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We had this in my house growing up (slrpnk.net)
submitted 3 weeks ago by Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world
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I was 4 years old, listening to a record on headphones connected to this rig. Leaned too far back, and caught the 1/4 inch input jack on the headphones right in my fucking eyeball.

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[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Vacuum tubes hate that, so that's probably why they lost their vacuum on Fridays like clockwork...

[–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Them cows were getting milked TV or not. Dead or alive, there weren't no days off.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

Then the vacuum tubes failing on Friday evenings is truly a miracle of the modern age.