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   From: van@crl.com.invalid   
      
   In article ,   
    et472@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Michael Black) wrote:   
      
   > "LindaY" (jlyoung@mindspring.com) writes:   
   > > "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. :-)   
   > >   
   > > 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).   
   > >   
   > > 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.   
   > >   
   > > Linda   
   > >   
   > And there are those of us who's first camera was the one that came in the   
   > "Secret Sam" attache case.  Not some toy connected with a tv show, but   
   > it must have been advertised on tv, and certainly was a result of   
   > spies being the theme of movies and tv shows at the time.  And it   
   > didn't even have a flash, or a place for a flash.   
      
   I remember I wanted that attache case. I wanted the spy camera, the   
   bullets that shot out of it, and I was even thinking of ordering   
   supplies from Edmund Scientific to construct my own. I never did get one.   
      
   You wouldn't want a flash on a Secret Sam case camera. That would alert   
   the bad guys and you'd have to escape. I remember, though, imagining a   
   Pez dispenser was a miniature spy camera and I'd pretend to take   
   pictures by stretching it out. I think I saw a camera like that on Matt   
   Flint or some similar show.   
      
   Van   
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