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To: oldmomster

Did you have a 6 transistor or a 10 transistor radio?

I asked my 22 year old son if he knew what the three little round plastic things were for. He thought maybe they were IUDs.


20 posted on 09/18/2014 10:25:23 AM PDT by super7man (Oh why did I post that, now I'll never be able to run for Congress.)
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To: super7man
I asked my 22 year old son if he knew what the three little round plastic things were for.

Record collectors cringe when they see them (especially the metal ones) since they damage the records.

I bought a 6-transistor radio in 1958 for $19.95. Still have it, and it still works. Many of those 10 or 12 transistor radios had transistors in them that weren't even connected into the circuit. They were there just for the advertising value.

30 posted on 09/18/2014 10:40:25 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: super7man

“Did you have a 6 transistor or a 10 transistor radio?”

Ha, I wish! My first radio had 2 transistors. I still have it. My buddy’s radio had 6 and could pull in more stations.


58 posted on 09/18/2014 11:35:23 AM PDT by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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To: super7man

“I asked my 22 year old son if he knew what the three little round plastic things were for. He thought maybe they were IUDs.”

Hey, dual use technology, wouldn’t that have been sly?

(This is assuming you meant the 45rpm adapters, not the hula-hoops.)


94 posted on 09/18/2014 1:02:49 PM PDT by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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