1. Rotary Dial Telephone
2. Manual Typewriter
3. Coffee Percolator
4. Flash Cube
5. TV Channel Selector
6. Record Changer
7. Gas Station Driveway Bell
8. TV Station Sign-Off
9. Cash Register
10. Film Projector
11. Broken Record (skipping)
To hear to sounds, go to the link. I think there are still enough of most of these around that kids aren't totally out of the loop. I still have or can get all but 7 & 8.
And then I got this from my daughter yesterday...
Happy 1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10+11-1th Birthday to my Dad.
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2 Good 2 Be 4 Gotten--that's another almost extinct thing from the past. It was written all over autograph books and yearbooks, and it's also similar to the equation Corinne sent you. Both remind me of the old Nat King and Natalie Cole duet, "Unforgettable, that's what you are..."
This was the first time I have come across the term 'Flash Cube'....they look cute.
I think I've heard 6 of those 11 sounds....
A - Now you're making feel really old.
I wouldn't have thought of the flash cube and the gas station driveway bell. I think I've written before about old cash registers...the ones that weighted a ton, rang bells, and made a satisfying "ker-CHUNK" when the lever was pulled to lock in the sale. Interesting list. Now I feel old.
B - I was out this morning and heard a driveway bell at an oil change place.
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