Remember When
July 31st, 2017 at 9:24:28 AM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 188 Posts: 18556 |
Pretty sure I remember some small cameras, but not sure what limitations they had. Those TV P.I.s also seemed to get hit over the head by the butt of a gun about every 3 episodes. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
July 31st, 2017 at 10:20:45 AM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18136 |
Looking back, the cameras were about the size of a roll of 110 film. For the youngenz here, 110 was the most popular "basic" film, cheaper and easier to handle than 35mm. The film would have had to be mine and the camera lens as good as a modern iPhone, not to mention the batteries for the flash. As to the PIs, worked with one on my old luggage gig. I think Mike was right when he told Jesse that sitting in the car watching was 90% of the job. Guy told me of sitting on a person for 6-8 hours, watching for him to do something a work comp guy could not do. The President is a fink. |
July 31st, 2017 at 10:42:26 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
Indeed they were. They had spy cameras from the end of WWII. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
July 31st, 2017 at 3:50:09 PM permalink | |
Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | Minox cameras. Expensive during the war, cheaper afterwards. Originally needed a high intensity bulb and an exact distance from the document. Alot of Pis plant cheap watches under a car's tire and learn that way when the car left. Yeah, gun butts and liquor bottles over the head.. standard. Once on a movie set the 'sugar glass' bottle got switched with a gin bottle and a stunt man spent months in the hospital. Richard Diamond featured a leggy telephone operator and a parking space wherever the PI needed it. With those legs nobody much focused on the parking. She later went on toss her hat in the air in Mineapolis but started out with just her legs visible as 'Sam' the mobile phone operator. |
January 9th, 2018 at 12:50:18 AM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 188 Posts: 18556 | Was taking a nostalgia quiz and they mentioned "butter mints". I had a vague feeling I knew what they were, but after looking them up, I then remembered exactly what they taste like. Usually when we visited someone, there would be a small glass candy dish with some in it. They do still make them, so I suppose plenty of people are still familiar with them. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
June 25th, 2018 at 7:40:46 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 188 Posts: 18556 | Are pet stores still around? I've seen aquarium stores, but that's about it. The only ones I know of have no pets, except fish and pet supplies. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
June 26th, 2018 at 3:13:37 AM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | MTM debuted at age 15 on Ozzie and Harriet.
After ten episodes aired, 22 year old MTM went in and asked for a $10 a week raise because the role attracted so much attention. Instead the producers fired her since she was never seen and uncredited. Lucky for her she was now free to advertise herself as the unknown secretary on Richard Diamond, which helped her career for far more than the $10 raise. She used that credit to help her get roughly 30 bit parts in TV shows and movies and two years later she premiered as Laura Petrie. |
June 26th, 2018 at 3:21:42 AM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18136 |
Sure are. A chain or two and still the indies. Most have gotten out of the puppy and kitten business, instead partnering with the local dog pound or/and breeders. The President is a fink. |
August 9th, 2018 at 7:40:19 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 188 Posts: 18556 | Have anyone seen any of those old credit card processors in use? The slide with the carbon paper copy, or are they all out of use now? You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
August 9th, 2018 at 7:46:24 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
Saw Goober use one last week on Andy Griffith show in 1963. Don't you have to have a metal card for it to work? The numbers on a plastic card aren't raised enough to leave an imprint. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |