“Cause in your pickup truck with all of your dumb luck Is the only place I think I'd ever wanna be.”
Wakarusa, IN
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I found a half-used disposable camera from 2006 in my closet and got it developed. Big appreciation to past me, living her best teenage life, for taking this picture.
[Image description: a grainy, green-cast photo of a fire engine cab, a firefighter’s arm half slung out the window. The truck door says “Maple Ridge V.F.D.” end image description.]
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Something like 10 or 12 years ago, before I had a smartphone, before I even had a flip phone capable of taking photos, I went on a church youth group trip to Disney World, and had the bright idea to take along a disposable camera I got at CVS to record some choice memories.
I never got it developed, I just put it in a drawer and forgot about it. Years went by, the drawer was emptied, its contents moved around, a lot of stuff got thrown away, so I thought for sure the camera was gone for good, but just the other day I did a deep clean of my bedroom amd found it at the bottom of an old box of crap!
I hope the film is still viable! I wonder if there are any CVSs near me that still have photo centers. If not, maybe I can send it somewhere.
The thing is, during that Disney trip, one of my friends showed me how to turn the camera into a flashbang. If you held the flash charger button until the electric hum stopped, and then whacked the camera hard against your other palm, the flash would go off without taking a picture. At least, I hope it didn't take pictures, because we must have done it a dozen times before one of our chaperones told us to stop. I fear that I may have double exposed or blown out a bunch of pictures and the film may be completely useless now. Only time and money will tell. If it's ruined, c'est la vie, I'll be in the same boat I've been in for the last decade when I thought it had been thrown away, so I won't feel too bad about it.
They still sell disposable cameras, so it stands to reason that there still exists a way to develop them. I'll keep you all posted.
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Capturing some bday festivities with this 🤩🥳
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