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Post by Sepiana on Jan 17, 2022 7:08:25 GMT
Hi everyone, Would you like to participate in the Weekly Photo Challenge? Just take a photo that is your interpretation of the theme and post it in this thread. The rules are rather simple.
- Your photo(s) should be your own, i.e., they should not have been taken by someone else.
- Photoshopping is allowed but should be kept to the basics only rather than a total transformation.
- Grab your camera, experiment, and, most of all, have fun.NOTE
This week's theme was suggested by billz. (Thanks, Bill!) Grab your camera and capture a subject that will elicit an aesthetic or a feel-from-the-past reaction from the viewers. Happy Retro Hunting! |
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Post by billz on Jan 17, 2022 18:47:44 GMT
Resistance turns out to have been futile. An early '70's cassette tape that holds my "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" album, my '70's era Stanton headphones, and a sampling of various adapter jacks used over the years to make them work with newer devices.  Thanks for choosing my theme suggestion Sepiana and for wrangling the contest every week. |
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Post by hmca on Jan 17, 2022 23:31:08 GMT
How about some retro cookbooks.....  |
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Post by preeb on Jan 18, 2022 6:40:42 GMT
Superhighway, circa 1920. I sometimes think about the experience it would have been, taking a long road trip when 95% of the roads in the US, outside of major cities, looked like this one.  |
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Post by pontiac1940 on Jan 18, 2022 17:37:54 GMT
billz Don't think we have any cassettes in the house. Helen ... a lot of old cookbooks here. preeb that road could be one of a number of places in southern Alberta. I occasionally drive down a county road that I've driven on for over 50 years and think despite the unimaginable changes in the world, some things are holding on. And that is comforting. I have a decent collection of DIY wood working devices like table saw, table router, sliding miter saw and a lot of power tools. (Gosh, a couple of days ago I used the hand planer, hand belt sander, table belt sander and table router on a project for my DIL.) But I still have a couple of crosscut hand saws. About once a year I need to rough cut a small board and it's easier to just use the hand saw vs get out the circular saw. These would have been purchased in ca 1974 when I started finishing the basement in our first house. (Yes, BuckSkin I used the hand saw to cut all of the 2X4s and wood veneer wall panels for the first couple of rooms!!) You can tell from the patina that they don't get used much.  
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Post by tonyw on Jan 18, 2022 18:04:00 GMT
My first desktop computer - a Compaq Deskpro ca 1986 . Intel 8086 processor, 256kB RAM, 2 x 5¼" floppy drives - cost US $3000 before tax! Later added a 10MB Hard Drive for around $500 . Times sure have changed! No longer have the keyboard but, other than that, it would probably still work (I recall running Windows 2 on it in 1988)  Tony |
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Post by pontiac1940 on Jan 18, 2022 18:11:49 GMT
Cool photo Tony! Later added a 10MB Hard Drive for around $500 OMG! I think I have a photo of my 10 MB external drive. It weighed several pounds and the size of half a shoe box. Today, I'd need five to store one raw photo! The photo shows the hard drive (10MB) with a 250 GB Maxtor drive and a compact flash card. Moore's law stuff. Now there are micro SD cards (hate 'em)!! |
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Post by cats4jan on Jan 18, 2022 19:04:46 GMT
Keeping with the computer theme... First IBM with DOS 1982 - had to load Word Perfect/Lotus after loading DOS. Second floppy slot for saving the files. Returned that one to the company my husband worked for ... Trying to get the executive staff computer literate, they had this wonderful deal - they paid 2/3 of the cost, you paid 1/3. If at any time during the three year contract - you left the company and you wanted out - they would give you your money back and you would give them the computer.
They had no idea that in 3 years, the computer would be a worthless piece of junk. On to computer #2 - 1985 - another IBM - I was afraid of the 'clones' - figured they just couldn't be as good as IBM Later, I tried all the major brands. Had a lot of computers in the interim - tried ergonomic keyboards and trackball mouses - cut my desk apart so I could drop the monitor lower for easier viewing. 2005 An inherited Mac in 2012 encouraged me to dip my toes in Apple Water. I still like to get a new computer every 3 or 4 years, so I'm on my second Mac. Adjusting to the Mac was a challenge. Due to my age and lack of the same commitment I had when I was younger - I did not consider going back to Windows when I upgraded. I'm not an Apple convert - I think both systems have their flaws - but since I have an iPad and iPhone - I decided to stay all Apple. Although I spend a lot of time on my iPad, when I really need to “work” I head to the desktop. I had one laptop, but I wiped it, updated the OS and mailed it to the 4 year old. I find my iPad is all I need for portability.
photos: cats4jan - this is a re-working of a previously posted layout |
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Post by preeb on Jan 19, 2022 0:06:33 GMT
Came across this today... by definition, junk is sort of Retro.  |
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Post by tonyw on Jan 19, 2022 21:54:26 GMT
Remember Kodachrome slides? This one would have been taken in the early 60's and the slide projector is of similar vintage - still with the original bulb!  Tony |
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Post by hmca on Jan 19, 2022 23:27:53 GMT
Winner, Tony!
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Post by pontiac1940 on Jan 20, 2022 16:30:54 GMT
Remember Kodachrome slides? That's a double retro Tony. Very good. Photo of a vintage slide projector projecting an old slide. Too cool. Agree with Helen. Winner. |
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Post by Sepiana on Jan 24, 2022 5:36:37 GMT
Resistance turns out to have been futile. An early '70's cassette tape that holds my "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" album, my '70's era Stanton headphones, and a sampling of various adapter jacks used over the years to make them work with newer devices. Thanks for choosing my theme suggestion Sepiana and for wrangling the contest every week. Bill, that’s quite a collection of retro items. Great job arranging all of them for the shot. It’s like a window into the past. BTW, I also have that Simon & Garfunkel’s album! Big fan here! As a matter of fact, I’m listening to it just now. |
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Post by Sepiana on Jan 24, 2022 5:38:12 GMT
How about some retro cookbooks..... Helen, yes, they are retro. It looks like you have put them to good use. Nice filling-the-frame job! |
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Post by Sepiana on Jan 24, 2022 5:41:08 GMT
Superhighway, circa 1920. I sometimes think about the experience it would have been, taking a long road trip when 95% of the roads in the US, outside of major cities, looked like this one. Rick, great interpretation of Retro. I really like your entry -- thinking out of the box. That would have been quite a trip! |
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