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trof

(54,270 posts)
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 07:24 PM Jan 2021

Who remembers "Magic Fingers"?

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by A HERETIC I AM (a host of the Personal Finance and Investing group).

That little box you'd feed with quarters to get the mattress to vibrate at a motel?
I got a vibrating back cushion for Christmas.

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Who remembers "Magic Fingers"? (Original Post) trof Jan 2021 OP
I got my mom one for long car rides soothsayer Jan 2021 #1
is that a geezer test, trof Skittles Jan 2021 #2
Yes, but you're a junior geezer. trof Jan 2021 #11
LOL. catbyte Jan 2021 #3
When I was 10, we went on a vacation to the Smokey Mountains Ferrets are Cool Jan 2021 #4
Clean up done. Reconstruction hasn't started yet. trof Jan 2021 #12
A ton of them over here in Mobile also. Ferrets are Cool Jan 2021 #13
Thanks trof Jan 2021 #15
Thanks trof Jan 2021 #16
When I was little I would beg for quarters when we stayed at dewsgirl Jan 2021 #5
I remember "Roman hands and Russian fingers". El Supremo Jan 2021 #6
Bought one at a garage sale. It looked like an iron from turn of a century. Arne Jan 2021 #7
I'm old enough to remember "Magic Fingers"... dchill Jan 2021 #8
And free advertising paper book matches everywhere. trof Jan 2021 #14
"Any size except like a tracing" Lord Ludd Jan 2021 #17
I got a shiatsu neck massager central scrutinizer Jan 2021 #9
Only from reading Slaughterhouse-Five in high school... RockRaven Jan 2021 #10
Locking A HERETIC I AM Jan 2021 #18

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
1. I got my mom one for long car rides
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 07:26 PM
Jan 2021

Had a heater, ran off the cigarette lighter thingy, was dirt cheap, and I wish I had it.

Skittles

(158,153 posts)
2. is that a geezer test, trof
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 07:26 PM
Jan 2021

I passed

trof

(54,270 posts)
11. Yes, but you're a junior geezer.
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 07:49 PM
Jan 2021

catbyte

(35,652 posts)
3. LOL.
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 07:29 PM
Jan 2021

My husband and I drove out to Glacier National Park on our honeymoon. On the way, we stopped someplace that had one of them. As a joke, we turned it on. About 30 seconds later we got a call from the front desk asking us to turn it off because it was bothering the guests downstairs. Whoopsie.

But then we thought, "Why have them on the second floor in the first place if you can't use it?" But we unplugged it.

Ferrets are Cool

(21,837 posts)
4. When I was 10, we went on a vacation to the Smokey Mountains
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 07:29 PM
Jan 2021

that was the first time I ever saw one of those. Of course, I thought it was for massaging your back.

How ya doing Trof? Getting anywhere with your Sally damage cleanup?

trof

(54,270 posts)
12. Clean up done. Reconstruction hasn't started yet.
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 07:51 PM
Jan 2021

Shortage of shingles and other building materials.
Many in neighborhood (including me) still have blue tarps on roof.

Ferrets are Cool

(21,837 posts)
13. A ton of them over here in Mobile also.
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 07:53 PM
Jan 2021

Plus, I am hearing about issues with getting insurance money from certain companies.

Be safe over there my friend.

trof

(54,270 posts)
15. Thanks
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 07:56 PM
Jan 2021

trof

(54,270 posts)
16. Thanks
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 07:56 PM
Jan 2021

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)
5. When I was little I would beg for quarters when we stayed at
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 07:29 PM
Jan 2021

hotels with them, I thought they were the greatest.

El Supremo

(20,377 posts)
6. I remember "Roman hands and Russian fingers".
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 07:30 PM
Jan 2021

Some dates said I had them.

Arne

(3,568 posts)
7. Bought one at a garage sale. It looked like an iron from turn of a century.
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 07:31 PM
Jan 2021

Plugged in the cloth wrapped cord and it shook all to hell.
Placed it under a queen mattress and it was wonderful.
Used it so much it finally just died.

dchill

(40,184 posts)
8. I'm old enough to remember "Magic Fingers"...
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 07:32 PM
Jan 2021

...and ashtrays and actual paper phone books. And dialing 9 for an outside line.

trof

(54,270 posts)
14. And free advertising paper book matches everywhere.
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 07:54 PM
Jan 2021

Especially one for an 'art school'.
"Draw me."

Lord Ludd

(585 posts)
17. "Any size except like a tracing"
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 08:21 PM
Jan 2021

It was always a profile, frequently of a pirate wearing an eye patch.

RockRaven

(16,128 posts)
10. Only from reading Slaughterhouse-Five in high school...
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 07:42 PM
Jan 2021

A HERETIC I AM

(24,570 posts)
18. Locking
Wed Jan 13, 2021, 01:49 AM
Jan 2021

This subject matter has absolutely nothing to do with the purpose of this group. It is better suited for the Lounge.



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