WTF Stories of the Week

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Was that a pun?

No, but now I kinda wish I had thought of it.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Manslaughter? Um, isn't that second-degree murder if you intend to kill someone, unnecessary jealous rage or no?

It seems her intent was to scare her boyfriend, not to hit him, nor to hit the woman. She failed.

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by Betty

Stare at picture for 20 seconds. Look at blank wall and watch how the monkeys are now a picture of Darwin.

I just see a fetal-like blob.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Betty

Stare at picture for 20 seconds. Look at blank wall and watch how the monkeys are now a picture of Darwin.

I can see it, but if it didn't tell me who it was supposed to be I don't know that I would have recognized it (and yes, I'd generally recognize Darwin).

[Ghoulish Delight]

13 year old reviews an original Sony Walkman

It took me three days to figure out that there was another side to the tape. That was not the only naive mistake that I made;

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

13 year old reviews an original Sony Walkman

Hilarious and spot on. I have to give the 13 year old snaps for his writing snaps, as well.

I still have a walkman thanks to Katie Sue for copying some tapes to CD, someday.

[mousepod]

I loved my portable cassette players. I had a "Sports" Walkmen (in glorious yellow) and a Toshiba that *recorded*!

[innerSpaceman]

I actually used my recording walkman not too long ago to record some stuff at the Park for the Disneyland 50 CDs. It occurs to me that with all the progress to digital, there's really nothing affordable in the way of portable recording devices.


I suppose nowadays my best bet would be to use either my camera or phone to record video, just for the audio.

[Betty]

My camera has a feature to record audio only actually.

[mousepod]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

It occurs to me that with all the progress to digital, there's really nothing affordable in the way of portable recording devices.

Not true. But they're not geared toward the general public. I have the Zoom H2, which is easily obtainable for <$150.