Comments | lemonpiefirefly: Shower songz iz fun!

lemonpiefirefly

Shower songz iz fun!

Nov 02, 2009 18:02

It has been a looooooong time since I had the ol' boombox out. Poor child has been through hell. It was the first major purchase (I think it was $65) I ever made for myself With My Own Money, from My First Real Job (~1990), and it was also when I finally gave in to the CD fad (inasmuch as it had a CD player on top, along with 2 tapedecks). I didn't ( Read more... )

nostalgia, boombox, knnc

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lolmac November 3 2009, 06:30:50 UTC

Retro tech FTW.

lemonpiefirefly November 3 2009, 22:47:16 UTC

Yeah; on the one hand, it doesn't seem that backward, nor does "1990" sound that long ago. That said, A manual tuner, a tapedeck with tape-to-tape, double speed dub capability, and taping off CD? Not to mention some portions that are actually metal, and the ability to survive part of HS, all of college (including trips back and forth over every break, changing dorms, duplexes, apartments, etc) and all the moves since?
*Totally* FTW!