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12-14-2006, 04:41 PM
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What the hell is this thing? I found it in the Wing building at base... it's like a vcr - only the tapes are bigger! Maybe one of my elders can help me out and let me know what it is! 
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12-15-2006, 07:44 AM
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on eBay!!! Just think, someday people will look at this stuff the way we
look at astrolabes.
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12-15-2006, 09:25 AM
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12-15-2006, 01:12 PM
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12-15-2006, 03:00 PM
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#5 | | He who does not skim
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AAAAAAHHHHH-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HAAAAA!!!
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12-15-2006, 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Nonskimmer  I'm still looking for the Canadian Forces crest. I don't see it anywhere.
AAAAAAHHHHH-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HAAAAA!!!
"Oh NS, stop! You crack us up!"
(*sigh* God, that's sad. ) | whats even better it does'nt use tubes
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12-15-2006, 03:23 PM
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#7 | | He who does not skim
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12-15-2006, 04:52 PM
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Originally Posted by twoeagles Wowzers - that old betamax is probably worth something to collectors
on eBay!!! Just think, someday people will look at this stuff the way we
look at astrolabes. | so those giant vcr looking things are called 'betamax' huh... I decided to pop it in and try the system out, and I found a tape from 1977 or so of the blue angels... they were flying A-4s 
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12-15-2006, 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Nonskimmer You'll be happy to know that we don't either these days!
Yeah, I knew that'd make ya happy. | transistors so soon wow we are moving on up .......as for the beta its the best non digital sound recorder out there
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12-17-2006, 07:13 AM
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#10 | | Master of Ewes
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12-17-2006, 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by the lancaster kicks ass jesus christ, where's the handle to wind it up | Time goes so fast to aged!! Too bad youth is wasted on the young. | |
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12-17-2006, 12:01 PM
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12-17-2006, 01:27 PM
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