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   From: van@crl.com.invalid   
      
   In article <1112641617.496124.313390@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,   
    "LindaY"  wrote:   
      
   > "Meet the Swinger,   
   > Polaroid Swinger,   
   > Meet the Swinger,   
   > Polaroid Swinger.   
   > It's more than a camera,   
   > It's almost alive,   
   > It's only   
   > Nineteen dollars and ninety five..."   
   >   
   > Funny what trivia we keep stuffed back in our heads. :-)   
      
   "Turn it on,   
   It says YES,   
   Take the shot,   
   Zip it down,   
   Peel it off!"   
      
   Actually, I'm pretty hazy on the words after "it says YES."   
      
   It turned out that I had the grey "Big" Swinger, which took the flat   
   film packs instead of the rolled film packs on the white Little Swinger.   
   And it cost, I think, $24.95. Then the dark grey COLOR Swinger came out   
   (for more money than we could afford) and I was envious.   
      
   > Did the Instamatics even use flashbulbs? We had the first one, with the   
   > 126 (???) film, and it used Flashcubes (there were later Magicubes,   
   > which didn't need a battery in the camera).   
      
   There were Instamatics with single flashbulbs, because the one we had   
   had a button to pop up the little flash unit, where you inserted the   
   bulb.   
      
   I had forgotten about the Magicubes that flashed without a battery. Now   
   I remember trying to take them apart to see how they worked. They had a   
   different "firing mechanism" and didn't have the little wire contacts. I   
   do remember that the flashbulbs (and bulbs in the cubes) were filled   
   with a filament that looked like wadded-up steel wool inside.   
      
   > Now my mom's old Brownie, that used flashbulbs. Had the old fashioned   
   > silver cone that popped on the top of the camera and everything.   
      
   My dad's old camera had the little flash unit that unfolded like you   
   were fanning open the cards in a poker hand, except that the silver   
   petals went in a full circle and had a hook at the ends so when attached   
   the petals would curve into a dish shape. Then you put in a _big_   
   flashbulb and the smell of flashbulb fumes filled the air.   
      
   Van   
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