[AT] OT Re: HIGH IDLE now runaway cars

[charliehill]

Al, mine used a film that didn't have a backing to pull off.  There was a 
place about 3/4" wide all the way across the bottom of the film that 
contained the developer.  You took the picture and when you turned the 
"handle" to crank it out it squeezed the developer onto the film which was 
covered by a clear sheet that stayed in place.  You just waved it around in 
the air for a couple of seconds and you could watch it turn into a picture. 
It worked great if you needed a low quality picture in a hurry.  I'm sure 
insurance guys loved them.  It was well made but as far as photo quality it 
was a piece of junk as was the polaroid.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Jones" <farmallsupera at earthlink.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 10:08 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT Re: HIGH IDLE now runaway cars


> Charlie,
>
> I had one of those Kodak cameras as a kid--probably my first camera.  It 
> was the one where you could pull the backing off the print once it 
> developed for a photo that was not as "bulky" as a Polaroid print. (Seems 
> like Kodak called it the "trimprint.")  IIRC, we got a coupon from Kodak 
> and I used it to buy myself a Kodak "Disk" camera.  They went from one 
> weird format to another!!
>
> Al
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: charliehill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
>>Sent: Feb 2, 2010 8:43 AM
>>To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>Subject: Re: [AT] OT Re: HIGH IDLE now runaway cars
>>
>>David,  I had an old Kodak Handle camera.  If you remember it was a cheap
>>but improved knockoff of a polaroid instant print camera.  Well Polaroid
>>sued and won and Kodak had to stop making film for them.  I was sent a 
>>form
>>for the class action suit.  At some point they settled and sent me a 
>>letter
>>telling me I'd get $50 if I sent in the camera.  Then I got another letter
>>that said all I had to do was send in the metal name plate from the front 
>>of
>>the camera.  So I peeled it off and sent it in.   A few MONTHS later I got 
>>a
>>letter in the mail with coupons good for a total of $50 off the purchase 
>>of
>>a rather large amount of Kodak film products.
>>
>>At that point I had absolutely nothing but but some scrap paper and a 
>>Kodak
>>Handle camera in mint condition except for the name plate.  Of course that
>>made it useless as a collector piece so I threw the whole mess away.
>>
>>How much money do you think the $#%^#%^$#&^ lawyers got?
>>
>>Charlie
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "David Bruce" <davidbruce at yadtel.net>
>>To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
>><at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 6:55 AM
>>Subject: Re: [AT] OT Re: HIGH IDLE now runaway cars
>>
>>
>>> Of course they will come whether deserved or not.
>>>
>>> Sad thing is the only ones who really win from them are the lawyers.
>>>
>>> I've been "a party" in several class action cases (never as a principal
>>> however)  and I think somewhere along the way I got a $20 off the next
>>> purchase coupon.
>>>
>>> In my mind the jury is out on the idea of Toyota reacting too slowly to
>>> the situation however there have been reports of  potential problems for
>>> a number of years.  Regardless they are now the whipping boy just like
>>> Ford and Firestone were over the Explorer roll overs, etc.
>>>
>>> David
>>> NW NC
>>>
>>> Ralph Goff wrote:
>>>> I guess we should have known the class action lawsuits against Toyota
>>>> would
>>>> be coming.
>>>> http://www.globaltvbc.com/Regina+lawyer+issues+class+action+suit+against+Lexus+Toyota/2508481/story.html
>>>>
>>>> Ralph in Sask.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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