blueiron Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 I still buy and use Kodak Porta and Ektar 35mm films for color use and Tri-X for panchromatic images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted October 12, 2020 Administrators Share Posted October 12, 2020 Kodak’s Kodachrome film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valmet Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Saturn, the car company. I think it’s been nearly ten years since they’ve been gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 11 hours ago, Eric said: Neither was all the other electronic garbage that came to choke their shelves. A company should never forget who brought them to the dance. Eric, Sadly the day of the electronics hobby guy has given way to the consumer electronics guy. Those guys who can plug and play their way into a good sound system versus guys that actually built...say a computer, radio, or other devise for their own interests. Most of these guys don't know the difference between voltage and current. I'm not an engineer. But old enough to have gone to The Shack to get parts to repair something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 (edited) Poloroid And shaking them didn't help the process. Ilford Kodak tmax developer, stop bath, fixer. (remember the smell?) Edited October 12, 2020 by Historian 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 1 minute ago, Historian said: Sadly the day of the electronics hobby guy has given way to the consumer electronics guy. Those guys who can plug and play their way into a good sound system versus guys that actually built...say a computer, radio, or other devise for their own interests. Most of these guys don't know the difference between voltage and current. Yes, I think the end of discrete components got rid of the tinkering hobbyist. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampfox762 Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 4 minutes ago, Historian said: Poloroid And shaking them didn't help the process. Ilford Kodak tmax developer, stop bath, fixer. (remember the smell?) Ha, ha, ha!! Just had to laugh at that. Even though we All know it didn't help a bit, we all STILL did it!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 25 minutes ago, gwalchmai said: Yes, I think the end of discrete components got rid of the tinkering hobbyist. Pretty much. Soldiering is a skill almost lost today except in small shops. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aomagrat Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 I own a Western Auto .22 bolt action rifle, an AMT Automag III .30 Carbine pistol and a Star Model A 9mm Largo pistol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 43 minutes ago, Historian said: Pretty much. Soldiering is a skill almost lost today except in small shops. Yes, except for Louis Rossman. A stalwart yankee computer fixit guy and a fine American. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 35 minutes ago, gwalchmai said: Yes, except for Louis Rossman. A stalwart yankee computer fixit guy and a fine American. There you go. Bob Heil is another name everyone should know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 7 hours ago, blueiron said: About a decade ago, GM marketing showed that the average Buick customer was around 70 years of age. Old people have some money and may buy autos, but they are a demographic that cannot be counted on for additional purchases. The large land yacht is dead, the executive auto is effectively on its last legs [when was the last time you saw a new Mercedes E or S-Klasse, a BMW 5 or 7 series on the road, a Lexus LS, an Infiniti Q class, etc.]. North Americans want bloated cars that resemble SUVs. Buick had a dealership network in China dating back to the 1920s and it was the luxury ride in the eyes of many Chinese people. That is diminishing, but the 60+ year olds love them because they represent wealth and luxury. I have a newer F-350 and I can see getting rid of it in a year or three. It is too much truck for my diminishing physical capacities and I am considering my last vehicle. No one out there makes anything that I can afford, easily get into or out of, and that has room and V-8 ICE power. Pics of the F350 and a price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheygriz Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 I do not for a moment mourn the demise of individual component electronics. To me, these are a part of a very unpleasant past where you were stuck constantly "tinkering" with things to get them to work. Good riddance to components, manual transmissions, carburetors, inner tubes and all of that other antiquated crap!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted October 12, 2020 Author Share Posted October 12, 2020 2 hours ago, aomagrat said: I own a Western Auto .22 bolt action rifle, an AMT Automag III .30 Carbine pistol and a Star Model A 9mm Largo pistol. The name Llama has been brought back for a Philippine(?) made .380 which looks like the ones made in Spain up through the 60s. No idea whether any parts interchange... or even whether the new made one uses the locking breech of the original. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted October 12, 2020 Author Share Posted October 12, 2020 Winchester... the name is still around, but it is now owned by Browning. And Winchester branded guns are made overseas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aomagrat Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 27 minutes ago, railfancwb said: The name Llama has been brought back for a Philippine(?) made .380 which looks like the ones made in Spain up through the 60s. No idea whether any parts interchange... or even whether the new made one uses the locking breech of the original. It looks like they've new designs. https://www.google.com/amp/s/homedefensejournal.com/2016/06/21/llama-pistols-made-in-the-ph-mac/amp/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minervadoe Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 TWA Hughes Air West PSA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueiron Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 SAAB automobiles. Boeing, Lockheed-Martin, and Northrop-Grumman have eaten up nearly every defense contractor for air-land-sea systems. This is why the USG is finding that innovation in defense systems all the way down to small arms is declining. [Almost] Mooney International - the corporations that have owned and produced Mooney aircraft have come and gone nearly often as Colt. Yet, the airplane has its devotees and refuses to die. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueiron Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, minervadoe said: Hughes Air West PSA I miss the smiling PSA aircraft... [Mixed livery here as the plane has PSA paint, but US Airways badging] and the "flying banana" Edited October 12, 2020 by blueiron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheygriz Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Stevens Iver Johnson Redfield Lyman (scopes) Weaver Hensley and Gibbs. (I REALLY miss them!) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted October 12, 2020 Author Share Posted October 12, 2020 Branniff Greyhound Trailways High Standard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueiron Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 RC Cola [great with a Moonpie]. Seven-Up. Calculators - few people outside of high school or college students now buy or own one. Incandescent light bulbs. Polished blue and wood stocked firearms. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 (edited) Howard Johnson's restaurants...there is one left. Edited October 13, 2020 by Historian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted October 13, 2020 Administrators Share Posted October 13, 2020 3 minutes ago, Historian said: Howard Johnson's restaurants...there is one left. Every tine I hear that name, I think of Blazing Saddles. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 2 minutes ago, Eric said: Every tine I hear that name, I think of Blazing Saddles. Odd. I think of the master chef Jaque Pepin who gave up fancy restaurants to make Howard's THE place to go for something to eat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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