As you tug to pull it out in hopes of not ripping the tape, wondering exactly how bad it has been eaten. Back in the day when your electronics were indeed real live monsters, eating your prized possessions! Will this be a quick fix or do we have twenty feet of loose tape to deal with here, tangled in a big heaping knotted mess!? This is where the #2 pencil comes in handy!
But even worse you pull your cassette from the mouth of the monster to find it has been chopped into two separate pieces. This is where the true concentration comes in! I bet a lot of great surgeons today learned a lot of their skills from fixing a torn tape! You must have a steady hand! You must get the two pieces to fit back together perfectly to avoid any skip in your favorite song and to function properly the next time you push it into the player. You finally get the two pieces aligned perfectly, then you need some scotch tape! Tear off a tiny itty bitty piece and tape the two pieces back together! The joy you get when it works is to not be compared! SUCCESS!
What about when the eject button decides to not keep it's end of the deal and decides to not return the cassette which is rightfully yours! This my friends is when you need a butter knife! Gently place the knife inside the compartment door and try and release the little grabbers and pry your favorite tape in hopes of not ruining the player or cracking the cassette case. If you don't get it out you are stuck listening to the same cassette for the rest of your cassette players life!
The new generation of children are sure missing out on all that cassettes had to offer, the intuitiveness and the drive to fix what's broken, and mad problem solving skills!
Have a wonderful Thursday...til next time :)
LOL we just had to teach our 15 year old about cassette's the other week. Hilarious to watch her face try and grasp the concept.
ReplyDeletelol I remember recording my favorite songs from the radio onto tapes.. loved it!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, I totally forgot about all the splicing and loose tape to be rewound back onto the reels. I don't miss it!
ReplyDeleteOk, now that's a SERIOUS throwback, lol!
ReplyDeletelol on cassette tapes. We are a technology family and talk about floppy disks a lot. I still have some in the basement from college days. I have no idea why I have them at this point. lol
ReplyDeleteI miss making mix tapes from the radio....
ReplyDeleteI still have a huge collection of cassettes including quite a few original playlists from my college years.. and I am grateful I still have a player in working order so I can enjoy these.. truly priceless!
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen one of those in 20 years. Geez, now I feel old. LOL
ReplyDeleteI remember using the pencil to fix the tape.. wow that brings back some memories
ReplyDeleteAw man I had almost forgotten about cassette tapes. Pretty soon you may even be able to do a throwback thursday for CDs
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome- total flashbacks! I never did surgery on my tapes, though- I was too little so when my tapes ripped, they were gone forever.
ReplyDeleteOh gee I forgot about those things until now. I had to chuckle at the pic of fixing it with the pencil. I so did that before lol.
ReplyDeleteRight, because you can't fix and broken CD!!! Love this post.
ReplyDeleteI still have a mixed tape from a high school boyfriend!
ReplyDeleteHahaha - Yeah. I used to have a few cassette tapes. And a boombox to play them in :)
ReplyDeleteOh how I remember cassette tapes and making mix tapes.
ReplyDeleteMichelle F.
Love hate relationship for those tapes. They did create a ton of memories.
ReplyDeleteOh the memories. I loved making mix tapes from the radio with these.
ReplyDeletethis put a smile on my face. Myparents still have 8 track tapes.
ReplyDeleteI still use CDs but I havent had a tape, or seen one, in FOREVER.
ReplyDeleteI remember these, it's been such a long time before I've actually played them though haha
ReplyDeleteYES! Love these!! You could make your own play list of your favorite songs! But make sure you hit record at the right moment or u have to wait until it comes on again!
ReplyDeleteHaha this post is awesome!! It brought me back so many memories with those cassette tapes.
ReplyDeleteOMG... I remember when the cassette tape was the new technology on the block as it replaced the 8 track.
ReplyDeleteI still have cassette tapes with me. Those are my favorite songs from bands that I like. Yes, I can relate with you. Those are the dilemmas using cassette tape and sometimes I have to use a scotch tape to link two ends.
ReplyDeleteThis brings back memories big time. If you ask a kid today what a cassette is they would have no idea what you are talking about. Thanks for sharing the good old day.
ReplyDeletei was thinking of this as well the other day. my daughter saw a CD on our way home in the middle of the road. and she was like so stunned and shock or happy seeing that CD haha since all the movies now you can just download online haha
ReplyDeleteOh god, this IS a throwback! I used to ruin my tapes all the time and get so angry. I remember having a whole collection.
ReplyDeleteI used to always record songs on the radio on these.. I still have a few of them, but nothing to play them on, haha
ReplyDeleteHee Hee. I love throwback Thursday! I remember waiting for hours for my favorite song to come on so I could record it!
ReplyDeleteLoved playing with cassettes when I was young. Reeling back using my little finger was so fun... :p
ReplyDeletestill use them and have many working machines to play them on
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