# Will my 17 year old know what this doodad is? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 19, 2010, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-17-year-old-know-what-this-doodad-is/564749 "2010-12-19T20:49:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-17-year-old-know-what-this-doodad-is/564749/81 "2010-12-22T07:46:10Z")
A very badly degraded POG? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-17-year-old-know-what-this-doodad-is/564749/82 "2010-12-22T09:52:08Z")
> [@Shade](#): > > So, did you ask him? I forgot to ask him when he was here yesterday. :smack: Ah well, I’ll see him on Friday, so I’ll ask him then. Durn teenagers having their own lives and schedules over school break! How dare he? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-17-year-old-know-what-this-doodad-is/564749/83 "2010-12-23T02:48:43Z")
I have an idea… You mentioned in your other thread about making beaded necklaces for your kids for Christmas. Could you make the adapter into a pendant for said necklace? That could be a retro-cool unique thing, especially if he’s into music. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-17-year-old-know-what-this-doodad-is/564749/84 "2010-12-23T03:19:03Z")
> [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](#): > > I have an idea.. You mentioned in your other thread about making beaded necklaces for your kids for Christmas. Could you make the adapter into a pendant for said necklace? That could be a retro-cool unique thing, especially if he’s into music. Oooh…that \*is \*a good idea! I hadn’t found a piece “manly” enough for him in my boxes…but this would be neat! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-17-year-old-know-what-this-doodad-is/564749/85 "2010-12-23T07:04:20Z")
I’m 46 and I knew instantly. I doubt your son would unless he is a DJ. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-17-year-old-know-what-this-doodad-is/564749/86 "2010-12-23T08:24:10Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Oooh…that \*is \*a good idea! I hadn’t found a piece “manly” enough for him in my boxes…but this would be neat! If you do, take a picture and let us see how it turns out. ---
**Author:** ![pusher123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@pusher123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pusher123)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-17-year-old-know-what-this-doodad-is/564749/87 "2010-12-23T08:55:03Z")
The Gap Conspiracy: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6Aq6r_D81x0/hqdefault.jpg "The Gap, Banana Republic and Old Navy Conspiracy of Mockery") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Aq6r_D81x0) :p;):mad::):rolleyes::D:dubious::smack::mad::p:p:p:eek: Here is another one: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7S\_tzkLMjY](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7S_tzkLMjY) ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-17-year-old-know-what-this-doodad-is/564749/88 "2010-12-23T09:14:54Z")
I think you’re doing it wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-17-year-old-know-what-this-doodad-is/564749/89 "2010-12-23T13:58:06Z")
> [@installLSC](#): > > Every turntable I’ve seen whether vintage or new had a plug style adapter [like this](http://www.45rpmrecordadapters.com/45rpm_professional_adapters.htm). Why would you then need those “spider” type adapters? Did turntables in the fifities not come with the plug style? The advantage to using the adapter was that you could make use of one of the greatest features. If you have (had) a “deluxe” phonograph you could stack records at the top of the spindle held in place with an armature. There was a mechanism that would drop the next record down in the replay sequence. This feature had limitations for 33 1/3 RPM due to the weigh of the larger records causing speed problems due to slippage, motor quality, etc. but for 45s it worked alot better. You could load up as many 45s as it would allow, in what ever order you want and it would play them until it ran out. Plus it could be all hit singles without suffering through a whole LP. All Killer, No Filler as we used to say… kinda like your own mixed tape… but that’s another story.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-17-year-old-know-what-this-doodad-is/564749/90 "2010-12-23T14:34:06Z")
> [@Arnold\_Winkelried](#): > > Does anyone remember mini CDs (“CD singles”), that couldn’t play in lots of CD players without putting a plastic adapter around the outside to make them the size of a regular CD? I think I have 4 or 5 of those at home. I remember those cd’s, but I never knew they made adapters, because every player I had always accepted both types. Have you seen the [cd business card](http://www.multishapecdrom.com/cd_showcase/?case=biz_01)? Try to get an adapter for those. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-17-year-old-know-what-this-doodad-is/564749/91 "2010-12-23T18:26:07Z")
> [@Arnold\_Winkelried](#): > > I don’t remember ever seeing those in Europe. I do remember that the record player we had came with a plastic adapter that you would use when playing an American-style 45" album with a big hole in the middle (we had a few Disney books on record that we would play.) > > Does anyone remember mini CDs (“CD singles”), that couldn’t play in lots of CD players without putting a plastic adapter around the outside to make them the size of a regular CD? I think I have 4 or 5 of those at home. The German, Japanese and Thai CD companies put out huge amounts of 3" CDS. I have several adaptors for them. ---
**Author:** ![maladroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maladroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maladroit)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-17-year-old-know-what-this-doodad-is/564749/92 "2010-12-23T21:26:43Z")
> [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](#): > > I have an idea.. You mentioned in your other thread about making beaded necklaces for your kids for Christmas. Could you make the adapter into a pendant for said necklace? That could be a retro-cool unique thing, especially if he’s into music. Whoopi Goldberg has [one](http://shop.ericakleindesigns.com/product.sc;jsessionid=8C7E1AECFE02C062BAADF05946F20E7E.qscstrfrnt03?productId=2) she wears on The View fairly often. It makes a nice necklace. Hers is silver. ---
**Author:** ![maladroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maladroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maladroit)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-17-year-old-know-what-this-doodad-is/564749/93 "2010-12-23T21:50:51Z")
We had one of [these,](http://www.ioffer.com/i/82952821) so we didn’t use a lot of the type from the OP, this enabled stacking. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-17-year-old-know-what-this-doodad-is/564749.md?page=4)