I have a feeling that I woke up today and chose violence with this post. We all have connections to the past that we remember fondly. Items and styles that we wish were still popular. Unsure of the things that replaced them. Sadly, we all hit that point one day and can only take solace in the fact that the youngsters will meet the same fate. In other words:
Grandpa Simpson
Now for the questions.
- What is a piece of technology that you miss from the past?
- What is your favorite song from the past?
- If you could bring any tangible object back from the past, what would it be?
Legends of Windemere 
1. Weirdly enough I kinda miss the VCR. I heard some collectors were trying to find a VHS player. That brought back memories.
2. I don’t have a single favorite song. There are many albums I loved like Elton John’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road double album (which I have on CD) and Michael Jackson’s Thriller.
3. My diary from when I was a kid. No idea what happened to it.
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I was thinking about VHS tapes. No way to see if the ones I still own can work. Good song choices.
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I haven’t had a VCR in ages. I used to have a great collection of Disney movies on VHS. I miss those.
Since LPs are back, I can’t say I miss those. Still I wish I hadn’t given away all of my albums years ago! I had some great albums!
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We used to have one here a few years back. Then, we got a new TV and it couldn’t recognize the device even with an adapter.
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The technology I miss from the past is my 1949 Ford Club Coupe. It was a flathead 3/4 race V/8 customized street machine.
My favorite song from the past is Unchained Melody by Al Hibbler.
The tangible object from the past that I would bring back would be my bugle. I suspect a family member allowed it to be hauled off when I went away to college.
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Bugles and trumpets always go missing at some point.
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Yeah I guess you are right.
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1. Unbelievable, but thinking about it : my CD-ROM!! I miss the times of buying a game, plopping it in, all I needed was electricity, so I guess the whole CD shebang is what I miss? I despise basically ‘renting’ not only the games I want to play, but also the systems that let me run it and the constant patching!
2. Twist in my Sobriety, rendition by Dreadfull Shadows
3. Nothing, but I will trade you for my potato peeler not falling apart, because I have it for 2 decades now, and I have tried retiring it in favor of at least 7 different potato peelers but its just not the same, so this : be able to take potato peeler to the future and that it doesn’t fall apart.
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Forgot about CD-Roms. I remember getting a laptop that didn’t have one and it annoyed me. Now I don’t even see CDs for things. They really don’t make potato peelers like they used to.
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What is a piece of technology that you miss from the past?
Clocks with real chimes. The electronic versions just don’t have the same resonance.
What is your favorite song from the past?
Oh, so many! “The Earl of Oxford March” is a song our band played in high school. I always get a lift when I hear it played.
If you could bring any tangible object back from the past, what would it be?
I actually have inherited, but not yet retrieved, a chiming clock passed down from my great grandmother. It is no longer working. I would go back and fetch it while it was still in working order.
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The clocks sound cool. Never had a chiming one in the house. Closest was a clock that made bird noises every hour if it was in the light. Hated that clock because it was so loud.
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This is tough. I miss the dimmer switch on the floorboards. Now they seem to take glee in moving it around on every vehicle in some kind of where’s Waldo type game. There are so many songs that I could never pick just one. I think hats should make a comeback. I have dozens of them and never leave home without one, except for my work shift.
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Never even knew about the dimmer switch in cars. Probably heard about it, but never needed it. Any specific type of hat? It does seem like hoodies have replaced them in high school.
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Not caps. Real felt or good straw.
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Don’t think I ever saw straw hats around here. Seen fedoras, caps, and other varieties though.
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I have a couple of nice Panama hats. Straw so finely woven they will hold water. Out here, I also have cowboy hats.
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Nice. Could be interesting to see those make a comeback.
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I like reading through what others have said. I miss the solid realness of objects from the past, as the others said: CDs, VHSs, switches, real chimes….
I’m not sure there’s a favorite song, especially since I do like the vast library of music I have access to now (although the sound quality isn’t as great).
I think I would bring something like a well-built couch or a Walkman or an old computer … some object built with care and quality.
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I remember Walkmans making a comeback years ago. It wasn’t a big thing and was caused by the first Guardians of the Galaxy movie. Still, it did cause an odd blip.
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I thought of “Guardians” as well!
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