The Way Things Used To Be: Recent Episodes
Don Williams
Reminiscing about the way things used to be in the good old days of our youth when we lived in simpler times.
Check out this rewind episode from Season 1 of The Way Things Used To Be! Have a great week!
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Did you ever have a Big Wheel when you were a kid? How about a Green Machne? Here's my take on those cool toys from back in the day!
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Here's my take on collecting license plates. I got a crash course on the subject from a good friend, Josh Sheets.
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Here's my take on The Jack In The Box.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/don-williams8/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/don-williams8/support
Yes, they actually wrote songs for breakfast cereals back in the day. Check out some of them from a promotional record I found at a thrift store.
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It's car wash season. Listen to my take on it.
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Here's my take on the adventures of yard sales!--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/don-williams8/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/don-williams8/support
Check out this funky 1970s Jesus music.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/don-williams8/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/don-williams8/support
Digging a huge hole in the dirt to make a fort!--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/don-williams8/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/don-williams8/support
Who remembers the telephone book? Check out my take on the subject. And also enjoy another episode of What's On My Record Player!
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Here's another round of television theme songs. Enjoy.
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Check out the latest installment of What's On mY Record Player?
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What was it like to not have a TV on in the room all of the time? There was a time when television programming was only on certain hours of the day. Check out my take on that.
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Check out the very strange record on my record player on this episode...it's um... different...
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Remember when the national speed limit was 55 MPH? Check out my take on that subject!
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Who remembers the Kool Aid Man? Check out my take on this guy!
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Here's a couple of memories that I hope will spark some great memories of your childhood. Thanks to my friend Steve Wright for the great ideas!
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In this episode I browse through the Facebook group page and talk about some of the posts from myself and other group members. Great stuff. Check it out.
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Here's my take on a rather scary TV commercial for Mr. Potato Head from the early 1970's. Actually it's goofy and hilarious at the same time. Check it out.
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Who remembers the TV repair man? Check out my take on this topic.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/don-williams8/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/don-williams8/support
How many kinds of chewing gum do you remember? Check out this latest episode of the podcast to get my take on it.
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Listen to my account of having only one toilet in the house when I was a child.
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Here's the latest installmant of What's On My Record Player! Check it out!
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Do you remember the record and tape clubs of the 70's and 80's? How about those compilation albums with all the great hits of the time but not the real artists? Check out this episode of the podcast. Hope you have a good laugh!
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Listen to the story of my first attempt at making cookies!
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Enjoy a few Christmas songs on this episode of the Podcast. They are eunique and you probably won't hear them anywhere else.
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Did you have a radar detector in your car back in the day? Check out the newest episode of The Way Things Used To Be!
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Here is the latest update on the podcast, facebook group page and my continued efforts to write another book.
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In this rewind episode, I read a story from my book "Night Shift: My Adventures As A Convenience Store Clerk." Give a real look at the working world and minimum wage in the mid 1980s!
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Check out this rewind episode from season 2 called "The Beer Heist."
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Check out this retro episdoe from Season 2.
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Here is a preview of my new podcast - Kid's Adventure Records Podcast. Check it out!
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Here are some highlights of a great weekend in Northern Lower Michigan.
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Lets take a trip in the time machine back to McDonalds in 1973!
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Here's an update on the podcast and a bonus episode of What's On My record Player!
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Here's the latest find from the thrift store.
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Did you ever have a doctor who made house calls? Check out this episode of the podcast to learn a little bit more about this practice that has virtually disappeared.
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Here's another round of television theme show trivia. See if you know these themes!
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Television Theme Song Trivia Part 1
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Lets talk about some of those vintage gadgets from a time long ago...
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I took this episode of The Way Things Used To Me and did something a bit different. I recorded the entire episode on cassette tape. it presented more of a challenge than I thought but it all came together. Take a listen. You might actually hear a few drop outs and some old fashoned tape hiss.
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More reminiscing and chatting about the facebook group page.
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Have you been out to enjoy a classic car show yet this summer? How about getting stung by a bee?
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A fun summary of some of the Facebook group page posts.
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I'm back with an all new season 8 of the way things used to be.
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Spring update and the amazing 8 track tape!--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/don-williams8/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/don-williams8/support
Fun ways to communicate as a kid. Tin cans, a string and an imagination!
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Hot Dogs! Armour Hotdogs! Take a listen to this jingle from the late 60's or early 70's!
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Spring is here, lets mow some grass!!
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Check ou this Sesame Street record from my childhood.
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Here's my take on the floppy disc and some of the devices that used them.
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From 1974 on MGM Records. Check out the main theme from The Rockford Files composed by Mike Post!
Also, as special announcement about the Facebook group page The Way Things Used To Be.
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Here's my take of classic television shows from the 60's, 70's and 80's.
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Here's my take on a four letter word to some folks, called SNOW!
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Check out this song from Sister Mary Mead!
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This is a story told to me by my dad when he was a teenager on the farm back in the 1940's.
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Did you have an easy bake oven or perhaps an Evel Knevel Stunt Cycle? Check out this rewind episode from Season1!
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Rewind Episode - Record and Tape Clubs! Check it out. I had fun with this one!
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Remember the rotory dial telephone? How about the answering machine? Kick back and enjoy this rewind episode of The Way Things Used To Be!
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This time it's a pair of songs. The first is from the Jackson 5 in 1971 and the second is from the Jacksons in 1976. See if you can hear how they changed in just a few short years!
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Enjoy a couple of songs from the Brady Bunch kids and The Chipmunks. Merry Christmas everyone!!
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Buckle up! Let's take a trip to the arcade!
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Ever wonder how the wireless remote control got it's start? Check out this episode where I talk a little of the history of this magical device.
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Check out this song by Carol Burnett.
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Enjoy this episode from season 3. I'll be back soon with a new episode!
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Here's my take on the evolution of the telephone...some rant and some great memories.
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Have you ever been skunked or perhaps your pet? Here's my take on the subject. Also, I will share some of my dad's story of his service in the Navy during World War II.
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Have you ever known a Shade Tree Mechanic? Ever been one yourself? Check out my take on the topic.
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Here's a short blooper reel from the cutting room floor!
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In this episode you're going to learn a little bit more about me. I'm just a regular guy who likes to make a podcast.
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See if you can guess the song. It was used as a theme song to a popular British television comedy.
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Welcome to season Six of The Way Things Used To Me.
have you ever hand written a letter and sent it through the mail? Here's my spin on that dying artform.
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Here's another installment of What's On My Record Player! Hope you have all had a great summer! New episodes of The Way Things Used To Be are in the works as well as a book project!
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Here is a brief update from the Way Things Used To Be and another episode of What's On My Record Player!
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Enjoy this rewind episode from season 3!
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Hope you are all having a great summer. Before you know it, the kiddies will be going back to school. Here is an episode from season 2 about my school memories. Enjoy.
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Here's a mystery record that I found at a thrift store many years ago. See if you can figure out who this is.
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Enjoy this rewind episode of The Way Things Used To Be.
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The theme from the Rockford Files from 1974!!
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Enjoy another rewind episode of The Way Things Used To Be!
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As I take the summer off from the podcast, enjoy this rewind episode from season 2. Going to jail was not on my schedule that day, but...
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100th Episode!!! Enjoy!!
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I thumbed through a book that my mom put together about my school memories from preschool through the 6th grade. Great stuff.
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In this episode I tell you a little about myself and how I got started in podcasting. I also spin another goofy song on my record player.
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I have no words for this one because there are no words to this song...sort of...Take a listen!
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This episode is all about pets! Check it out!
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Here is a cringe-worthy song from 1963. It made the top 4 on Billboard in that same year. How? I have no idea!
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Can you guess the sound in this audio clip? Take a listen!
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Looking at photographs and the cameras we took them with.
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Give me some of that hair! Long beautiful hair! Yipes! There was a musical written about hair! Check out this excerpt recorded by the Cowsills...Eeeek!
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The Game of Life - Narrated by Jarrell McCracken in 1951. A Mock football game where good VS> evil in an epic football game! Check it out!
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Sit down with your favorite bowl of cereal and listen to this episode of What's on My Record player. It's songs and jingles all about cereals from Kelloggs!
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This is a mash up of my favorite episodes from season four. Enjoy. New podcasts coming in the spring.
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On my record player today is Sister Mary Mead. The name of the song is The Lord's Prayer. This is in honor of her passing away just recently. Enjoy.
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Vickie Lawrence and Donny Osmond are spinning on this episode. Take a listen. You can also find their music on Spotify.
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Here's a fun rap song from 1985. It's by Ron and The DC Crew entitled "Ronnie's Rap!"
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Ever wonder what the internet was like when you actually had to make an effort to connect to it? Check out this episode and you'll get a glimpse of what it was really like to go "on-line!"
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What's on My Record Player Christmas edition Part 2. Fun Christmas songs from The Brady bunch kids, The Chipmunks and Scooby Doo!
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Whats on my record player? A Michigan Christmas card by the Meijer Coral Group. Check it out.
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Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas - 1974 20th Century Records.
This is my scratchy, skip-filled 45 from way back in the mid 70's. If you want to hear a pristine digital version of the song, check it out on Spotify!
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This episode focuses on Bob & Marion. Separated by the Military in a Post Korean war world. I have hours of tapes that they send back and forth to each other while Bob was stationed overseas. Here is a glimpse into their world in the year 1959.
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Yard Sale, Rummage Sale, Garage Sale! Whatever you want to call it, it's fun! Sometimes you can find great treasures. Check out my take on this.
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I thought I was going to have a cheezy sound-a-like record, but this one actually sounds pretty good.
Check it out.
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I interviewed my boos for a class project that actually was broadcast on local television back when I was in high school. Take a listen.
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World Explorers Program as presented in 1966 on flexi-records as part of a learning for young students.
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Did you ever collect reusable glasses from fast food restaurants back in the day? Check out this episode of the podcast and you will also hear some audio from a couple of those television commercials.
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Here's a personalized Happy Birthday Record from the late 1950's or perhaps the early 1950's. Enjoy.
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The amazing, the incredible, the sensational....8-Track tape...
They were fun, they were frustrating and they were everywhere from the 1960s-the early 1980s.
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Does anyone have Tiger Baseball Spirit? Check out this record that was found at a thrift store!
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Here's a cereal Box Record from the early 1970's. Everything's Archie! Have fun listening. Season 4 starts at the end of August!
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Spinning this week is Convoy by CW McCall from 1975. The record is a bit scratchy but listenable. You can also hear the digital version on Spotify.
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Here's a little Golden Record from the late 40's or early 50's. Its Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. Happy Trails to you!!!
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This week we have a nearly 50 year old Sesame Street record titled "5 People In My Family."
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Today's spin is from the late 50's. Its a Golden Records 78 RPM record with the Ballad of Davey Crockett!
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Time for another installment of Name That Sound.
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Today's record is the Hillside Singers - I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing. It was also made into a Coca Cola commercial back in it's day.
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I have plans for more episodes this season. So keep your ears open for more episodes of what's on my record player. Have a great summer and I'll talk to you soon.
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Everyone has had an experience with someone selling things door to door. Check out my take on the topic.
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What I have for you to hear this time is a 45 RPM Record from the early to mid 50's called Daffy Duck meets Yosemite Sam. It's a childrens records approved my Bozo the Clown. Released on Capitol records. Have a good laugh and thanks for listening.
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This time I have a sample flexi record from Time-Life records called the Swing Era. It was a sample sent in the mail back in the early 1980s, to get people to buy collections of music. This was long before computer downloads and streaming music. Enjoy
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Popeye the Sailor Man! This is a mid to late 1950's 45 RPM record made for children. Kind of corn ball but unique as well. Ceck it out.
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It's camping season!!!
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Quite possibly the worst album ever recorded! In fact, if it were on my record player it might possibly ruin something, like my speakers or perhaps my sanity!
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Today we have the Star Wars/Cantina Band theme from Meco. 1977 Mellenium Records. This was a very popular disco song from the 70's. I had several copies of this record as a kid and Just recently found this almost mint copy at a thrift store.
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The Joys and the woes of taking a vacation. Listen to my spin on the topic. Fun Stuff.
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In this epsiode, I will tell you about how I scammed a phone scammer.
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In this episode, we will here from a record that was between the pages of a Mad Magazine. It's a Mad Look At Graduation Day from 1981. Enjoy!!
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Did you ever have milk delivered to your door or drink that disgusting powdered stuff? Ever find coins and treasures with a metal detector? Check out this episode of The Way Things Used To Be!
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Here's another bonus episode of The Way Things Used To Be. Today we have a 45 RPM record of Abbott & Costello in Jack and the Beanstalk!
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What do you do with old video tapes when they become obsolete? Listen to my take on this subject.
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Here's another episode of What's on My Record Player. Enjoy!
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Did you collect trading cards when you were younger? Listen to my take on them from my childhood.
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Here's another bonus - What's On My Record Player. Breakfast Cereal Jingles. Enjoy!
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Have you ever taken a vacation where things didn't quite go as planned or the way you had hoped? Here's my story about a trip to Florida which included a broken down car, missed space shuttle launch and no opportunity to get to the beach!
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Did you ever want to know where the washing machine originated from? Check out this latest episode.
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I picked a record from my collection called Presidential Profiles. It is all about Franklin D. Roosevelt. It was a bank promotional record from 1966. Probably a freebie when you opened an account.
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This is the final installment of my daily covid update. I will be back doing the regular podcast in January 2021! God Bless
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Here is the latest update on my Covid journey.
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Here's my Covid 19 update Day 1
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In this episodes we step back to a year ago when I started the Podcast. I play a few clips from the first episode and it's all about Christmas and Christmas traditions.
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Thanks for listening to the podcast for the last year. Its hard to believe I started this a year ago. The time sure goes by fast!
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Have you ever known anyone with sticky fingers? Got your curiosity going? Check out my first hand account of a beer heist at the convenience store where I worked.
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Remember the year book photos with the wacky hair styles , those one of a kind teachers that left a lasting impression on you or perhaps the cafeteria. How about the morning announcements over the intercom? These are just some of the memories I discuss in this episode of The Way Things Used To Be.
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In this episode I talk about the antics of the employees of a pizza shop next door to the convenience store where I worked back in the 80's.
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What are your fond memories of comic books? In this episode, I talk about some that I have in my collection. Ahhh...the good old days!
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What are your fond memories of going to the movies? How about the drive in?
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Here's a quick bonus. Guess The Sound. Oh, the interruptions of recording a podcast!
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Do you remember when you took drivers ed? I had to take it twice. This is the story of my misfortune when it came to learning how to operate a car.
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Just a quick announcement about the podcast.
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This is the first episode of season 2. Have you ever gone to jail? Check out my experience on the wrong side of the law and the wrong side of the bars.
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I have decided to hang up the headphones and microphone for the summer. I hope you enjoy this collection of the best of season 1 of The Way Things Used To Be. Talk to you in the fall.
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In this episode I'm going to tell you about a crazy fun time in my life when I had a motorcycle.
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Try to guess the vintage 1970's hand held game in this bonus episode of The Way Things Used To Be.
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What kind of breakfast cereals did you like when you were a kid. Maybe you still eat them today. And perhaps they stopped making them decades ago. Join me in my journey through the countless varieties of breakfast cereals from my childhood.
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In This episode I'll tell you about the great golden age of radio and some of the great shows that came from that time.
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Do you remember when you first had cable TV installed in your house? Here's my take on it from a 1970s perspective.
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There was a time when there weren't any seat belt laws. When I was growing up, we didn't think much about seat belts. When we were kids, we played around in the car while mom or dad were driving down the road.
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Here is a cereal box record in its entirety. The mysterious Trailor From Space. From the back of an Alpha Bits Box in the 1970's.
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Do you remember your first pay raise. Do you remember all of those great ideas you had for the extra money? Were your hopes dashed when reality hit? Check out this latest episode when I talk about my first pay raise.
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I found the lost tape that I was going to include in the last episode about winning a trivia contest on the radio,
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I've always heard of people winning contests when they call into a radio station. This episode details the one and only time I ever called into a station and actually won a prize!
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Do you remember where you were when historic events happened? This is part one of what will hopefully turn into a regular topic on the podcast.
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I'll tell you about a first-hand encounter with the President of the United States when I was just 10 years old. In part two, I'll describe my first time flying on a commercial airliner.
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Do you remember playing with a cassette tape recorder when you were young? I have a lot of great memories growing up in a cassette tape world. I also interviewed my good friend Steve Wright via Skype. We talked about the fun we had with cassettes and the challenges as well.
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Did you ever pick up a record at the thrift store or at a record shop, put it on the turntable and find out that it's not the original artists but someone else butchering their songs? I purchased a few of these and that's what I'll cover in this episode.
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Gas - Regular or Unleaded. Do you remember when you had a choice at the pump? Listen to my memories of it and a story from my brother who worked in a Full service gas station.
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If you asked someone to put a box of cereal onto a record player they probably would have given you a strange look. But back in the 60's through the 80's you could really do this and actually hear music.
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In this episode I'll tell you about my first computer and all of the joys of actually having to program it in order to use it. In Segment two, I'll share a couple of stories about not so successful ice fishing.
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Do you remember those ads in the magazines boasting 11 records or tapes for one penny? That's what the topic is this week on The Way Things Used To Be.
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Who remembers the Rotary Dial Telephone? It was quite an experience and so appropriate for this podcast. And who can forget those answering machines?
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A few of my encounters with electricity!
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Do you remember the paper boy? I was one and you will hear my first hand account on this episode.
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When was the last time you typed a letter on paper with a Typewriter?
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Do you remember watching television on a big black and white console? Here's my childhood experience on The Way Things Used To Be my.
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Did you play with action figures, electric football or perhaps make treats in an Easy Bake oven? How about an Evel Knevel stunt cycle? Check out the latest podcast and get my take on these things.
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Do you remember the ice cream truck? This is my account of my Dad's ice cream truck.
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I talk about my very first car and my second first car. See if you can relate to any of it!
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Did you ever play on Metal Playground Equipment or drink water from a graden hose? I talk about those things in the latest episode of The Way Things Used To Be.
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I talk about the days of recording tv shows and collecting all off those bulky tapes. I also have a phone chat about the early days of video recording with my good friend Steve Wright.
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Do you remember Stuckey's, Howard Johnsons, A&W Root Beer? Travel restaurants were fun and so was Dad's digital watch from the 1970s.
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In this episode I talked about driving a stick shift car for the first time and my disastrous attempt at rowing a boat.
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Do you remember putting coins in a jukebox or stepping on a rusty nail? That's what we cover in this episode of The Way Things Used To Be.
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In this episode we talked about the fun tradition of having a real Christmas tree, the Christmas lights that we used to string on the tree, and as a bonus I'm going to talk about jumping a bicycle off of a wooden ramp.
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