL @5teverin0

hand one to a kid born after the 1980's and they don't even know how to use it.

[felis_catus_domesticus@mstdn.party]

@mrgrumpymonkey @SecularJeffrey @DrOinFL @5teverin0

they've only ever seen these..

[felis_catus_domesticus@mstdn.party]

@mrgrumpymonkey @SecularJeffrey @DrOinFL @5teverin0

though these can be fun for kids too.. once they run out of fuel, you can strip the nozzle off them and make a mini stun-gun using the igniter, which creates a small brief high voltage arc. Ssshhh.. be that fun uncle for them. They'll spend hours trying to zap eachother in the ass like an old spy vs spy comic from mad magazine

[mrgrumpymonkey@mastodon.social]

@assignedbsba @DrOinFL @SecularJeffrey My first computer was a typewriter connected to a monitor that output orange text. Used that printer paper with holes on both side to boot. Used while I was in high school. Which was in the late 90's/early 00's. My family was very late to the tech party. Had to use the thing, as the school started requiring printed documents for school papers.

[droinfl@mstdn.party]

@mrgrumpymonkey @assignedbsba @SecularJeffrey

I welcome the chaos.
70s and 80s, baby, bring it all on, you sick bastards!
🍸 🐲 🚬
#DragonAfterDark

[mrgrumpymonkey@mastodon.social]

@Felis_Catus_Domesticus @SecularJeffrey @DrOinFL @5teverin0 I use that to start the burner on one of the gas stove tops on my oven, as it has a hard time firing on its own. Useful invention.

[mrgrumpymonkey@mastodon.social]

@Felis_Catus_Domesticus @SecularJeffrey @DrOinFL @5teverin0 If they smoke weed, they understand.

[felis_catus_domesticus@mstdn.party]

@mrgrumpymonkey @SecularJeffrey @DrOinFL @5teverin0

true, though most gravitatate towards vape pens these days, I hear. For stealth at school.