Do you know what this is?

[nmoira]

I have to go make dinner, but I would love to see KK in Va's reaction when she finds out what it is. :D

 

I think we broke her.

[Audrey]

 

 

But Moira.... they have to know what the thing in the second picture is before they'll figure out the first one. :laugh:

[nmoira]

What. the. ???

 

A 45 rpm adapter. :D

[Guest inoubliable]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/45_rpm_adapter

 

Whoa.

[swellmomma]

Yup, born in '77 had many of those as a kid. My folks used them right up until about 5 years ago.

[nmoira]

 

 

But Moira.... they have to know what the thing in the second picture is before they'll figure out the first one. :laugh:

 

Can't be too forthcoming, not all at once.

[Guest inoubliable]

I'd never seen those before!

 

And my guess was Pogs! Bwahahahahahahaha.

[nmoira]

http://en.wikipedia..../45_rpm_adapter

 

Whoa.

 

It's hard to believe there are people still alive who used those things, huh? :D

[MFG]

What. the. ???

 

It's a filler thing that you put in the big hole of a 45 rpm record so it will fit on the turntable.

[swellmomma]

Some people here were born in the 90s? Oh that makes me feel old.

 

My 2 oldest kids were born near the end of the 90s, I thought I was pretty young, but if there is a posters here that are only a few years older than my own kids I was wrong lol

[NotSoObvious]

Ha. I was way off.

 

The only record player I remember having had Care Bears on it. We were using tapes by the time I was 8 or so. But my old-school ballet teacher still used a record player. She probably still does.

[Luckymama]

Born in 1966----I preferred the yellow ones without the extra doodads :D

 

My son received a turntable for Christmas, the top item on his wish list :lol:

[nmoira]

I have to admit to being a bit surprised by how many didn't know what it is. Feeling a bit old now. :tongue_smilie:

[Barb_]

Some people here were born in the 90s? Oh that makes me feel old.

 

Yeah, our kids!

[Arcadia]

Born in 1972 and never seen that. I would have thought it was Beyblade's predecessor. I did have a turntable.

[RebeccaS]

Born in 1978. I had this handy-dandy Fisher Price record player with the center that popped up and down. I've never seen those adapters before. My dh (born 1965) knew exactly what they were.

 

[bzymom]

:laugh: What a blast from the past! How frustrating was it to put one in, then have it pop out as you put the record on!

 

I am not old.

 

I am seasoned.

[dhudson]

I had no idea, and I was born in 73 but I remember having 8 tracks not records.

[elegantlion]

1967 here, hip I knew those. Sniff. I'm not old, I'm vintage.

[ChristusG]

I have never seen one if those in my life. I was born in 1980.

[Halftime Hope]

Never mind.

 

 

 

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[Jeannie in NJ]

I knew exactly what they were. I must be one of the very oldest on this forum lol

[Luckymama]

Born in 1978. I had this handy-dandy Fisher Price record player with the center that popped up and down. I've never seen those adapters before. My dh (born 1965) knew exactly what they were.

 

 

My youngest sister (she was born in 1976) had one of those FP record players! I used to listen to Sesame Street and the Free to Be You and Me records with her :)

[besroma]

This was much better than the mystery school bookstore item. We should do this everyday.

 

I agree, much more enjoyable!

[Jean in Newcastle]

Oh. I was born in the early 60's and used them but ours were very plain and didn't look like that all. I didn't make the connection.

[Farrar]

Huh. I didn't know what it was... because we had a 45 adapter that looked totally different when I was a kid. And then when I was in high school in the early 90's and used to collect indie 45's, I had a record player that had one that also looked totally different.

 

But a google image search seems to suggest that that's the typical look.

[Matryoshka]

Of course, and I'm old as the hills (before '70, anyway...)

[nmoira]

Huh. I didn't know what it was... because we had a 45 adapter that looked totally different when I was a kid. And then when I was in high school in the early 90's and used to collect indie 45's, I had a record player that had one that also looked totally different.

 

But a google image search seems to suggest that that's the typical look.

 

It's also something of a "secret" handshake, a design by which audiofiles can identify each other.

[thescrappyhomeschooler]

I was born in 1969, but I'd never seen one of those. Probably because we had a 45 player! We didn't need no stinkin' adapters. :rofl:

[Farrar]

 

It's also something of a "secret" handshake, a design by which audiofiles can identify each other.

 

Yeah, the image search clued me into that. Also to the fact that while I might once have been able to call myself an audiofile, collecting my records and wearing my Doc Martins, thinking I was so cool... I am clearly totally not anymore. :tongue_smilie:

[Guest]

Born in 1971. It took me about 2 minutes of thought to place it, but then I remembered. :hurray:

[Elinor Everywhere]

 

At least you get to claim late 60s. I'm stuck with mid 60s. :bored:

 

At least you get to claim middle 60s....I'm stuck with early. :D. And so of course I know what they are!

[UrbanSue]

haha. I was born in 80 and voted no even though I had a nagging feeling that I DID know what it was. I remembered partway through the thread.

[Rebel Yell]

Born in 1969.

 

Would you believe that in beauty school (87-88) we actually learned how to give a PERM by wrapping the hair around those things?

 

Really- you can wrap hair on anything for a perm- popsicle sticks (gives kinked waves) too!

 

Crazy!

[higginszoo]

Some friends had those. We always had the cylinder adapter that adapted the record player to the record instead of the other way around.

[justamouse]

I would really like some because I just bought a record player at an estate sale and that thing has the Best. Sound. Ever. Thankfully, My Dh forbid that I ever throw out his records. We use it all the time. And, I hear all the hipsters are buying records now, too.

 

There is nothing better than Zepplin played on a record. Or The Who.

[anotherbrother]

Born in 1978. I had this handy-dandy Fisher Price record player with the center that popped up and down. I've never seen those adapters before. My dh (born 1965) knew exactly what they were.

 

I had one of those. I also had those thin plastic flexi records that played on it.

[JFSinIL]

I still have some, too, for my 45s : - )

[nevergiveup]

1961 here and I did not know what they were. Apparently my sisters and I were ahead of the game because our pink record player (which I still have and use from time to time), has a center piece that popped up for the 45s.

 

Now that I am officially the oldest respondent, I believe I will go dust off my old faithful record player and sing along to some Partridge Family classics.

[nmoira]

I would really like some because I just bought a record player at an estate sale and that thing has the Best. Sound. Ever. Thankfully, My Dh forbid that I ever throw out his records. We use it all the time. And, I hear all the hipsters are buying records now, too.

 

There is nothing better than Zepplin played on a record. Or The Who.

 

We've moved on to CD, but I still refer to "Side 1" and "Side 2," etc. when talking about albums initially purchased before about 1983. "Comfortably Numb" was the last song on Side 3, and that's how I'll always place it.

[justamouse]

 

We've moved on to CD, but I still refer to "Side 1" and "Side 2," etc. when talking about albums initially purchased before about 1983. "Comfortably Numb" was the last song on Side 3, and that's how I'll always place it.

 

 

We moved on, too, but we were walking through this antique store and they hd one of those huge, dresser looking stereo systems from the 50s? And that thing was awesome. It sounded so amazing. We picked a player up for 20 bucks.

 

It was so much fun hunting through the thrift stores for Christmas records. I'm now on the lookout for classical.

[newlifemom]

Ok, I got it. Took me long enough.

[justamouse]

Those fischer price record players? Sell for a lot of $.

[K in MI]

1961 here and I did not know what they were. Apparently my sisters and I were ahead of the game because our pink record player (which I still have and use from time to time), has a center piece that popped up for the 45s.

 

Now that I am officially the oldest respondent, I believe I will go dust off my old faithful record player and sing along to some Partridge Family classics.

 

Ha Ha!!! Not quite: I was born in '59!

 

I grew up with those, though they weren't that fancy.

[swellmomma]

 

Yeah, the image search clued me into that. Also to the fact that while I might once have been able to call myself an audiofile, collecting my records and wearing my Doc Martins, thinking I was so cool... I am clearly totally not anymore. :tongue_smilie:

 

That's okay, I read audiofiles and could not figure out how a computer could tell the difference between the different record adapters lol

[justamouse]

That's okay, I read audiofiles and could not figure out how a computer could tell the difference between the different record adapters lol

:lol:

[RebeccaS]

Really!? lol My kids love playing with mine. We scope out antique stores for records for them. :) Somehow I think mine might not be in selling condition. ;)

 

Those fischer price record players? Sell for a lot of $.

[Orthodox6]

I was born in the late 60's, so yes, I am ancient. :laugh:

 

What does that make me? "Post-Ancient"?? Or, perhaps, "Pre-Immortal"?? (b. 1955)

[Orthodox6]

Some friends had those. We always had the cylinder adapter that adapted the record player to the record instead of the other way around.

 

 

That is what we had, if you mean the tall kind. We also had that under discussion. I studied the photo uploaded to this thread, and the closest thing I could see was that red-orange one in the lower right-hand corner. Except ours had no ridges or decorations; was simply plain, plain plastic.

[higginszoo]

That is what we had, if you mean the tall kind. We also had that under discussion. I studied the photo uploaded to this thread, and the closest thing I could see was that red-orange one in the lower right-hand corner. Except ours had no ridges or decorations; was simply plain, plain plastic.

Ours had an extender for the part that you could stack the records on and then they'd release down one at a time.

 

 

Here's one for the same generation ... dh has his phone set to a chime sound when his phone needs a charge. I tell him that Tinkerbell says that it's time to turn the page. :laugh: