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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 10:51 PM Original message |
I remember when the first color TV's came out. |
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Generic Brad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. And don't forget the lovely green skin tones |
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liberaltrucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 11:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. And the HUGE antenna. |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 06:28 AM Response to Reply #2 |
16. It was my job to "turn the antennae". |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
3. oh yeah |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
4. I remember the lady who watched us after school until my |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
5. Wow. You're old. |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 06:46 AM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Damn kids |
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maveric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
6. We didnt get one till 1972. |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
7. Color teevee's a little older than that |
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Crabby Appleton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 08:03 AM Response to Reply #7 |
24. $1000 in 1954 |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
8. We got one in 1960 |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
9. We got our first TV about 1951 or so... |
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Suich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 02:16 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Well, I had indoor plumbing at least! |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
10. My family had one just like that, only it wasn't a color television. |
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Suich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 02:20 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. The dreaded rabbit ears!!! |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 02:40 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. First you'd finally get the picture clear, but the sound was |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
11. We had three stations, but only one transmitted in color (NBC)... |
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Melynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 02:02 AM Response to Original message |
12. I remember watching a baseball game in color for the first time |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 06:29 AM Response to Original message |
17. My older brother broke the on off knob on ours when it was about |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 07:08 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Where would you go to get new "tubes"? |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 07:40 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I have no idea. He moved it out with him when he left home about |
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AirmensMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 06:38 AM Response to Original message |
18. And don't forget the rabbit ears! |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 07:09 AM Response to Original message |
21. Ours looked similar but had 4 legs. |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
23. Do you remember the plastic screen coverings that were supposed |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
25. I remember Mom asking Grandpa how he liked the color TV |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
26. I remember when horses were in common use |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
27. We had a remote control when I was a kid: ME!!! |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
28. LOL. I remember that. And, when we got cable, it was |
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