On Apr 19, 5:24*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...

Yes, the spindle could hold a stack of 45s, but you had to have a
player which would 'drop' the records. The adapters were for those
who had to slap em on the turntable one at a time.

Remember that little filebox looking thing which would carry about 30
fortyfives?