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myLot reputation of 68/100. robert67 (1344)   ranked 579 out of 9,049 in listening to music6 months ago

i was thinking today about what a great invention the mp3 player is. we can fit thousands of songs on to a device that's smaller than an audio cassette.


i remember owning one of those portable cassette players, a walkman. it was a small, slim model but was still bulky compared to the biggest ipod and i had to also carry a large amount of cassettes whenever i wanted to take my walkman on a train journey or to the beach.


do you still own a walkman, if so do you still use it?
do you know anyone who still uses a walkman?




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41. myLot reputation of 96/100. metschica25 (4800)   ranked 1,169 out of 9,049 in listening to music   6 months ago

Hello Roberthappy
Yes I used to own a walkman and I remeber having my new kids on the block tape and my prince tape LOL. I kinda liked them better than the cd playing ones they had because it would skip so much when i would walk to school. Ah, this brings me back hehe.


myLot reputation of 68/100. robert67 (1344)   ranked 579 out of 9,049 in listening to music  6 months ago

hahaha i haven't heard of new kids on the block for years...were you hangin' tough? lol

i agree about the cd walkmans, they were a waste of time unless we were sitting still. that kind of defeats the object.

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42. myLot reputation of 94/100. julie85 (3578)   ranked 290 out of 9,049 in listening to music   6 months ago

I use to have it many years before, but I follow the technology. I don't have one anymore. Sure, it can be still work and cost a less if some store still sell that. I used to have it, when wiht my internet I got a free mp3 player. At start, I was still use my discman but more the time advance more I get to utilize my mp3 player. Now, I sell my walkman to another who wish to have one...and now use my old mp3 player haha because that since 2005 I got it,, and don't plan to change untill it broke or maybe got another one free haha!


myLot reputation of 94/100. julie85 (3578)   ranked 290 out of 9,049 in listening to music  6 months ago

sorry I would said that I sell the discman not walkman.


myLot reputation of 68/100. robert67 (1344)   ranked 579 out of 9,049 in listening to music  6 months ago

i hated the discman, the walkman was much better happy

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43. myLot reputation of 69/100. BlueGoblin (1385)   ranked 4,839 out of 9,049 in listening to music   6 months ago

Sony still uses the name walkman even though it's an mp3 player now. I still have a bunch of cassettes and play them. I use to buy them in the late 90s because they were so much cheaper than CDs at the time. But then mp3s and Napster came out and you could get everything for free. lol


myLot reputation of 68/100. robert67 (1344)   ranked 579 out of 9,049 in listening to music  6 months ago

very true, i love the downloads, much easier and quicker than buying the cd thumbup

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44. myLot reputation of 88/100. baldypriest (283)   ranked 1,223 out of 9,049 in listening to music   6 months ago

I haven't used a Walkman since the mid-1990s. Hard to believe it has been so long. I don't think I even know of anybody who owns one.


myLot reputation of 68/100. robert67 (1344)   ranked 579 out of 9,049 in listening to music  6 months ago

i can't remember the last time i saw someone using one...having said that i will probably see someone at the weekend on the train with an old skool walkman lol

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45. myLot reputation of 69/100. jaisundar (184)   ranked 4,889 out of 9,049 in listening to music   6 months ago

Earlier i had a walkman. But often bored with it as the cell gets easily exosted after 3 hours of usage. But after MP3 inventation its very nice to hear songs without any interruption continously for more than a day.


myLot reputation of 68/100. robert67 (1344)   ranked 579 out of 9,049 in listening to music  6 months ago

that's true, the batteries were annoying and expensive.

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46. willyg369 (11)   ranked 8,646 out of 9,049 in listening to music   6 months ago

nope, i dont have a walkman and i dont know anyone who still uses it:P


myLot reputation of 68/100. robert67 (1344)   ranked 579 out of 9,049 in listening to music  6 months ago

maybe they belong in a museum happy

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47. myLot reputation of 22/100. shummy (1636)   ranked 8,884 out of 9,049 in listening to music   6 months ago

You brought back the old memories dude.I had one when I was a kid.I still have it somewhere I dont remember but not in a working condition.And like everyone else I am using an I pod nowadays.


myLot reputation of 68/100. robert67 (1344)   ranked 579 out of 9,049 in listening to music  6 months ago

i have an early one and a slim aluminium one but neither of them have seen daylight for many years lol

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48. myLot reputation of 98/100. UK_Shree (1843)   ranked 1,670 out of 9,049 in listening to music   6 months ago

Yes I did have a walkman! And unlike you, I never had one of those cool slim ones, I had a really fat geeky one which I was always a bit embarassed to get out in public! I used to hate the hassle of carrying loads of tapes on me, and having to fast forward or rewind just to find a tune that I wanted to hear! I think the advent of mp3s is a truly brilliant thing and it has revolutionised the way we listen to music when we are out and about.


myLot reputation of 68/100. robert67 (1344)   ranked 579 out of 9,049 in listening to music  6 months ago

i still have one of the first geeky walkmans and a slim one, i also hated carrying cassettes and spare batteries but at the time we didn't know any different, it was the way to go happy

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49. myLot reputation of 99/100. marcyyyy (285)   ranked 4,855 out of 9,049 in listening to music   6 months ago

Yes, I still have and use a walkman. I don't have an mp3 player yet. My walkman still works, and I guess I'll use it until it doesn't!! I only use it when I go out for a walk...which isn't every day. So, I still get by without the mp3. Can you believe it???!!!LOL! Take care!


myLot reputation of 68/100. robert67 (1344)   ranked 579 out of 9,049 in listening to music  6 months ago

i'm glad i've found someone who uses one, i love nostalgia happy

since i've been using an ipod i could never go back to using a walkman, the cassettes and batteries were a real pain,


myLot reputation of 99/100. marcyyyy (285)   ranked 4,855 out of 9,049 in listening to music  6 months ago

Yeah, it's kinda awkward, and I have headphones on my head, and it's too heavy to hang on my clothes...but, guess I'm still kinda old-fashioned!!! lol!


myLot reputation of 68/100. robert67 (1344)   ranked 579 out of 9,049 in listening to music  6 months ago

it's not old fashioned, it's retro and retro is cool thumbupwink


myLot reputation of 99/100. marcyyyy (285)   ranked 4,855 out of 9,049 in listening to music  6 months ago

Retro IS COOL!!! YES!!!! And I also enjoy 80's music, and 60's tv. But NOT retro BIG HAIR!!!LOL!!!

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50. myLot reputation of 95/100. suzzy3 (3913)   ranked 1,395 out of 9,049 in listening to music   6 months ago

I haven't heard anything about walkmans for years,my son has an ipod with thousands of songs on it and it is so small.Every thing is so much smaller these days .I still find those tiny things have so much technology in them and all those tunes.Like you say with the walk man ear phones over your head a pocket big enough to put the thing in,or a belt clip,then pockets of cassettes.The thing is when you buy these things as presents for the kids they seem so small.Not like the bigger boxes we used to have it felt like a present,and all those 45's.LP records vinyl filling up every shelf in the bedroom and the hi fi in the corner.at least it looked like you had something,we have spent hundreds on my son and he can fit most of it in his top drawer along with his underwear.How things have changed.


myLot reputation of 68/100. robert67 (1344)   ranked 579 out of 9,049 in listening to music  6 months ago

i agree with everything you said. i like to see what i have bought and i still like to buy vinyl.

even mobile phones look like nothing when they're wrapped up. we can spend hundreds on a present and still feel like we've bought very little when in fact we have bought something that does everything we could want and more thumbup

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