lol! Pretty neat reading everyones.
Ok, I'll play. Some of these are from the 70s, some from the 80s, some the 90s, which ever makes sense for the context...
TV then (early 70s): Not exactly "mine" but my dads. My dad's Heathkit TV using mostly (all?) vacuum tubes he made himself while working through all the @home courses.
now: almost too many to list; 6 in the house with 5 cable boxes, 3 of them hi-def DVRs, and only two of us.
from 36" hi-def Sony XBR, to TV card in the computer using a hi-def monitor for computer or cable box, to a 52" big screen soon to be replaced by a 65" hi-def LCD.
Car then (late 70s): well, not exactly 1st but close to it. A totally ratty 1969 Road Runner.
now: a highly mod'ed 1998 C43 AMG, stock but mint and mechanically restored 1989 560SL, 1997 Jeep Wrangler daily driver / foul weather vehicle.
Job then (mid 70s): illegally working in my dad's factory from 14 every summer cutting & drilling aluminum or cutting & punching stainless steel, and assembling plastic bagging & sealing machinery.
now: senior systems architect for a major e-commerce EDI service company. originally employee #6 (then) of the public parent company that's now becoming a power-house through so many acquisitions; just me and my then boss left of the original company! (I know where all the bodies are buried)
Style then (mid 70s to 80s; the teenage years): derelict; flannel & blue jeans until the 'kewl' 80s when I finally stepped out.
now: yes
Hair then (most all the 70s again): derelict; long and unkempt
now: still gloriously and full. Sadly, now I'm
also talking about my back.
Computer then (only the early 90s; seems like a lifetime away surprisingly): IBM Model 70 - 386 with what? originally about 10 - 30 Meg HD, I forget how much RAM but not a lot loads of upgrades and modz.
now: too many to mention, older IBM laptop, very brand new powerful Dell laptop, kinda powerful Sony laptop with TV built-in, another Sony "laptop on a stand" type with TV built-in, a near top of the line (over the summer) AMD based system, with two NVidia GT8600 graphics cards, 1.5 TBytes of on-line storage in two RAID arrays.
Toys (most memorable present)
then (starting in the early 60s): absolute favorite was my AFX set. I'm still mad at myself for throwing the tracks away, but I kept the cars & components to soup the cars up.
now: Yes, oh yes...
see "Cars>now" above...
- C43 got an engine transplanted from an E55:
Birth of my C55 AMG album | m8o | Fotki.com
and suspension from a road racing car:
Speedybenz On Board album | m8o | Fotki.com
and many interior modz, many that only came on Euro cars, or not on my model at all:
MBenzNL On Board album | m8o | Fotki.com
- Had an SLK but gave the lease up, and recently bought a classic SL instead:
560SL album | m8o | Fotki.com
- Audio/Video, Horns, and Tube Amps:
My Toobz | m8o | Fotki.com (so many more pix of custom horns I had made and customizations I'm making to come)
- High-end Headphones & tube Head Amps:
Headphone / Headamp | m8o | Fotki.com
- ohhh, I forgot, Mtn Bikes!
Photo: CIMG1620 | The Fleet album | m8o | Fotki.com
- Should I list all the expensive exercise equipment as toys? nah! maybe my wife would but I don't.
...and of course, Camera Gear and LBA...
Looking back @ all this... I think I took it too seriously...
But you can see I know where my priorities lie. (big boy toys!)
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