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Those Were The Days My Friend... (Original Post)
MayReasonRule
May 2025
OP
I Had One Pen In Particular That I Kept In The Car For That Very Thing....
MayReasonRule
May 2025
#9
Yep... And Rewinding An 8-Track Tape That Got Pulled Out Into The Player Rapidly...
MayReasonRule
May 2025
#14
unblock
(55,578 posts)1. 1

The Blue Flower
(6,132 posts)2. Good one!

yorkster
(3,372 posts)3. Way more than three, I wager. Very clever.
larwdem
(886 posts)4. I get it Lol
anciano
(1,934 posts)5. Got it! 👍
snowybirdie
(6,306 posts)6. I'm one

SheltieLover
(73,208 posts)7. Lol

Dave in VA
(2,229 posts)8. Oh yeah
I kept a pencil in the car just for those moments!
Thanks for the memories!
MayReasonRule
(3,750 posts)9. I Had One Pen In Particular That I Kept In The Car For That Very Thing....

JMCKUSICK
(3,776 posts)10. Been there, done that lol
Thank you MayReasonRule.
Love the flashback.
Silver Gaia
(5,135 posts)11. LOL
Iamscrewed
(486 posts)12. Got it
Old school. I've been wondering what's going to happen to these kids when they're batteries are dead and they're out of gas.
lonely bird
(2,494 posts)13. Does anyone remember
Stuffing a matchbook under your 8-track to keep it playing correctly?
MayReasonRule
(3,750 posts)14. Yep... And Rewinding An 8-Track Tape That Got Pulled Out Into The Player Rapidly...
TommieMommy
(2,316 posts)15. OMG that's funny 👍👍
bobalew
(369 posts)16. I work on vintage players & recorders; still perform that operation...
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