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Sounds you don't hear anymore

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by micropolitan guy, Aug 2, 2006.

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  1. HejiraHenry

    HejiraHenry Well-Known Member

    "CNN is now prepared to project that a Democrat has been elected president of the United States."
     
    HejiraHenry, Aug 3, 2006
    #37
  2. slappy4428

    slappy4428 Active Member

    The click of an 8-track tape changing tracks...
     
    slappy4428, Aug 3, 2006
    #38
  3. Bubbler

    Bubbler Well-Known Member

    At my last three stops, the press was off-site, so I haven't heard a functioning press in a long time.
     
    Bubbler, Aug 3, 2006
    #39
  4. Desk_dude

    Desk_dude Member

    You've got mail.
    Actually I heard it a few weeks ago because my mother still uses dial-up with AOL.
     
    Desk_dude, Aug 3, 2006
    #40
  5. Chi City 81

    Chi City 81 Guest

    D_B. Fetch me a beer, newbie. :D
     
    Chi City 81, Aug 3, 2006
    #41
  6. Chi City 81

    Chi City 81 Guest

    I'm wrong. [/Pube]
     
    Chi City 81, Aug 3, 2006
    #42
  7. Trey Beamon

    Trey Beamon Active Member

    - Jay Leno telling a funny joke

    - VCR tape rewinding

    - Beatboxing

    - Snap bracelets :D

    - RICOLA!!!
     
    Trey Beamon, Aug 3, 2006
    #43
  8. Herbert Anchovy

    Herbert Anchovy Active Member

    The ice cream man.
     
    Herbert Anchovy, Aug 3, 2006
    #44
  9. Cadet

    Cadet Guest

    - sound of a dot-matrix printer; everything is laser

    - sound of a cassette tape clicking off

    - sound of the dial on the television being turned; only remotes now

    - sound of kids playing in the front yard or on sidewalks; too dangerous

    - early video game "soundtracks" of the same tone looped over and over

    - really loud dishwashers

    (excellent calll on the slap bracelets, nick)
     
    Cadet, Aug 3, 2006
    #45
  10. buckweaver

    buckweaver Active Member

    Wrong-o. I hear the ice cream man at least 3x every week, and more in the summer. :) :D ;D

    Mmm ... going home to a pint of Cherry Garcia in my freezer RIGHT NOW ...
     
    buckweaver, Aug 3, 2006
    #46
  11. Double J

    Double J Active Member

    Great thread. My vote goes to old-fashioned cash registers and the cool whirring sounds they would make. Same with the old gas pumps that had the marbles in that little bubble on the side. Never really knew what they were for, but I was fascinated by those marbles bouncing around when I was a kid.

    Oh, and authentic organ music at hockey games. One of the treats associated with watching an old game on ESPN Classic Canada.
     
    Double J, Aug 3, 2006
    #47
  12. EStreetJoe

    EStreetJoe Well-Known Member

    I still get to hear the sound of a VCR rewinding or fast-forwarding because I don't have TiVO or DVR on my cable TV yet.

    But to repeat sounds others have mentioned (and one or two that haven't been mentioned):
    - the sound of a dial-up modem
    - the sound of an audio cassette clicking off - or if the deck had auto-reverse - the sound of it switching sides
    - the initial scratchy sound the needle makes when it first hits the vinyl of a record
    - the click of the record falling from the holder onto the turntable
    - dot-matrix printer
    - the sound of an old Atari cartridge clicking into place
     
    EStreetJoe, Aug 3, 2006
    #48
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