The Talking Machine Forum — For All Antique Phonographs & Recordings

As some of you guys might know I just moved out of my house and into my first apartment. Moving all the phonographs and records was definitely tough… but thankfully everything made it without any damage. The bookcase that I converted into a record cabinet was by far the hardest thing to get into the apartment. I don’t have everything set up yet… and I don’t have my ceiling light for the living room yet (I had to take the fan down to get the bookcase in and am waiting to get a different light fixture from the office). So the pictures aren’t the best cause it’s kind of dark but here’s my apartment! I can’t wait to explain to the neighbor what’s making all the ruckus when he makes a noise complaint

I might post some more photos when everything is set up. I am making a desk… so it’ll be awhile before that’s finished.


This could also be a neat thread. Let’s see pictures of your first apartment!

Cheers,

David

Nice!!

My first apt was 45 years ago and I didn't own a camera. Didn't have a phone for the first several months, either, because I couldn't afford it. Can you imagine? And yes, I mean a land line!

My Dad and myself still have a land line, and it gets the most use.
My cell phone remains off 99% of the time and I only have it when I go out and when I'm on my muscle bike in case I have to call an ambulance.

I hate the the thing.

I’m actually going to be hooking my rotary phone up via Bluetooth to my cellphone soon. So if you call me and I’m at my apartment… chances are I’m gonna be answering on the rotary instead of my cellphone. Even though I’m young I hate my iPhone. It’s so time wasting and distracting. I miss the days when I had no cellphone

Cheers

David

Looks very good!
You'll soon know if the neighbors can handle the sounds coming from your apartment!

Lucky you being all independent and having your own space where you can have what you want and not having to compromise with family members!

dzavracky wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 11:20 pm I’m actually going to be hooking my rotary phone up via Bluetooth to my cellphone soon. So if you call me and I’m at my apartment… chances are I’m gonna be answering on the rotary instead of my cellphone. Even though I’m young I hate my iPhone. It’s so time wasting and distracting. I miss the days when I had no cellphone

Cheers

David

When you were, like, 2 years old? Kids today.
When I got my first apt there were no cell phones. Even cordless was pretty much unheard of. Party lines were still a thing in some areas. Nobody had answering machines.
No GPS- you had to find your way with a paper map. (and they say cell phones are distracting! ) Nobody was filming everything you did. If you met up with an attractive member of the opposite sex in a dark hallway on campus and the feelings were mutual, if nobody saw you it didn't happen. Something like the Kennedy assassination just happened to get captured by Zapruder because he had an 8mm camera set up. Nobody else did.
Today there would be thousands of cell phone videos on YouTube and the mystery of whether there was a second shooter on the grassy knoll wouldn't be, because a thousand people would have caught him on their phones doing it.

The best part? We still had phonographs and records. No MP3 or even CDs. There were tapes, but those were for your car.

Oh, and GET OFF MY LAWN!

It was in Indianapolis back in 1984. Just found these pictures a few months ago. Of course there were phonographs and radios in the eating area and bedroom as well. It was a pretty nice apartment.

Congratulations David! Are you still near your home? If I recall, at home, you had some machinery and woodworking/workshop resources. If it were me, I'd be lost without access to those things.