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Phil Scoie@Natasha_Jay If you have,your not youngπ€£ππ€£ππ€£π
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Ian K. Rogers ikr?βΰ²°_ΰ² @Chtixof Well on your way to making experimental loop tapes ;)
Zazzoo π¨π¦@Chtixof @Natasha_Jay Yes this π Adding extra time to your T-60 mix tape!
_Pencils don't work on head cleaners - you need 2 drops of the special cleaning fluid.
Jayne 
πͺπΊπ³οΈβπThe pencil is put in one of the two spools to rewind the magnetic tape.
@Natasha_Jay bic pens worked better ;)
Jzero
enoch_exe_inc@GuerillaOntologist @ianrogers @Natasha_Jay Yeah, usually that. Mainly because I had a cassette recorder when I was a wee baby kid. Man, I used to spend hours doing nothing but record sounds all over the house and giggle at the playback.
Jennifer@ianrogers @Natasha_Jay yes they did!
Takiro π¨@Natasha_Jay
Poor guy is about to get stabbed in the eye.
Poor guy is about to get stabbed in the eye.
ner3y@Natasha_Jay I am this old.
Woozle Hypertwin@Natasha_Jay I usually used a Bic pen, because they fit better; you have to get the angle right with a pencil.
I even had a couple of empty shells from dried-up Bic pens specifically for this purpose.
adorfer@Natasha_Jay this has been debunked so many times.
It was just right for people in Japan. it does not work well with the regular pencils from US or EU markets. those BIG branded ballpoint pens worked a lot better. YMMV.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaSN4J3a_60
It was just right for people in Japan. it does not work well with the regular pencils from US or EU markets. those BIG branded ballpoint pens worked a lot better. YMMV.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaSN4J3a_60
The cassette tape pencil mystery finally solved!βοΈ
Ash_Crow@adorfer @Natasha_Jay it does work with regular pencils in Europe.
@Ash_Crow @Natasha_Jay which brand/model?
For example a very classic Bic pencil https://www.cultura.com/p-crayon-a-papier-criterium-550-mine-hb-bic-3270220018469.html
Master of Crevettes
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RenkeSiems@adorfer @Ash_Crow @Natasha_Jay Every pencil I used in german school during 70ies, 80ies like Bic, Faber-Castell etc.
dasgrueneblatt@adorfer what do you mean "debunked"? I've done it lots of times myself with all sorts of European pencils and pens. π€· @Natasha_Jay
@dasgrueneblatt @Natasha_Jay during the 80ies and 90ies it did not work with pencils of Faber, StΓ€dtler and Rotring. But with the plastic ballpen writers of BIG.
(off course you can tilt the pen in an angle or fling the cassette around the pen with centrifugal force, then you can use smaller pens too.)
(off course you can tilt the pen in an angle or fling the cassette around the pen with centrifugal force, then you can use smaller pens too.)
@adorfer That's possible. I don't think I had such expensive brands of pencils as a child/teenager 
Zylann@adorfer @Natasha_Jay I used a Lego connector. Also made a custom rewinder with a motor
@adorfer @Natasha_Jay that video is not "debunking" anything, it's being pedantic.
Yes, a Bic pen works better, and you have to use most pencils at an angle. But the point is that you *can* rewind a cassette with a pencil, if that's all you have on hand to do the job, and it was actually used at the time.
ChuS
@Natasha_Jay with a BiC ballpen.
Jef Poskanzer@Natasha_Jay Tim Walz can teach you how to do this
Idyll@Natasha_Jay still needed for whiteout tape!
Hayley/Dragonπ³οΈββ§οΈ@Natasha_Jay @dgar See also Betamax (correct) and VHS (if we must)
australopithecus@Natasha_Jay
A glimpse of what we've lost: if they were made today, each cassette maker would instead have its own proprietary winding gear shape, which may or may not work with other brands of cassette players.
A glimpse of what we've lost: if they were made today, each cassette maker would instead have its own proprietary winding gear shape, which may or may not work with other brands of cassette players.
xs4me2Many, many timesβ¦
Heiko R.@Natasha_Jay π€©π€©I used a Phillips screwdriver just as often when I didn't have a pencil on hand.
And... I still do it today. I love Tapes! ππ
Magnus Ahltorp@slowblogger @Natasha_Jay I would never have dared to do that, too high risk of the screwdriver being magnetic enough to ruin the tape.
@ahltorp If you are (rightly!) worried about accidentally damaging the tape, you can also use plastic screwdrivers. Such as those often used by television technicians for image settings, etc.
In Germany we called these things 'adjustment pens'. But they still exist all over the planet today for little money. :wink:
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Richard Hector@Natasha_Jay I'm glad that saving my life is unlikely to ever require stabbing me through the eyes and twisting ...
starkraving666@Natasha_Jay what is a pencil? /s
gobborg@Natasha_Jay I haven't done it since I was a kiddo when my fingers were small enough to stick in there ........
Stu Duerson, machina exo deusFor the love of God, don't let JD Vance tell you how HE did it!
Absolute Beginner π³οΈββ§οΈ@Natasha_Jay Pencil or finger... Whatever.
@Natasha_Jay Pencils are the ultimate tool that society is attempting to destroy. They can perform effectively anything, take messages, can go anywhere, control minds, most versatile weapon, along with MUCH more.
Eric LawtonBefore that, with a thicker fountain pen, on open reel tapes.
Nazani@Natasha_Jay I remember birds using tapes that had been tossed out of car windows to construct nests.
Toni Widmo@Natasha_Jay I was there Gandalf...
@Natasha_Jay NO. It was not done with pencils, which were too thin. It was done with BALLPENS which were exactly the right size.
Rachel Greenham@Natasha_Jay Bic biros worked better. (also as biros)
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anjune@Natasha_Jay I think I always used a finger. Usually had one of those around!
Selzero@Natasha_Jay I used to use nail polish to repair snapped tape!
LeahI remember doing this........π
Jan Wedel@Natasha_Jay thatβs why I still keep a pencil. Just in case, you know!
Fifty Shades of Naughty Fun πBoth I remember and have done it
Alex@Natasha_Jay
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Delopa@Natasha_Jay When I started listening to music by myself (6yo) CDs where kinda old π«
itscool900@Natasha_Jay pencil?
(im too young/forgetful to get this ig)
(im too young/forgetful to get this ig)