Welcome to the eG Forums, a service of the eGullet Society for Culinary Arts & Letters. The Society is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of the culinary arts. These advertising-free forums are provided free of charge through donations from Society members. Anyone may read the forums, but to post you must create a free account.
I remember in the 1960s being given for a birthday or Christmas one of those new hi-tech hand held "transistor radios" or "trannies" as they were known long before that word took on a new meaning.
They ran on those 9-volt batteries and were incredibly unreliable, so we often had to lick our batteries to see if they were the problem or the tranny had died!
How I first heard great music.
I remember in the 1960s being given for a birthday or Christmas one of those new hi-tech hand held "transistor radios" or "trannies" as they were known long before that word took on a new meaning.
The ran on those 9-volt batteries and were incredibly unreliable, so we often had to lick our batteries to see if they were the problem or the tranny had died!
How I first heard great music.
I remember in the 1960s being given for a birthday or Christmas one of those new hi-tech hand held "transistor radios" or "trannies" as they were know long before that word took on a new meaning.
The ran on those 9-volt batteries and were incredibly unreliable, so we often had to lick our batteries to see if they were the problem or the tranny had died!
How I first heard great music.
