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People who put police sirens in their radio ads deserve a special place in hell.

 

Amen to that. I already have enough lingering guilt, so I don't need a poke in the earball while driving to send me over the edge.

 

Anyone remember the intro to Motley Crue's "Dr. Feelgood?" Don't lie fuckers. (Looking at you @QYFW) Can't tell you how many times as a kid we had that blasting out of the car stereo and thought the fuzz were after us.

 

"Poke in the earball" is my new favorite phrase.

 

The sound of guns being cocked in G ‘n R’s Civil War always made me think the CD was scratched.

 

Remember CD changers in the car? Better yet, remember tape decks in the car? Better better yet, remember what a big deal it was to be in a car with a digital radio dial and presets? Better better better yet, remember when it was a big deal to be in a car that had both AM and FM? Better better better better yet, remember my Mom's Ford Escort with only the AM radio? Ma can we please take Dad's car I don't want to listen to the local station reading the classified ads Ma no please no please let's take Dad's car please Ma why are you doing this to me.

 

I had a van in high school for a short time that had an 8-track player in it. Thank God for cassette adapters!

 

My mother-in-law’s car, which is sitting in my garage as we speak, in 2018, has a tape deck.

I had to drive it once, so I grabbed my wife’s old Whitesnake Greatest Hits cassette, which I unearthed a few years earlier. It was like being a teenager all over again.

 

Remember how everyone needed a Blaupunkt pull-out system in the late '80s?

 

THE status symbol of the people in my universe during high school was the stereo system you had in your car.

 

That triggered a memory of this Kinson clip from Babylon A.D.'s "The Kid Goes Wild."

THIS IS MY NIGHT! I'M ALIIIIIIVE!

 

Count? Sure, but it isn't what he was talking about.