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I remember betamax and my friend and I used to get together and watch 8mm movies every weekend when I was a kid.
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
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Hmmm, how many remember that Betamax was the forerunner of Blue Ray?
What's Blue Ray?  
Live to love, love to live.
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Wiat I have 3 turntables and 2 reel to reel machines in my house right NOW!!! and 3 35mm cameras Yikes...
THE VOICE OF REASON
per: Stewart
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Anybody know where you can get 616 verachrome for a Kodak Brownie?
Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python
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Anybody know where you can get 616 verachrome for a Kodak Brownie?
Would you also need some flash powder for that camera?
(...or are you primarily going to be taking outdoor photos with that baby, "Ansel"?)  
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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I could use some 127 for my old camera. I bought it for $1 with a detachable flash and hard case. That thing took great pix and still would. I bought it when I was a kid on vacation with my parents.
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
Eat right ,Exercise ,Stay fit, Die Anyway!
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You remember LPs you had to have a turn table for
I got a lot of LPs and 3 turntables. One is actually on the stand alone Hi-Fi. 
I didn't think 42 was old until now.
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Hmmm, how many remember that Betamax was the forerunner of Blue Ray?
What's Blue Ray?
Type of sea monster
Isn't it? 
Too old to die young, too ugly to leave a good looking corpse
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...you know what "Pre-unit" means. 
And you may see me tonight
With an illegal smile
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...you know what "Pre-unit" means.
and own a couple that you paid less than $500 for.
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
Eat right ,Exercise ,Stay fit, Die Anyway!
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You've attended school when they hung glass balls of carbon tetrachloride on the classroom walls for fire extinguishers.
Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python
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...you know what "Pre-unit" means.
Yea... I'm not getting old!!
Live to love, love to live.
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...you know what "Pre-unit" means.
Yea... I'm not getting old!!
"GETTING"! No. 
And you may see me tonight
With an illegal smile
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You work for a restaurant company for over 30 years. You go in the unit where you started in '79. A teen employee asks if you are Mr. Jones and proceeds to tell you that their mother worked for you when she was a teenager...
Al
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...you know what "Pre-unit" means.
Yea... I'm not getting old!!
"GETTING"! No.
Thatsinuff outta yoo!  
Live to love, love to live.
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You work for a restaurant company for over 30 years. You go in the unit where you started in '79. A teen employee asks if you are Mr. Jones and proceeds to tell you that their mother worked for you when she was a teenager...
And you quickly do the math  to see if he could be ..... 
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Your as old as you feel they tell me, .but THEY don't walk around in my body everyday
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You work for a restaurant company for over 30 years. You go in the unit where you started in '79. A teen employee asks if you are Mr. Jones and proceeds to tell you that their mother worked for you when she was a teenager...
And you quickly do the math to see if he could be .....
 SHO-NUFF!
And you may see me tonight
With an illegal smile
J. Prine
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My Grandpa had some word of wisdom for me before he passed away. "Never a scrooge nor a a patsy be." And the best advice he gave to me I never really understood until I hit 65.
1--never pass up an opportunity to use the bathroom.
2--never waste a woody.
3--never trust a fart.
No 1 is excellent advice as I have had to rinse my drawers in the toilet water more than once when an eruption took place over which I had little control.
No 2 is also a good thing to keep in mind although it has been so long since I was in that condition I almost what it feels like.
No 3 is also very good.......see response to No 1.
And do not forget to buy clorox on your next trip to the market.
07 Speedmstr, Long Tors, bags, sissy bar and rack, windshield, engine bars, 2 ww lights, 2 fast eddy stickers and a .45 ACP.
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My Grandpa had some word of wisdom for me before he passed away. "Never a scrooge nor a a patsy be." And the best advice he gave to me I never really understood until I hit 65.
1--never pass up an opportunity to use the bathroom.
2--never waste a woody.
3--never trust a fart.
No 1 is excellent advice as I have had to rinse my drawers in the toilet water more than once when an eruption took place over which I had little control.
No 2 is also a good thing to keep in mind although it has been so long since I was in that condition I almost what it feels like.
No 3 is also very good.......see response to No 1.
And do not forget to buy clorox on your next trip to the market.
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much information!!!!   
Live to love, love to live.
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You get a glimpse of the new girl at work and wonder if you could arrange to meet her mother.
Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python
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You know that a base player is supposed to stand his instrument on the floor.
You remember when Cecil was a sock puppet. Extra points if you remember what kind of critter Cecil was.
You used to watch Tom Corbit Space Patrol. sitting through the last half of Queen for a Day to make sure you didn't miss any of it.
Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python
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Cecil was a seasick sea serpent . Hung around with Beanie.
Contra todo mal, mezcal; contra todo bien, también
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Should be Riding
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"When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not."
– Mark Twain
Blowing gravel off rural roads
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You might be getting old when...
The ground keeps getting lower, and the print keeps getting smaller
Coffee and ibuprofen are usually within a matter of steps away
People mistake you for an eyeglasses collector
You hear the rumor that old people need less sleep,
and wish that would begin to happen for you
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I still watch Dragnet, Adam 12 and Emergency 51 !!
Season 2 of Wanted Dead or Alive is coming today via Netflix !
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You might be getting old when... You remember staring at this for about 10 minutes...  ...every Saturday morning at sunrise and just before they took that image off your 13-inch Philco B/W TV set and replaced it with a picture of a 48-star Old Glory while hearing "The Star-Spangled Banner" being played, and then THAT image being replaced by a picture of hands clasped in prayer while the morning sermonette is being delivered by some reassuring voice....and ALL the while in hopes that FINALLY when THIS image...  ...popped up on your 13-inch Philco B/W TV set, that the latest episode of The Heckle and Jeckle Cartoon Show won't be a friggin' rerun....or at least one you haven't seen before, anyway! (...and yeah, I realize Heckle and Jeckle are in "Living Color" there, but I couldn't find me a B/W picture of 'em over this here "Inter-web"!!!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Should be Riding
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You might be getting old when...
You sit in an antique car and as you buckle the lap belt, a sense of DéjàVu settles upon thee.
Blowing gravel off rural roads
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Hey moe, sorry, but didn't you really mean to say, "...and as you reach to FIND the lap belt which doesn't exist, a sense of..."??? I mean you did say "antique car" here, didn't ya?! And no, a 1957 Dodge Coronet fitted with either the optional MOPAR factory installed lap belt(I'm guessin' that's about the time the Big Three started offerin' that particular option) or an aftermarket one, doesn't qualify as an "antique car", well, at least in the classic sense of the word, anyway! (...yeah, I saw your last post over on that "Helmet" thread you started)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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BTW moe, do ya have any pictures of that Coronet ya might've taken with that handy dandy camera of yours that takes all those really pretty pictures you post around here??? Yep, I'd like to see a few shots of that antique...err...I mean classic car you buckled yourself into the other day. (...and seein' as how it's a MOPAR product, I got me a feelin' there's a guy livin' in charming Clovis New Mexico who'd like to see 'em too...I think you know how just the mention of any car featurin' a Torsion-Bar Suspension will grab that fella's attention, don't cha???)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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I'll do that. It is parked across the street after all.
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BTW Dwight, anything older than me is an antique!
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You sit in an antique car and as you buckle the lap belt, a sense of DéjàVu settles upon thee.
??? My '51 Plymouth doesn't even have a place to attach any such thing.
Remember when the radio would hum for 30 - 45 seconds before it started working? Or tuning slightly off channel to reduce interference?
Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python
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I'll do that. It is parked across the street after all.
COOL!!! 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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BTW Dwight, anything older than me is an antique!
Not so cool! 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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When you remember "Felix the Cat".
Or, "Casper the Ghost"
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You prefer reading your 10-20-30-even 40(!) year old motorcycle
magazines to reading a new one because you think most new
bikes are crap. Or are good bikes with too much extra crap
stuck on.
Steelheart- '03 Speedmaster Black/Yellow
The Hayabusa Killa
16" Shorties/140 mains/Airbox drilled
Procom CDI
"There is no cure for Celibacy. But we can treat the symptoms."
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When you remember "Felix the Cat".
Or, "Casper the Ghost"
Remember Krazy Kat and his buddy Ignatz? Or Bosco? Or Daffy Duck?
Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python
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