I've still got one of those. I took the middle piece of the headband off, and put the ear pieces in my motorcycle helmet for a cross country trip. The Walkman was in my tank bag as was a good supply of tapes. Got quite adept at flipping/changing tapes with one hand. And it was great having tunes, especially on those wonderful scenic miles in Kansas.
(NOTE to Kansas) Good God people, could you please put a few bends, twists or curves in your roads? It's amazing that there aren't more accidents from people falling asleep at the wheel, traveling your flat, straight, boring interstates. ;-/
I was thinking today about the VHS vs. Betamax face-off. At least with the duelling videocassette formats, if you got either type from manufacturers worldwide and put it in a compatible player, you were guaranteed to get a maddog picture. Now, when you get a DVD player, you gotta search for the few DVD brands that are compatible with your machine!
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