just outta curiousity.....anyone have any of THE SHADOW paperbacks by maxwell grant that they wanna sell?

"Only The Shadow knows!"

Sorry, I couldn't resist.  And I don't have any.

20 hours ago, 45Doll said:

"Only The Shadow knows!"

Sorry, I couldn't resist.  And I don't have any.

hopefully i'm not breaking a rule here.....

 

Used to listen to The Shadow...on the radio!!!

9 hours ago, GRIZ said:

Used to listen to The Shadow...on the radio!!!

when i was very young, i did sometimes. i still have(somewhere in storage) a 4 or 5 cassette set of the radio shows.

10 hours ago, GRIZ said:

Used to listen to The Shadow...on the AM radio!!!

A small but identifying detail you omitted. 

Back in the Cretaceous period. I was there.

am radio used to have good stuff. now? not so much

4 hours ago, 1LtCAP said:

am radio used to have good stuff. now? not so much

Most conservative talk shows are AM. I listen regularly to WABC AM.

I discovered to Jean Shepard on my crystal radio (yes really) in the '50s on WOR. He was only on after midnite and I blame him for making me a night owl to this day. (and for falling asleep in class more then once) Loved his stories.

17 minutes ago, SmittyMHS said:

I discovered to Jean Shepard on my crystal radio (yes really) in the '50s on WOR. He was only on after midnite and I blame him for making me a night owl to this day. (and for falling asleep in class more then once) Loved his stories.

Jean Shepard was the master of a lost art.  He was a storyteller.

By the 70s I used to listen to him in the evening. 8pm IIRC.  I'd force my date to ride around in my Austin Healey between 8 to 9 to listen to Shep.

On another note, when my daughter was in grammar school I helped her I helped her build a crystal radio for a science project. I even made her wind her own coil.  She was surprised it worked!

Did you ever build a razor blade radio?

 

 

1 hour ago, GRIZ said:

Jean Shepard was the master of a lost art.  He was a storyteller.

By the 70s I used to listen to him in the evening. 8pm IIRC.  I'd force my date to ride around in my Austin Healey between 8 to 9 to listen to Shep.

On another note, when my daughter was in grammar school I helped her I helped her build a crystal radio for a science project. I even made her wind her own coil.  She was surprised it worked!

Did you ever build a razor blade radio?

Heard of them but never built one. Who thinks this stuff up???

 

 

Razor blade radios aka foxhole radios were invented by a soldier in Europe.

Google it.

 

 

I meant who would think " lets wind some wire around this and attach this n that will cause that and we can listen to music in this fox hole" The human mind truly is amazing.  

4 hours ago, SmittyMHS said:

I meant who would think " lets wind some wire around this and attach this n that will cause that and we can listen to music in this fox hole" The human mind truly is amazing.  

Someone who learned, understood, and could apply all that theory they knew.

Certainly not me.