Remember these things?
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Hmm... Shhh... Don't tell anymore. The market for NOS tubes can be outrageous.
What was that address, again.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/3x-Western-E...16.m2518.l4276
What was that address, again.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/3x-Western-E...16.m2518.l4276
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From: Randolph, NJ
Do you remember Remington Typewriters? I learned to type on one in high school. Back then it was called typing, not keyboarding.
https://www.google.com/search?q=remi...TPsLHbthUbM%3D
Do you remember comptometers? I learned bookkeeping with one. (Not exactly this one, but something similar.)
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=...6H0&ajaxhist=0
Do you remember Heinisch Clothing Shears? I took my apprenticeship as a clothing cutter and got a pair of Heinisch Shears when I became a journeyman cutter. (I still have mine and my father's. They are among my most prized possessions.)
https://www.google.com/search?q=hein...2xj81IiWI_A%3D
https://www.google.com/search?q=remi...TPsLHbthUbM%3D
Do you remember comptometers? I learned bookkeeping with one. (Not exactly this one, but something similar.)
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=...6H0&ajaxhist=0
Do you remember Heinisch Clothing Shears? I took my apprenticeship as a clothing cutter and got a pair of Heinisch Shears when I became a journeyman cutter. (I still have mine and my father's. They are among my most prized possessions.)
https://www.google.com/search?q=hein...2xj81IiWI_A%3D
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From: Mish-she-gan
Do you remember Remington Typewriters? I learned to type on one in high school. Back then it was called typing, not keyboarding.
https://www.google.com/search?q=remi...TPsLHbthUbM%3D
Do you remember comptometers? I learned bookkeeping with one. (Not exactly this one, but something similar.)
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=...6H0&ajaxhist=0
Do you remember Heinisch Clothing Shears? I took my apprenticeship as a clothing cutter and got a pair of Heinisch Shears when I became a journeyman cutter. (I still have mine and my father's. They are among my most prized possessions.)
https://www.google.com/search?q=hein...2xj81IiWI_A%3D
https://www.google.com/search?q=remi...TPsLHbthUbM%3D
Do you remember comptometers? I learned bookkeeping with one. (Not exactly this one, but something similar.)
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=...6H0&ajaxhist=0
Do you remember Heinisch Clothing Shears? I took my apprenticeship as a clothing cutter and got a pair of Heinisch Shears when I became a journeyman cutter. (I still have mine and my father's. They are among my most prized possessions.)
https://www.google.com/search?q=hein...2xj81IiWI_A%3D
Footnote: When I was in France I had a tailor make me a sharkskin dress jacket & pants. I have never had any articles of clothing that loved as much! Of course, I thought I was cool as hell.
I really respect that profession.
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From: Here, naturally.
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From: Chapel Hill, NC
^^ indeed. The vacuum tube testers were used every few months when I owned Mcintosh audio components and Magnavox televisions.
Here’s one for the advanced vintage group: Do you remember Buster Brown and Sear’s shoe departments offering “X-Ray” technologies during the early-mid fifties? The shoe sales person would invite you and your parents to view an x-ray of your feet within their shoes (see image). My parents and I were mesmerized by seeing our skeletal images within the shoes and would peer into the machine for up to a half an hour during the sales process.
An overexposure to radiation? Hmm… maybe so.
Here’s one for the advanced vintage group: Do you remember Buster Brown and Sear’s shoe departments offering “X-Ray” technologies during the early-mid fifties? The shoe sales person would invite you and your parents to view an x-ray of your feet within their shoes (see image). My parents and I were mesmerized by seeing our skeletal images within the shoes and would peer into the machine for up to a half an hour during the sales process.
An overexposure to radiation? Hmm… maybe so.