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    1950s Stereo 3D Projector Is Luke's Grandpa

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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    11/17/09

    In reply to 1950s Stereo 3D Projector Is Luke's Grandpa
    It's like Col. Attar: Sith Lord. #realist3dprojector
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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    11/17/09

    In reply to 1950s Stereo 3D Projector Is Luke's Grandpa
    DO NOT WAAANNTTTT #realist3dprojector
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    Image of chefgon chefgon
    11/17/09

    In reply to 1950s Stereo 3D Projector Is Luke's Grandpa
    Star Wars jokes aside, that is a remarkably modern looking design for something that's 50+ years old. #realist3dprojector
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    Image of Gary_7vn Gary_7vn
    11/17/09

    @chefgon: Either that, or modern designs are remarkably old fashioned looking... #realist3dprojector
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    Image of BeyondtheTech BeyondtheTech
    11/17/09

    In reply to 1950s Stereo 3D Projector Is Luke's Grandpa
    Pardon me, Emperor. We found Darth Vader in one of the garbage smashers on the detention level. #realist3dprojector
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    Image of Anubis LG Anubis LG
    11/17/09

    In reply to 1950s Stereo 3D Projector Is Luke's Grandpa
    1kW to power the thing?! DAMN! Uses about as a miniature Death-Star would, too! #realist3dprojector
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    Image of Uncletwitch Uncletwitch
    11/17/09

    In reply to 1950s Stereo 3D Projector Is Luke's Grandpa
    My father had one of these when I was young.. He was an avid slide guy.. All his photos were developed twice over.. The projector is gone but I have all of his slides and old pentax.. I remember the Sundays with friends and family all huddled in the dark, staring at the huge white screen set up in the Family room.. Pop corn made by cooking in oil, not air or micro'd.. I remember how bored I was as a kid with the whole thing; when I'd much rather be watching Sunday afternoon Sci-Fi/ Kung Foo movies.. #realist3dprojector
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    Image of KingKash KingKash
    11/17/09

    In reply to 1950s Stereo 3D Projector Is Luke's Grandpa
    is it me or is it ridiculously cute #realist3dprojector
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    Image of Segador Segador
    11/17/09

    In reply to 1950s Stereo 3D Projector Is Luke's Grandpa
    There's an absolutely amazing aesthetic to products of that era that stuff today is just lacking. It's compact, tasteful, and looks supremely competent. It also looks like it could shrug off a .44 round to the head. #realist3dprojector
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    Image of ka1axy ka1axy
    11/17/09

    In reply to 1950s Stereo 3D Projector Is Luke's Grandpa
    My father-in-law had one of these. Threw it out when we cleared out the house, because we couldn't keep everything.

    However, I *did* keep his Revere 33 stereo camera and the "ViewMaster" style hand held viewer, along with his collection of four drawers of stereo slides. The top three drawers were stereo shots of my wife's family.

    I had the camera repaired and overhauled for $100, then took a couple of rolls of stereo slides of my family. Pretty neat.

    The best part, though, was the fourth drawer of his slide collection. Nudies. From the 50s...in stereo. Slides were completely unmarked, giving no clue as to their origin. Did he take them? Did he buy them? We'll never know. But I have them. #realist3dprojector
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    Image of BeyondtheTech BeyondtheTech
    11/17/09

    In reply to 1950s Stereo 3D Projector Is Luke's Grandpa
    No, Luke. I am your radiator. #realist3dprojector
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    Image of B-low B-low
    11/17/09

    In reply to 1950s Stereo 3D Projector Is Luke's Grandpa
    I bet it sounds asthmatic. #realist3dprojector
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    Image of Curves Curves
    10/08/09

    In reply to Hello Smoking Space Man
    He must have iron lungs.
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    10/08/09

    In reply to Hello Smoking Space Man
    My mind must be other places - I read the title as "Smoking Space Ban" and thought the anti-tobacco Obama administration had finally outlawed smoking on the moon...
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    Image of Touched Touched
    10/08/09

    @weatherman: to be fair... smoking in a zero oxygen environment is hard enough that it might as well be banned.
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    Image of Duckspwn Duckspwn
    10/08/09

    @weatherman: They just had to ruin one of my favourite places to go for a quick smoke. Communist bastards!
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    Image of jamjen jamjen
    10/08/09

    @weatherman: "anti-tobacco Obama administration " You do know that Obama is a smoker himself, right?
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    10/08/09

    @jamjen: yes, he's the worst kind of smoker - the self loathing kind. Like me.
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    12/18/08

    In reply to The Roomba Foretold in 1959 Magazine
    What they don't tell you that this has a 2 stroke gasoline engine as batteries weren't as good back then.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    12/18/08

    In reply to The Roomba Foretold in 1959 Magazine
    Why doesnt the house of tomorrow have walls?
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    12/18/08

    @Curves: walls are so 20th century
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    12/18/08

    @Curves: Get with the times, lady. This is the Atomic Age.


    That kind of Kennedy thinking is why the Reds beat us to space. Now Dick Nixon, there's a man with vision.

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