rj Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 Tighty Whities. Winchester 30/30 lever gun. Colt Peacemaker. A cop with a mustache (not really a product, but I wanted to make fun of cops with mustaches) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Herbert Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 A cup of tea.....sorts every thing out. Let's have a nice cup of tea and the world will soon becomes a better place. A proper icon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin m. Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 "Rega Planar 3 turntable with RB300 tonearm" Does a Planar 3 with an RB250 count, Trevor? More importantly, what cartridge are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry_rory Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 I used to use one with a Goldring G1042 cartridge. I now use a Rega Jupiter CD player. (Sold record player and all LPs a few years ago.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry_rory Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 My other Rega Planar 3 (back when the RB300 first came out) had a Nagaoka MP11 Boron then an Audio Technica moving coil (OC something with a matching transformer) but that was a long time ago in a far away place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin m. Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 "...but that was a long time ago in a far away place." Yeah, I remember the 1990's fondly, too! ;-) I have too many records that aren't available on CD, or have been poorly remastered, so I'm sticking with them for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliot_rosen1 Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 A number of things mentioned here are not really household words but are specialty items well known only to people in a particular field or with a specific interest or hobby. That's not my understanding of what "iconic" means. It should really be something that is more broadly appreciated. For example, my wife never heard of a Rollei TLR but has heard of the Hasselblad camera (which I guess is well known since it is )or at least was) the choice of so many wedding photographers. My list would include an Aston-Martin or DeLaurian car (masde famous by movies); Stradivarius (or Amati) violin, Steinway concert grand piano; Viewmaster (which were well known at least when I was a kid :-)); Swiss army knife (someone mentioned above, this is a good one); Frigidaire (which became synonymous with refrigerator); Chippindale furniture; Seth Thomas clock; Paul Revere silver tea service; Spaulding rubber ball; Wilson tennis racket, Coca Cola (notice that the word "cola" is now used almost generically); and the like. There are many many more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry_rory Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 "Yeah, I remember the 1990's fondly, too! ;-)" Actually Kevin I bought my first Rega Planar 3 (with the RB300) in 1983 when the RB300 was first launched. 1983 was was half my life ago so it seems a long time. :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Herbert Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 I don't know....how much was it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjords Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 a Curta calculator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjords Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 <a href="http://www.vcalc.net/cu.htm"> Curta </a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjords Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 Eliot, you have made my day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike-images Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 Despite Eliot's suggestion that iconic requires wide awareness I would add the Selmer Mk6 Alto - at one time the sax of choice for the Bird and many others. Indeed you could extend that to include all Mk 6 Selmers from Sopranino to Bari or Contra Bass. Iconic certainly to Jazz afficionados. M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonpg Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 Nice idea Roger. For me Rolex and other iconic mechanical wrist watches - other everyday use items include fountain pens; fine bone china; wonderful Irish Waterford lead crystal. Ah and then automobiles must include that marvellous Citroen 2CV! And back in the kitchen one would have to include Le Creuset - just love that enamelled cast iron - now maybe there is an idea for the Leica M8 - in an enamelled cast iron body! In the bedroom one would have to include the Tivoli bedside clock radio! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger_hicks1 Posted May 11, 2006 Author Share Posted May 11, 2006 Dear Eliot, I'm with you that wide public awareness -- outside the realm of specialists -- is important but the example you chose shows how it changes with time; I think probably a Rollei TLR would have been far more familiar than a Hasselblad before the moon landings. Your list also shows how it changes with space: I am only very dimly aware of what a Seth Thomas clock might be, and not a lot further ahead on a Tompion. Likewise Simopn's Tivoli bedside clock -- but no-one has mentioned a Teasmade yet (too culturally specific?) Cheers, Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger_hicks1 Posted May 11, 2006 Author Share Posted May 11, 2006 A tentative attempt at a definition of an icon (in this context): Something that is used as shorthand to describe a time, a person, a place, a house: The sort of person who uses/wears/drives... Cheers, Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne_murphy8 Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 This thread is the most ridiculous tripe I have ever read in this forum. The original post should have been deleted. Slow day at the keyboard Roger? Then again, you did not mention the ALPA, which ironically, meets the criteria for this thread. I would rather read misplaced FS posts than this balderdash. However, to be charitable, I will waste some more time. I regularly tow out bogged and broken down Landrovers in my non-iconic 4X4; A Leica will not fit comfortably in the pocket of 501 Levis; Ray Bans prevent you seeing the frame lines and make you look like a dope; Rolex watches are generally fake and the fake ones keep better time; The motor driven Nikon F was an owner's and technician's nightmare - each drive matched to a single, specific camera body; Minox? you must be joking; Speed Graphic - Now there's a real blast from the past. Are they doing a digital version soon? Iconic? Ironic? Moronic? too close to call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rj Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 Now that is an iconic post to the leica forum if I ever did see one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirk_teetzel Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 Everything designed by Raymond Loewy. :) http://www.raymondloewy.com/home.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger.a Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 Chocolate brownie. America's greatest contribution to world cuisine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger_hicks1 Posted May 11, 2006 Author Share Posted May 11, 2006 Dear Wayne, What a cheery fellow you are today! Most people have regarded this as lighthearted fun. Eveidently you take your pleasures more mournfully. Cheers, Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin m. Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 "1983 was was half my life ago so it seems a long time. :-( " I'm afraid I'm in the same boat. Seems like just the other day I was buying "London Calling" to spin on my turntable, and then I saw the 25th anniversary remastered CD on the shelf.... :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael s. Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 I believe Wayne's post fits well: If you're going to name icons, at least one iconoclast must be present, right ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nels Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 It's nice to be younger, so you're able to buy all the great dead or near-dead musicians' "Greatest Hits" albums, and not have to put up with all their floundering experimentations. Just the other day I bought Wagner's Greatest Hits. Just the thought of sitting through his "Rings" cycle creeps me out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger_hicks1 Posted May 11, 2006 Author Share Posted May 11, 2006 Dear Nels, I have heard it said that Wagner's music is much better than it sounds. Cheers, Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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