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| 1633 | Article | Vaporman87 | Ahh, man. I share your joy of reminiscing about the use of the record function of cassette recorders/players of our day. Only, where you were delighting in capturing your favorite songs of the day, I was using mine to preserve, for all time, my ability to pretend to be a DJ/Radio Talk Show Host/Sportscaster... along with some buddies of mine. I have probably 40 cassettes containing various mixes of those pretending sessions. Some were actually funny, most were only funny to me and the people I recorded them with. Though, something tells me they will be found humorous again someday when my kids find them and start listening to dad acting a fool in his youth. E.T. was huge for sure. My mom even had somebody she knew make an E.T. cake for me. But this was not a sheet cake with E.T. painted on with icing. It was a cake IN THE SHAPE of E.T.! Probably about 2 feet high. It tasted... awful. But man... it was cool to look at. Thanks for sharing this with us OldSchool. It's good to read something from you again. | Dec 14, 2014 |  | |
| 1644 | Article | Hoju Koolander | Being born in '82 I missed the initial E.T. phenomenon, but I did somehow end up with a stuffed animal that had a leather like texture to simulate his alien skin. Such a weird choice for a "cuddly" toy. Right there with you on recording to tape! I personally commandeered every cassette recording device in my house to record old-timey radio dramas, morning drive comedy shows and NPR style interview segments. For Christmas a few years ago my sister got me a brand new tape recorder and some blank tapes to pay tribute to my old hobby. To echo Vaporman87, I can only hope my kids care enough to listen to my childhood ramblings. I will look forward to their reviews. | My Christmas 1982 | Dec 15, 2014 | |
| 1645 | Article | Vaporman87 | Perhaps we should exchange audio files of our "ramblings" for laughs. :D We may be the only people (aside from our families) to appreciate such things... ever. LOL | My Christmas 1982 | Dec 15, 2014 | |
| 1647 | Article | OldSchool80s | Thank you for reading, enjoying and commenting! My parents still have and listen to a Christmas mix tape I made for them way back then which includes my intros and commentary in between songs. A little embarrassing, but also great memories! I think your kids will definitely enjoy discovering your tapes. | My Christmas 1982 | Dec 15, 2014 | |
| 1649 | Article | Hoju Koolander | @Vaporman87 I might just take you up on that. It's about time to transfer those recording before the tapes disintegrate anyway. | My Christmas 1982 | Dec 15, 2014 | |
| 1650 | Article | Vaporman87 | Yeah, I actually transferred quite a few over to CD's, but having them on a memory card of some kind would also be a good idea. | My Christmas 1982 | Dec 15, 2014 | |
| 1662 | Article | BarryBgb | This was great. I used to record stuff all the time too. I had so many tapes (close to 100) and it was an obsession. I had all of them too until this past year when I was finally able to let a few boxes go. What can I say? More space was needed. It was with a heavy heart, but I had to. Those were good times. E.T. is as magical now as it was then. Still gives goosebumps. I was 3/4 around the time, but I remember seeing it on the big screen. I had the lunchbox and a plastic mug that came with Reeses Pieces. Those were the days. | My Christmas 1982 | Dec 16, 2014 | |
| 1665 | Article | SockofFleagulls | I got my first mini boombox a little later in the decade, but I remember trying to record songs off the radio and when high speed dubbing was THE feature to have on your boombox or stereo. Thanks for the memories! | My Christmas 1982 | Dec 16, 2014 | |
| 1670 | Article | Vaporman87 | While on the subject, there is a great image collection of cassette tapes <a href="http://www.tapedeck.org">located here</a>. I tried contacting the owner to see if he'd be willing to lend out his image collection to us, so we could have it displayed here, but never received a reply. | My Christmas 1982 | Dec 16, 2014 | |
| 1724 | Article | OldSchool80s | I thought the pajamas would get more comments. | My Christmas 1982 | Dec 22, 2014 | |
