Can anyone tell me what this is? You probably have to be way over 50 to know...
Looks vaguely familiar. It's paper which comes out of a machine of sorts - something to do with calculations, maths ... something like that?
Think it was called a TelePrompTer or something, used to send messages but also to capture data?
From a telex machine? We used to use them in Airforce in the ‘80’s. With yellow ticker tape.
I agree - looks like the tape from a Telex machine @Rob Fisher
I remember seeing one of those when I was a child and asking my dad what it was...
I remember seeing one of those when I was a child and asking my dad what it was...
Ah yes @Room Fogger I think you're right. I recall where I saw something like this. It was in a movie about WWII (and tht would tie in with the clue which @Rob Fisher gave us, that we must be way over 50 I think he said). Women were employed in the Communications Centre and these papers continuously rolled out of a machine as messages came through.
This is how we used to cut bread in the old days!
The CB Radio game was awesome! Who remembers those days?
These were the fanciest chocolates you could get in the old days!
And how difficult it was if the bread was freshly baked!
@Rob Fisher , I remember those days
I had a portable handheld one that I took in my car and spoke to my buddies after a night out on the Jol
I would go up this one ridge and could speak to a mate of mine at his house a few km away (line of sight)
It was so cool!
Lol, cellphones of today with WhatsApp make those radios seem quite archaic now
And what a treat they were! My Dad would sometimes buy a box for my Mom and we (brother and I) were allowed to take just one each!!! No wonder I crave chocolate so much - I was severely deprived!!!!
And this was my PRIDE and JOY! I clocked up many km's on my 3-speed Chopper Bike!
How many of you had one of these! I love the smell of the exploding caps! Kinds reminds me when we blew sh1t up on the border! 
Total Petrol Stations if my memory serves me right!
How many of you had one of these! I love the smell of the exploding caps! Kinds reminds me when we blew sh1t up on the border!
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I had one of these @Rob Fisher !!
Didnt look exactly like that one - but it had the strip roll of caps that made a nice loud pop!
Loved it
Fond memories came rushing in to my mind when I saw that - of the garden at my house when I was a kid
Thanks
Had two of these Remington replica cap guns, they now sell for between $30 and $100 
depending on condition. Oh the cowboys and crooks games on the farm. Unfortunately gave them away to younger cousins that destroyed them in less than a month
depending on condition. Oh the cowboys and crooks games on the farm. Unfortunately gave them away to younger cousins that destroyed them in less than a month
How many of you had one of these! I love the smell of the exploding caps! Kinds reminds me when we blew sh1t up on the border!
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I did! And I can almost smell it now!
The way we glued stuff in the old days!
I was useless at this game!
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