Three Things...Gratitude Thread

[flyingdumbo127]

I also made cassette mixes

Memories of Dodger games

 

[PollyannaMom]

Another vote for SIRIUS XM - I'd never had it before I got my new car in May, but I've really enjoyed it! (And thanks to advice from here on the DISboards, I waited until the second letter came with the better offer to extend the free trial.) I've been listening the most to a Beatles station, Radio Margaritaville, and Y2Kountry.

Music in the car in general - I generally concentrate better with background noise than silence, so I've always listened to music in the car, whether on the radio or various media as it evolved. - I've had cars with a cassette player, a CD player, and my current one can even play music (or podcasts or audiobooks) through my phone. Back in the cassette days, I spent many hours crafting the perfect road trip playlists!

Sitting by the radio as a kid, listening to the list of schools to see if we had a snow day!

 

[flyingdumbo127]

I also made mix tapes

Dodger games with Vin Scully on the radio were a childhood soundtrack for sure.

Radio stations like 102.7 KIIS FM and AM Los Angeles yes with Rick Dees was often played on school bus rides. I rode the bus for my first year in high school and then as needed the other two years.

I never won but the days when stations had almost daily call in contests.

 

[PollyannaMom]

I never won but the days when stations had almost daily call in contests.

Yes!!! - DH won one of those once.

 

[TiggerTrigger]

Another vote for mix tapes recorded from the radio. I finally got rid of mine in our last move. Cassette players just never seem to last, at least the way they're made today, so I've only retained some things that I may one day convert to digital.

News/weather in emergency situations is my next one. From 9/11 coverage to storm issues, I'm grateful for times when local radio has switched over to more critical issues.

Weekly countdowns were always fun back when I was a kid in the 80s. It was a time to see how your faves were doing as well as hear a few new things making their marks.

 

[citruscurtis]

Love listening to the radio




I remember as a kid listening to the radio and making cassette tapes off songs from the radio showing my age here
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I would like to try to see if I can beat the rate I had the previous year

1980 an artist... Christopher Cross..was all over the radio...so I made a cassette tape to send to a missionary friend in central America.... looking like cassette tapes the only way to beat the rates

 

[citruscurtis]

I also made mix tapes

Dodger games with Vin Scully on the radio were a childhood soundtrack for sure.



I never won but the days when stations had almost daily call in contests.

I won a John Madden ride on his bus and outback dinner and baseball game on one call

....and yes Scully was such a wonderful sound... thought I would spend the rest of my summers listening

 

[citruscurtis]

Another vote for mix tapes recorded from the radio. I finally got rid of mine in our last move. Cassette players just never seem to last,

Weekly countdowns were always fun back when I was a kid in the 80s. It was a time to see how your faves were doing as well as hear a few new things making their marks.

..........threw the last box of movie soundtracks away this week

Yearly countdown 1974 ... high school/university ... sent away for the list..came printed on gold cardstock... still have it in one of the boxes underneath the cassette tapes