Goodbye Polaroid

tr87526 · Post by **tr87526** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 12:14 am

Sad day indeed. I still have one and use it sometimes for fun.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/12/08/pola ... topstories

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 12:50 am

tr87526 wrote:Sad day indeed. I still have one and use it sometimes for fun.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/12/08/pola ... topstories

We've still got one as well...it's not been used in quite awhile, and I'm afraid it'll probably not be used again

tr87526 · Post by **tr87526** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 1:51 am

If I bought a couple packs of film and sealed the film and camera. I wonder what it would be worth 25 years from now??? Hmmmmm...

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 7:09 am

Wow...such a big part of growing up for many people..the family pictures stuck to the fridge with magnets.

One of my moms best friends growing up, her husband was one of the main guys from Polaroid...I remember trips to visit them when I was little..they had tons of Polaroid "stuff" at their house.

Their house was also near one of the main Jello factories...the smells sometimes wafting over from that factory...YUCK! (think of what Jello is really made of...boiled bones/cartilage/scraps from the slaughterhouse)

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 7:14 am

Whats the big deal? Isn't FujiFilm still making their instant film?

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 8:44 am

YARDofSTUF wrote:Whats the big deal? Isn't FujiFilm still making their instant film?

Ah you young'uns are too young, you missed it.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 9:10 am

YeOldeStonecat wrote:Ah you young'uns are too young, you missed it.

I'm too young because I'm willing to use an alternate brand of film in a polaroid camera? lol

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 9:29 am

YARDofSTUF wrote:I'm too young because I'm willing to use an alternate brand of film in a polaroid camera? lol

Ya miss the whole meaning of "Polaroid"....and the family culture thing behind the name.

It's just a, dunno the right word, just...a household word which brings back those kinds of memories for many.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 10:17 am

YeOldeStonecat wrote:Ya miss the whole meaning of "Polaroid"....and the family culture thing behind the name.

It's just a, dunno the right word, just...a household word which brings back those kinds of memories for many.

Ya my mom had one when I was younger, but puting another brand of instant film into a polarood camera isn't the end of the polaroid world.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 10:59 am

YARDofSTUF wrote:Ya my mom had one when I was younger, but puting another brand of instant film into a polarood camera isn't the end of the polaroid world.

It's the name branding sucka....I curse your PC with an install of Avast!

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:07 am

YeOldeStonecat wrote:It's the name branding sucka....I curse your PC with an install of Avast!

Oh god not that virus!