Yes Jerry, I remember flashbulbs. I remember walking down our basement
stairs while a kid. I had on a banlon shirt (an early synthetic) and a
pocket full of AG1 bulbs. Static electricity set off several of the
bulbs. Yes I remember the smell of melted plastic, a mix of flashbulb
and banlon.
Rand E.
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Jerry Stackhouse wrote:
>
> I'll admit it. Flash bulbs were beautiful things - I can still remember the
> smoke slowly moving aroung in a freshly flashed bulb. Do you remember the
> flash cube and how the plastic would bubble up after the flash. My dad had
> a big Polaroid Land Camera that had an external flash horn for those large
> bulbs - really cool.
>
> On an unrelated issue... Anyone else ever own a Swinger?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Trottier [SMTP:infoanim@xxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 1999 4:43 PM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Blue dot
>
> "Blue dot for Sure Shot" - any fellow geezers remember that?
> Tom
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