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Post by dbutler69 on Dec 4, 2018 10:47:19 GMT -5
Kodak Instamatic Camera The Instamatic 100, the first Instamatic sold in the US Instamatic 404, with selenium meter-controlled aperture, Cooke triplet lens and spring wind The Instamatic is a series of inexpensive, easy-to-load 126 and 110 cameras made by Kodak beginning in 1963.[1] The Instamatic was immensely successful, introducing a generation to low-cost photography and spawning numerous imitators. During its heyday, the range was so ubiquitous that the Instamatic name is still frequently used (erroneously) to refer to any inexpensive point-and-shoot camera. (It is also frequently used incorrectly to describe Kodak's line of instant-picture cameras, the Kodamatic series.) The Instamatic name was also used by Kodak on some Super 8-based home-cine cameras. On Personal NoteWe only use this camera on all our Camping, Recreational Trips (like Mt. Rainier and Pike Peak), Going out in the Water, and Family Reunions back then. They were sold for $14 to $16 a piece and my Dad at that time was the photographer in my family until my Mom took over in the early 70's  Both of my parents (as well as one of my aunts) worked at Kodak (I'm from Rochester, NY - Kodak headquarters), so of course we had an Instamatic. I remember when Polaroid successfully sued Kodak for patent infringement for the instant photography. Ouch, that hurt! It's sad what has happened to Kodak over the past 20 years.  |
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Post by Rob Allen on Dec 4, 2018 13:31:50 GMT -5
Has anyone else ever had to explain flashcubes to a millenial?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2018 20:40:35 GMT -5
Has anyone else ever had to explain flashcubes to a millenial? I have several friends that has never, ever heard of Flashcubes in their lifetimes ... they are in their early 30's and don't bother using the internet for that information. It's makes me wonder of how naive they are and so forth. |
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Post by Confessor on Dec 4, 2018 22:06:55 GMT -5
Tea Brewing and MoreMy Aunt that lives in Cleveland for a good number of years uses these tea making machines to brew teas for herself and my own Mom when we visited her in 1972, 1976, and 1983. Please read the link for more fascinating informations about them   She had both of these and at the time she had two daughters and they had their own in their bedrooms so that they can enjoy a cup of tea while getting ready for school and among other things. It's even functions as an alarm clock as well. A very handy dandy thing for all women back then .... I'm surprised you had these in the States; I've always thought of them as being a quintessentially British thing. They're known as a teasmade here in the UK and were very popular back in the 60s and 70s. My dear old Gran had one very similar to that one in the bottom picture above, and I can well remember how fascinating and exciting it was to set the alarm the night before. The idea was that the device would start boiling the water and making the tea before the time the alarm was set for, and that way the tea would be ready and waiting when the alarm went off and woke you up in the morning. So, the alarm clock wasn't just an extra, it was a fundamental part of the machine's design. Of course, in reality, teasmades made a dreadful din as the kettle was boiling, and you always got woken up before the alarm actually went off. Still, they did turn out a decent brew. |
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Post by Confessor on Dec 4, 2018 22:13:13 GMT -5
Has anyone else ever had to explain flashcubes to a millenial? The thing that blows my mind is how the young 'uns all use filters nowadays to make their crystal clear, HD digital photos look like grainy, washed out or badly exposed old Polaroids. That's progress for yer, I guess!  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2018 0:50:42 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2018 1:08:02 GMT -5
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Post by dbutler69 on Dec 7, 2018 10:46:12 GMT -5
I didn't realize that Ralph McQuarrie did concept art for Battlestar Galactica. Neat! I had the Viper and the Cylon ship when I was a kid.  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2018 17:49:56 GMT -5
He did some Star Trek too. I love seeing them use his leftovers on so many Star Wars and Star Trek projects over the past few years.  |
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Post by dbutler69 on Jan 10, 2019 13:58:49 GMT -5
Remember these Dinty Moore stews? Just pop open the can (like a can of old school pudding, with the metal lid you could cut yourself on) and enjoy. I used to love these things!  |
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Post by dbutler69 on May 6, 2019 12:53:43 GMT -5
Does anyone remember Big Boys restaurants?  I used to love to go there in the late 70's & early 80's with my parents. I loved their burgers, and more important, they had free Big Boy comics, which makes this a very appropriate restaurant for these message boards.  |
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Post by Rob Allen on May 6, 2019 15:01:45 GMT -5
Big Boy is still around, not in as many places as they once were, but still a few hundred in the US and more overseas, primarily in Japan. They don't have comics anymore, and the Craig Yoe-produced magazine that replaced the comic is gone too.
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2019 21:53:41 GMT -5
Does anyone remember Big Boys restaurants? I used to love to go there in the late 70's & early 80's with my parents. I loved their burgers, and more important, they had free Big Boy comics, which makes this a very appropriate restaurant for these message boards. We still have 2 Big Boy's in town. They are called Frisch's Big Boy here (they were Abdow's in CT when I was growing up), but I think the Big Boy branding (as well as menu) can be licensed by individual or regional franchisees now that use whatever name they want as a descriptor to Big Boy. Here's the one down the street from where my wife works...   we will quite often go to their Sunday breakfast bar buffet, or stop for lunch if I am meeting her for lunch when she is working. -M |
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Post by dbutler69 on May 7, 2019 7:44:50 GMT -5
Does anyone remember Big Boys restaurants? I used to love to go there in the late 70's & early 80's with my parents. I loved their burgers, and more important, they had free Big Boy comics, which makes this a very appropriate restaurant for these message boards. We still have 2 Big Boy's in town. They are called Frisch's Big Boy here (they were Abdow's in CT when I was growing up), but I think the Big Boy branding (as well as menu) can be licensed by individual or regional franchisees now that use whatever name they want as a descriptor to Big Boy. Here's the one down the street from where my wife works... we will quite often go to their Sunday breakfast bar buffet, or stop for lunch if I am meeting her for lunch when she is working. -M Where do you live? In the late 70's, when I used to go there, there were over 1,000 Big Boys in the US, but now there are only 77, and I think most of them are in Michigan. I actually thought they had gone out of business altogether until I looked it up. |
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2019 9:57:56 GMT -5
dbutler69 ... I visited Big Boy about 4-6 times during the 70's in California seeing Knotts Berry Farm and Disneyland as a kid.
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