Do you know what this is?

[CreekDog]

which would make you a certain age...

[Archae]

1. I still have a couple.

Hey, I'm 50. :-)

[redwitch]

2. yup.

:-)

[Still Blue in PDX]

3. Sure do. eom

[Forkboy]

4. I most certainly do.

:)

[WolverineDG]

5. don't know what it's called, but I know what it's used for

I might even still have some 45's that have them.

dg

[CreekDog]

20. me too...

which reminded me of a great 80's song which had an incredible bass

Level 42:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt7mtdLha-c

[MilesColtrane]

41. Mark King these days...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKI8pFqWm0s

[CreekDog]

43. i love the way he explained his style of bass playing

he'd been a drummer but upon moving to London, working in a music store, he didn't have access to a drum kit and his bandmate had one.

so because he could practice on a bass guitar at work, he learned that.

then he explains that he is a drummer at heart and was basically playing the bass like the drums.

fascinating.

[HopeHoops]

47. In the '70's, we just called it a '45 insert or adapter. Most record players had a pop-up ring.

Around the thin post for the LP, there was a 1/2" tall disc that would pop up (if I recall, just by pushing on it), and go back into recessed position by pushing it again. Some of them came with a slide-over disc that had its own storage location in the corner opposite the needle.

[BeachBaby]

I most certainly do - and I need one!

I'll explain, when you visit. :)

[lost-in-nj]

8. wait

Freak dog is coming and no one told me there is a mini meetup


:-(

I am always the last to know......



lost

[BeachBaby]

No one told you.....

because no one knows when it's going to be! :P

As soon as we pin down an actual weekend, we will let you know. :)

[lost-in-nj]

11. THANKS!!!

:-)


lost

[CreekDog]

21. I'll bring a stack

might have to visit the Smithsonian! :P

[auntAgonist]

6. yes!

we called them spiders.

[FarLeftRage]

7. Certainly...

Seen lots of them when I was a kid and used a couple myself.

[Brickbat]

9. Yup. I'm 38.

Oh, wait, shit, I'm 39.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

10. oh yeah

[amerikat]

12. I've seen them made into earrings.

Very cool.

[annabanana]

18. I would buy that!. . .n/t

[amerikat]

36. Here's a version in sterling silver

http://www.imosh.com/EARRINGS/pages/SEA200.htm

edit for spelling

[Gormy Cuss]

13. Superman pee?

[CreekDog]

23. FTW

category: most incomprehensibly weird response.

:D

[MiddleFingerMom]

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[hippywife]

14. Yes! I do! Long time no see tho. LOL

It's an adapter for 45's to play on the stereo! :bounce:

[Kali]

37. even before stereo

on the record player!

[hippywife]

45. Using stereo as a generic

term there, but I know what you mean, kali. :hi:

[Curmudgeoness]

15. I'll own up to knowing what it is. nt

[MorningGlow]

16. You betcha

Still have a couple, as well as a box of 45s to put 'em in. Now if only I still had a working turntable...

[BeachBaby]

25. I need a new needle for my turntable.

And I don't know where to begin to look. BUT....I have a fairly good collection of vinyl - with my biggest find from last summer being a brand-new, unopened Zombies album!!!! :)

[Kali]

39. I got a cartridge off amazon a couple years ago

but new turntables are about the same price

[LaurenG]

17. Yes

I used to try to center the 45 when I couldn't find one. It never worked out well and made CCR sound like whiners. :hi:

[MiddleFingerMom]

19. A girth expander?

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How 'bout dem Bears?
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[Moondog]

22. Sadly, yes. Probably still have a few somewhere. n/t

[abq e streeter]

24. Not only know, but still have some and still use em on occasion ( I love cranking up my old 45's

once in a while)

[Seneca]

26. Anyone "45" and over would know

Maybe even a few younger than that.
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Nope, that's it. No punch line.

[WillParkinson]

27. Apparently not...

I thought it was a new high-tech Frisbee toy.

[CreekDog]

48. I'm not surprised

You didn't know who Brocktoon was either. :P

[JoePhilly]

28. Mutant smiley face??

Just kidding ... insert for a 45 record.

But it does also look like a melted smiley face.

[Skittles]

29. yes

:mad:

[david13]

30. Yes. I don't know if I ever saw a yellow one before. I remember

them as being red. I had a gray type one on my Garrard Zero One Hundred C without the expansion tabs on it.
dc

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

32. Heck, yes. I might even have a few.

[Bertha Venation]

33. For a time I thought about wearing one on a chain around my neck

I still want to get a tiny one made of gold to wear on a chain around my neck.

In short, yes, I certainly do know what it is. :)

[MrScorpio]

34. Yes, I do

Ah, the good old days.

[applegrove]

35. I know.

[trackfan]

38. I use a metal adapter that jjust goes around the spindle.

I do still have some of those though.

[Arugula Latte]

40. You spin me right round baby right round like a record baby

[LibDemAlways]

42. Haven't seen one in a long time, but yes I'm old

enough to know what it's used for. My teenage daughter would have no clue.

[Rabrrrrrr]

44. Yes, I do. Wish I had one.

[HopeHoops]

46. Hell yeah! I've got a shitload of them - and 45's to go with them.

I've also got a high-end Technics turntable (the kind with the strobe speed adjustment), and just for the record, a LaserDisc player. The 8-track tapes are either in the master bedroom or in the basement, but that's the one kind of player I don't have hooked up right now (all through the same amp), despite having two or three that still work. Five or six if you count portable and auto units. I don't have a reel-to-reel, though. Never did.

[Doc_Technical]

49. I use this item frequently

How else can I play one of my favorite songs
by the Plastic Ono Band.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9fFnVudKSI

[Old Troop]

50. Makes me want to listen to my 45s again