On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:40:16 -0700 (PDT), Chemo the Clown
> wrote:

>On Apr 19, 2:24*pm, John Kuthe > wrote:
>> On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:44:50 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
>>
>> > wrote:
>> >On Apr 18, 5:12*pm, Chemo the Clown > wrote:
>> >> 82 years old and rocked the whole time!!
>>
>> >Seems like yesterday we'd rush home from school and tune in Bandstand
>> >on the old black and white 12 incher. *We got to know the kids names,
>> >who dated whom etc. *He'd have pop singers on, lip synching of course,
>> >to their hits.
>>
>> >We learned the hits and dances by watching AB.
>>
>> > I recently had to describe a 45 spindle to a 17 year old and the
>> >difference between it and owning many adapters.
>>
>> One of those spindles for 45's that functoned with the record changing
>> mechanism on the skinny little 33 spindle?
>>
>> I remember those now that you mention them!
>>
>> John Kuthe...
>
>Remember the little plastic inserts you could put in the 45 hole so it
>would work on the spindle?

Of course. They were in direct conflict with the 45 changer spindle we
were discussing!

So nice back in the old days when all you had to do to deal with
incompatability was to get a little hunk of plastic. Now you have to
get a program to convery the incompatable format to a compatable one!

That's the nice thing about standards. We have so many to choose from!
;-)

John Kuthe...