Do you remember these?

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Time for another round of things long forgotten or put away... oddities, funny or just long gone...
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Poleroid instants! Great. Those were the days!

P wrote:Poleroid instants! Great. Those were the days!

They still ARE the days! lol The film costs approximately $24 for 8 pictures. I found that camera but not sure the price of pictures is worth it!

This is the problem. New technology, for all its failings, is very cost effective. I was thinking of buying a new camera but I just cant justify it to myself. My tab cost £130, it can take an almost infinite number of pictures, stores backups instantly, its range is almost as good as a camera, and I can decrease the resolution to transmit pictures around the world, or increase it for "special occaisions". Comparing with older camera systems, I can see the results instantly, delete anything I dont like, and rejig the composition on the results as seen.

Do you remember when you had to send the film off to get it developed? It took weeks, and sometimes you even got someone elses pics back!

Most times, I ended up with rolls of film that I had no idea what was on them and forgot to ever get developed.
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We used to put a small coin in, switch off, switch on, and get a cheap can!


Great machines!

Actually P, it was for bottles of soda.   My brother actually hauled one to his upstairs bedroom. He had it for years and finally opened a window and shoved it out. I'll bet he'd have a heart attack to see the buying prices on them now!

It came in bottles ?????

Yep.  Glass bottles of coca cola! 
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But, but, but, they're all empty!!!!!

They weren't empty before you drank them all!

I still have a crate full of old Coke bottles in my shed. The crate is original too. I have no idea what they are worth.

Empty or full?

They are either half full or half empty.. depending on the way I look at them.

Breezey, your brother had a coke vending machine in his bedroom?

lorry p wrote:They are either half full or half empty.. depending on the way I look at them.

What happens if you look at them sideways?

Tater Salad wrote:Breezey, your brother had a coke vending machine in his bedroom?

I've heard of lines, but that seems a little excessive!

Tater Salad wrote:Breezey, your brother had a coke vending machine in his bedroom?

Yes he did! lol Had it for years and finally... one day, he had to move it and didn't want all the hassle of taking it back down the stairs. So, he opened the window and shoved it out. That ended that.

Hopefully there was no one below that window at the time..

P wrote:

Tater Salad wrote:Breezey, your brother had a coke vending machine in his bedroom?

I've heard of lines, but that seems a little excessive!

When I said coke, I was referring to Coca Cola.

That's what I thought you meant Tater.