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@Philipnschofield  @Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt   @Philipnschofield@aus.social @Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt  @Natasha_Jay @RossA It took me a minute to figure out what that was, but yeah!   The pencil is put in one of the two spools to rewind the magnetic tape.   @Natasha_Jay I usually used a Bic pen, because they fit better; you have to get the angle right with a pencil. I even had a couple of empty shells from dried-up Bic pens specifically for this purpose.  @Natasha_Jay pencil won't do it well, you need a Bic ball point pen with the cap!  @Natasha_Jay this has been debunked so many times.  For example a very classic Bic pencil https://www.cultura.com/p-crayon-a-papier-criterium-550-mine-hb-bic-3270220018469.html @adorfer @Ash_Crow @Natasha_Jay Every pencil I used in german school during 70ies, 80ies like Bic, Faber-Castell etc.  @adorfer what do you mean "debunked"? I've done it lots of times myself with all sorts of European pencils and pens. π€· @Natasha_Jay @dasgrueneblatt @Natasha_Jay during the 80ies and 90ies it did not work with pencils of Faber, StΓ€dtler and Rotring. But with the plastic ballpen writers of BIG. @adorfer That's possible. I don't think I had such expensive brands of pencils as a child/teenager :masto_lol:   @Natasha_Jay Yes, and I'll boost it by copying your post with a graphite pencil. π€£ @Natasha_Jay @dgar See also Betamax (correct) and VHS (if we must) @Natasha_Jay  @Natasha_Jay π€©π€©I used a Phillips screwdriver just as often when I didn't have a pencil on hand. And... I still do it today. I love Tapes! ππ @Natasha_Jay I'm glad that saving my life is unlikely to ever require stabbing me through the eyes and twisting ... @Natasha_Jay I haven't done it since I was a kiddo when my fingers were small enough to stick in there ........   @Natasha_Jay Pretty much always had a cassette deck on me in the 1990s and I don't think I've ever had one wreck a tape that wasn't already mishandled badly... and I can count the number of unwound tapes I encountered in the wild on one hand with fingers left over.  @BalooUriza @Natasha_Jay from memory it was mostly car stereos that tended to mangle tapes (as they weren't cleaned often due to lack of access) and sometimes the use of sketchy C120s with extra thin tape.. @vfrmedia @vfrmedia My Kia Sportage's stereo ate a C120 the day we discovered a C120 left in the truck all the time absolutely doesn't have the fortitude to be played while 4x4ing on abandoned Forest Service fire lanes... @Natasha_Jay Pencils are the ultimate tool that society is attempting to destroy. They can perform effectively anything, take messages, can go anywhere, control minds, most versatile weapon, along with MUCH more.  @Natasha_Jay I remember birds using tapes that had been tossed out of car windows to construct nests.  @Natasha_Jay @Natasha_Jay NO. It was not done with pencils, which were too thin. It was done with BALLPENS which were exactly the right size. @MaitreCrevettes @Natasha_Jay but you easily lost grip. While the bic ball pens made it possible to simply hold the pen up and get the cassette to go round and round in a swift motion that was faster and didn't require much effort.  @Natasha_Jay How about splicing tape back together using Scotch tape? Or collecting a pile of unspooled reel-to-reel tape and trying to lift it off the ground as to not tangle it further? |
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Yes, and yes!
(and still have some...!π€¦ββοΈ)