Hugh has prompted us with the word Unused as his photo challenge this week. Check it out here.
And here is my entry… complete with my usual poem!
They used to be
A necessity
Until replaced
By the CD
Once played until
They wore away
Now gathering dust
No one to play
Still I hang on
To my memories
From Pop and Rock
To Soul and Cheese
And now they’re joined
By my CDs
As digital downloads
Take the lead
I loved my tapes
Recorded with love
Now they lie unused
On the shelf above
Ritu 2015
But I Smile Anyway... 
Nov 18, 2015 @ 18:15:26
Nice on sis. Loved the poem. Remember the thing with a pencil to rewind them. Lol☺
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Nov 18, 2015 @ 18:22:30
Oh yes bro!!! I remember it well.. And the pain when it tangled or snapped!!!
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Nov 18, 2015 @ 18:25:31
Trying to unravel it from the player cost me 2 years of life sis. That’s why I love vinyl
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Nov 18, 2015 @ 18:25:52
Lol!!!!!
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 21:07:38
Great poem. Brings back memories. Now I have to listen to my tapes again and travel back in time 🙂
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 21:31:11
Ha ha Lol! Thanks Anna! Glad you liked it! 😊
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 10:46:11
I actually transfered all my cassette tapes onto my computer using a gadget I picked up off eBay. It was very simple to do and worth the money. I know it takes time to do but it’s worth keeping those memories, Ritu.
This is a great item for the this week’s challenge and I love how you always add a poem to your entry. I can see you are having fun with the challenge which is what it is all about. Thanks for participating and for making it fun, Ritu. 🙂
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 18:40:57
And thank you for running it!
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 18:41:26
I know, I need to do the transfer soon!!!
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 05:08:55
Love it!
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 07:57:05
Thank you!
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 01:15:04
Dan and I still have VHS tapes AND a VHS player 😀 People think we’re slightly insane since we’re in our 20s… but they are fantastic movies! My large stereo also has two tape players, and Dan’s car has a tape deck still! We don’t have any tapes, but my parents have a ton that I’m probably going to nab eventually 😉 I remember listening to tapes all the time, I even had a Walkman. Ah, memories.
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 07:53:54
Memories indeed!!!! There is just something with these old formats! In fact my wedding video is still on video tape!
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Nov 15, 2015 @ 23:58:39
Love this poem! We still have tapes too. Can’t quite get myself to toss them. Right now I am sorting through decades of negatives. Digital photography is great, but there was something special of having to wait for your pictures to get developed.
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 07:50:27
Oh so true! My Pops had boxes full of negatives, and old slides! I love looking at them!
Thank you😊
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Nov 15, 2015 @ 22:39:09
Oh…. that brings tears to my eyes…… all my video tapes…. no longer able to play them! All of my records ….. still have them but do not play them anymore, since my husband removed the record player …. Very good achieved, sis…. unortunately 😭
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Nov 15, 2015 @ 22:58:15
Oh I know! I couldn’t get into the loft today but I have boxes of video tapes with the original Disney films on them!! I have plenty of them too!
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Nov 15, 2015 @ 23:13:24
Oh, so do I. We bought loads of Disney movies for our daughter when we moved back to Europe. We wanted her to keep up her English.
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Nov 15, 2015 @ 23:16:55
I have a video player somewhere.. maybe I should dig it out!
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Nov 15, 2015 @ 23:26:49
It would be worth coughing dust…. I am sure you would have the most fun… because so would I … lol!!!
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Nov 15, 2015 @ 23:27:37
Oh most definitely sis! I’m a Disney-holic anyway!!!
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Nov 15, 2015 @ 23:33:06
Oh you would have fun with my daughter! She is crazy about it. When she bought frozen she watched it almost every day… she drove us crazy with singing the songs…lol She started buying all the classics or older ones like Aladdin, The little Mermaid… we had dozens of them on video…. dig the player out 😍😍😍
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 07:49:39
Imagine dating me at university.. Hubby Dearest had to sit through cartoons at the cinema to impress me lol!!!!
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 08:11:00
Awhhhh………… that’s true love……… lol 😃
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 08:32:33
And he still put up with me lol!!
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 08:35:26
See? And perhaps he really likes it too… 😉
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 08:39:01
I hunk so… Secretly lol!
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 09:00:10
LOL!!! What man would confess that… haha!
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 18:39:44
Exactly Lol!!!
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 20:57:27
😂
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 08:39:07
Think, even!
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 09:00:42
I got ya…. always a relief to me… lol
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 18:39:57
Lol!!?
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 20:57:52
😃😃😘
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 08:23:25
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 08:34:18
Lol!!
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 08:35:57
Oh well….. lol!!!
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 08:24:38
Hahah….wrong post…. lol!!! Sorry!!! 😂
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 08:34:40
I know where you wanted that to go lol!! Thanks!
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 08:36:46
Be prepared, Ritu…. that might happen to you too in five years… lol
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 08:39:44
It happens already sis!!
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 09:01:49
Haha….. ✋
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 18:40:28
✋🏼✋🏼✋🏼
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 20:58:40
Yeah!!! Two more ✋✋
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 20:59:17
✋🏼✋🏼✋🏼✋🏼and 4 more back atcha sis!
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 21:10:41
Wow, so much energy after a full day of work with some little…… energy soakers.✋✋✋✋
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 21:31:34
Lol! That’s one name to give em!!! ✋🏼✋🏼✋🏼✋🏼✋🏼
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 21:52:30
Hehe…. that definitely is a reason for anoher round: ✋✋✋✋✋
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 22:43:06
Lol!!! ✋🏼✋🏼✋🏼✋🏼✋🏼 we’ll have sore hands soon!!
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 22:46:55
I believe so✋✋✋✋✋
But it’s worth it… lol
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 22:59:14
Oh its totally worth it sis!! ✋🏼✋🏼✋🏼✋🏼✋🏼
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 23:13:42
Hehe.. ✋✋✋✋✋👍
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 23:15:48
✋🏼✋🏼✋🏼✋🏼✋🏼👍🏼✌🏼👍🏼✌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 23:20:19
Oh wow… is that a new challenge… lol ✋✋✋✋✋👍✌👍✌👌👌👊👊
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 23:25:11
Hee Hee!! 👌🏼✌🏼✋🏼✋🏼👍🏼✌🏼👌🏼✌🏼👍🏼✋🏼👍🏼✌🏼👌🏼✌🏼👍🏼✋🏼👌🏼✌🏼✋🏼✋🏼✌🏼👌🏼
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 23:27:37
😱😱😱😱
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 23:30:57
😱😝😜😛😚😘😚😘
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 23:31:54
Haha… yes you won I confess… haha 😘😘😘💖💖💖🙅
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 23:33:19
Lol! Thanks for admiting defeat so sweetly sis! ❤💙💚💛💜💓💕💖💗💘💝💟💞
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 23:45:06
No chance… lol 😆😂😁💛💙💜💪💖💖💖👍
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Nov 17, 2015 @ 00:01:33
Hee Hee!!! Game on!!! 💗💘💝💖💕💓💜💛💚💙❤💪🏼👅👅👅
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Nov 17, 2015 @ 09:42:02
LOL… but this time we can put in what we want…haha! 😃😃😃😜😜😜🐞 🌜🌝🌛 🎼❤️ 💛 💙 💜 ❣️ 💕 💞 💓 💗 💖 💘 💝 💟 😘
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Nov 17, 2015 @ 13:24:52
Lol!!!
❤💙💖💕😊☺😘😴💞💖💟😍💗💖💕💜💓🐾🍸🍷🍕🌸🌷
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Nov 17, 2015 @ 14:53:48
Oh, now you really want to know it, right?🙈 🙉
❤️ 💛 💙 🌹 🌷 💜 💕 💞🌹 🌷 💓 💗 🌹 🌷 💖 💘 💝 💟 ☮ 🍧🌹 🌷 🍨 🍦🌹 🌷 🍰 😘😘😘🍵🍵🐬
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Nov 17, 2015 @ 19:11:49
Oh sis… We could go on and on…!!!!!
☺😊😀😁😂😃😄😅😆😇😈😉😯😐😑😕😠😬😡😢😴😮😣😤😥😦😧😨😶😷😰😩😟😱😲😳😵😞😒😍😛😜😝😋😗😙😘😚😎😭😌😖😪😪😓😫
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Nov 17, 2015 @ 19:21:25
You know what? http://getemoji.com 😜
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Nov 17, 2015 @ 19:25:20
Lol!! You win!!! 😛😜😛😜
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Nov 17, 2015 @ 21:02:40
With cheating…. but at least obvious…. 😆
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Nov 17, 2015 @ 21:35:59
Age before beauty, and all that! 😜 (you know I’m joking, yeah! Love ya sis!)
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Nov 17, 2015 @ 21:44:28
Hmmm…. ok…. I believe you…. little sisters have the cuty benefit anyway… 😉
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Nov 17, 2015 @ 22:08:21
And I am taking full advantage, having lived as the older sister my whole life!!!! 😉
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Nov 17, 2015 @ 22:09:22
I so understand you… see, I remain the old one… lol
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Nov 17, 2015 @ 22:10:16
LOL! Never sis, you will always remain young at heart! 🙂
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Nov 17, 2015 @ 22:23:18
Haha… that is really true! Young and crazy… lol!!!
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Nov 17, 2015 @ 22:27:01
Never change sis! 😘😘😘
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Nov 17, 2015 @ 22:44:41
Never ever… big sister promise! ✌️😘
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Nov 17, 2015 @ 22:45:11
I’ll hold you to that! 😘😘😘
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Nov 17, 2015 @ 22:47:41
Please!!!! 😉
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Nov 17, 2015 @ 23:00:28
😜😉
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Nov 17, 2015 @ 23:02:43
😁😁😁
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Nov 15, 2015 @ 22:11:34
And nothing can replace the joy of pulling out a cassette from the car’s player, the tape wrapped in the spools, trying to save it, and later using the pencil to tighten up the tape, :p
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Nov 15, 2015 @ 22:16:35
I actually still have tapes from my parent’s wedding time, so they are over 40 years old, and one mix tape with classic old Bollywood songs, is my favourite! I sometimes play it, the crackly sound making it sound so authentic, but I must get it converted… I’d hate to lose the music!
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Nov 15, 2015 @ 22:28:10
There is something in the crackles and other flaws in the way we used to hear music as compared to the “pristine” sounds we hear now.
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Nov 15, 2015 @ 22:36:05
Oh absolutely! The atmosphere it creates… I love it!
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Nov 15, 2015 @ 22:00:46
Well done. That was a great take on the challenge and a wonderful poem. Loved it! 😆
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Nov 15, 2015 @ 22:14:53
Thanks Judy! I actually still use tapes in the classroom too,a s we have a great collection that the older staff have been using, so it’s strange to have to get used to forwarding and rewinding again, instead of just pressing a button to skip back or forwards!
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 08:11:36
Yes it must seem weird, but I am glad that they are till being used, 🙂
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 08:33:07
Though you can imagine the looks on the kids faces, who have never seen them before!!!
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 08:54:25
Yes!! It is so funny to me that they have no clue about tapes and records, the things that I grew up with 🙂
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 18:39:23
I know… And some don’t even know about CDs!!
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 18:55:57
Stop, you are making me feel ancient! 🙂
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 20:42:36
Lol!!! Sorry! 😊😘
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 20:56:17
Ha Ha!! 🙂
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Nov 16, 2015 @ 20:58:18
😂😘😊
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