Old habits can be hard to shake. My family's got a nice DVR setup in our home, set to record all our favorite TV shows and save them digitally to its huge hard drive. Our last VHS deck made its way to Goodwill years ago. Nonetheless, I still find myself saying I'm going to "tape" a particular show. I'll occasionally show my age on freq as well. For instance, if a pilot doesn't give a required response to a runway hold short, I've been known to tell him, "Read back all hold short instructions. It's required for our tapes." That emphasizes the fact everything controllers and pilots say is recorded. If one or the other isn't doing their job right, it's recorded for posterity.
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