8-track?

My Uncle had an 8-track player in his car. He used to have to tow a trailer behind with all the cassettes in it.

For home use he had the very latest in reel-to-reel audio systems.

Posted By: malkybarkid on November 6th 2008 at 14:46:50

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I hope everyone on this board is wearing a poppy (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 6, 13:45:39
- In celebration of the Poppy farming in Afghanistan ? (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 6, 15:12:51
- There was a cracking Timewatch with Michael Palins on the other day (General Chat) - Small, Nov 6, 14:36:49
  - Thought he said 800 ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 6, 15:14:21
  - you really should qualify that statement (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Nov 6, 15:11:19
    - Ah yes - sorry. My head's a bit bent-up (n/m) (General Chat) - Small, Nov 6, 15:28:15
  - Also, there was that Paul McCartney video (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Nov 6, 14:39:33
    - I bought that album. On tape (n/m) (General Chat) - Small, Nov 6, 14:44:36
      - 8-track? (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Nov 6, 14:46:50
        
        I did have a reel to reel thing once. It was brilliant (n/m) (General Chat) - Small, Nov 6, 14:54:14
    - Some topped themselves rather than watch that. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Nov 6, 14:40:43
  - 5.18pm (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Nov 6, 14:37:26
    - ok (n/m) (General Chat) - Small, Nov 6, 14:41:11
- oi old git..... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Nov 6, 14:10:17
  - The Colonel's lady and Judy O'Grady (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 6, 14:13:49
  - *agree* (n/m) (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Nov 6, 14:10:35
- I went to a load of World War I battlesites and graveyards on a school trip once. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Nov 6, 14:04:55
  - *stifled and guillty lol* (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Nov 6, 14:07:13
    - I did mine straight out loud, it was because of (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Nov 6, 14:19:13
    - *guilty* (General Chat) - blindasabat, Nov 6, 14:08:37
- I went to a load of World War I battlesites and graveyards on a school trip once. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Nov 6, 14:04:54
  - Can you get 'shot to ribbons'? (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Nov 6, 14:09:30
  - I think the last cavalry charge was in WW2 in Poland, when some brave, romantic but crazy (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 6, 14:06:12
- Lost mine the other day... (General Chat) - Brom, Nov 6, 14:04:24
- I'm not, but only becuase I've been relatively hermitic recently, and I haven't seen (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Nov 6, 13:58:17
  - hermitically sealed (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 6, 14:00:23
  - Use last year's or make a hugeantic one out of red crepe and a lump of coal (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Nov 6, 13:59:17
    - Can I go and get shitfaced down the legion instead - they'll probably make more dinero out (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Nov 6, 14:01:43
      - Yep. You take Crib, I'll bring Shut the Box and we'll have a games-off. (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Nov 6, 14:02:57
- I knew a simple Soldier Boy (General Chat) - Brandonio, Nov 6, 13:57:58
  - Boom (General Chat) - blindasabat, Nov 6, 14:00:09
    - Spooky (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 6, 14:07:07
- I've seen them around. They seem to be all the rage. (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Nov 6, 13:57:45
  - and they're only 1p (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Nov 6, 14:00:07
- I'm not. (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Nov 6, 13:55:48
  - and a sock (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Nov 6, 13:55:59
    - towelling? (n/m) (General Chat) - camcan, Nov 6, 13:57:02
      - woollen (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Nov 6, 13:58:25
- I'm not. (General Chat) - camcan, Nov 6, 13:53:58
  - Shouldn't it also include all the soldiers who have died in modern wars? (General Chat) - DiscoDaleGordon, Nov 6, 13:56:54
    - Yes, and it does (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 6, 13:58:33
    - that's a reason against buying one shirley... (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Nov 6, 13:58:05
      - nope, the poppy is to remember ALL our fallen....... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Nov 6, 14:01:12
        
        I won't forget (General Chat) - camcan, Nov 6, 14:04:45
        
        time to move on?? (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Nov 6, 14:07:57
        
        what does the money go towards? (General Chat) - blindasabat, Nov 6, 14:04:38
        
        ... (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 6, 14:06:26
        
        yes, that's what i thought (General Chat) - blindasabat, Nov 6, 14:11:15
        
        That's not very rational (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 6, 14:21:31
        
        modern soldiers are paid to kill and be killed throught their own choice (General Chat) - blindasabat, Nov 6, 14:47:07
        
        Well, if you take the reasons for invading Iraq as the one given by the Government (General Chat) - Yellalee, Nov 6, 14:56:35
        
        lets just stick to the real world here shall we... (General Chat) - blindasabat, Nov 6, 15:02:28
        
        good post. totally agree. Nobody was more against the recent wars than me (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Nov 6, 14:34:33
        
        Same here - don't have to agree with WHY the wars are being fought (General Chat) - Yellalee, Nov 6, 14:39:03
        
        You don't join the forces though Lee if you want to pick and choose your wars. (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Nov 6, 14:42:03
        
        Yeah that was kind of the point I was making (General Chat) - Yellalee, Nov 6, 14:52:27
        
        Anyway, I think war is rubbish. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Nov 6, 14:53:29
        
        me too (General Chat) - blindasabat, Nov 6, 14:55:18
        
        Indeed it is. (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Nov 6, 14:54:11
        
        In which case you two need to get in on the old knickers v thongs debate up there ^^^ (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Nov 6, 14:56:36
        
        Its more than just irational its plain CUNTISH (n/m) (General Chat) - DiscoDaleGordon, Nov 6, 14:25:46
        
        Pithy (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 6, 14:27:36
        
        Sorry, I feel quite strongly about this, If he feels that modern serviceman are not worth (General Chat) - DiscoDaleGordon, Nov 6, 14:33:50
        
        dying while defending one's country (or one's freedom) is one thing (General Chat) - blindasabat, Nov 6, 14:50:13
        
        Yeah cause they get a choice, (n/m) (General Chat) - DiscoDaleGordon, Nov 6, 15:27:02
        
        have they reintroduced conscription? (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Nov 6, 15:33:34
        
        thats not the point.... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Nov 6, 15:45:35
        
        it is the point (General Chat) - blindasabat, Nov 6, 15:56:20
        
        So those who signed up to fight in WW1 & 2 should be ignored but those that were forced to (General Chat) - DiscoDaleGordon, Nov 6, 16:24:25
        
        i'll refer you to my earlier answer (General Chat) - blindasabat, Nov 6, 16:39:25
      - So we should not respect and remember the people who dies in modern wars? (General Chat) - DiscoDaleGordon, Nov 6, 14:00:02
        
        Quite right, and the poppy appeal agrees with you (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 6, 14:03:38
        
        I knew a Greek bloke called Heros, he was the most hirsute man I've ever met and kept (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Nov 6, 14:01:25
      - I don't agree with that, poor excuse. (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Nov 6, 13:59:49
      - that's my point (General Chat) - camcan, Nov 6, 13:58:47
        
        So ... (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 6, 14:05:10
        
        I think they're very different wars (General Chat) - camcan, Nov 6, 14:10:47
        
        The difference in the wars makes no difference to the dead, or indeed to their widows (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 6, 14:33:20
        
        well.... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Nov 6, 14:03:34
- I'm still in my jimmy jams? (n/m) (General Chat) - capecodcarman, Nov 6, 13:53:20
- Did you read that article in The Guardian about the last survivor of the trenches? (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Nov 6, 13:50:14
  - Andrew Motion's piece, yes I did (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 6, 13:53:52
- i ain't bought a poppy in yares (General Chat) - blindasabat, Nov 6, 13:49:48
  - It is true that the wars were fought to give people the freedom to behave like arseholes (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 6, 13:55:04
    - I had one...but like most years...lost it off my jacket within 24hrs (General Chat) - Brandonio, Nov 6, 13:59:10
      - so you're only buying one to impress the big wigs at this meeting? (General Chat) - blindasabat, Nov 6, 14:01:43
        
        No, I bought one yesterday morning at first opportunity (General Chat) - Brandonio, Nov 6, 14:04:03
    - do they still do them white ones for conchies? (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Nov 6, 13:57:04

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