The Old Folks Home

[getaclue]

Congratulations Cynthia!

 

[getaclue]

I hope everyone has a fantastic

 

[Cynthia12]

Ok, a lot of these were going on in the 70's too. Crazy to think about.

We have a smaller one like this now!

I did this in the late 60's and 70's

Had a young daughter get flipped off of one of these in the 70's. Not good.

He he, had one this color in the 80's...had wood on it.

Loved these days

I remember these days in the 60's

Are you feeling older yet? We've come a long way kids!

 

[perchie.girl]

You are old if you remember

1. Party lines
2. when felt tip pens came out
3. Single Records
4. Rabbit ears
5. UHF
6. 3 to 4 channels on TV
7. Writing a letter
8. The first Hijacking
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deb

 

[chickadoodles]

Congrats Cynthia on the new grandbaby!

 

[Myrth]

Congrats Cynthia. Grand babies are love. <3

 

[perchie.girl]

9. Test patterns on TV when the station shut down for the night.

 

[getaclue]

Now you guys are just making me feel extra old on purpose, right?

 

[pennyJo1960]

the best part all of it and where still Kicking it!

 

[perchie.girl]

in 1967 I was twelve we moved to California.... Dad bought our first color TV... It was a Heathkit. We had to put all the resistors and switches and components on the printed circuit board.... Assemble the collar for controlling the CRT tube... then check the tubes at the drug store to make sure that they hadnt been damaged.

Then put the tubes into their sockets we had placed on the circut board. After that the test ing of the CRT started. To align the R G B gunsto make them all hit the same spots of phospor... That was done by a little screw driver.

Once all the guns were aligned the grid on the screen was pure white with no halo around it.

Then dad had to build a de Gauser to de magnetize the CRT. That had to be done about one a month or more if there was alot of static electricity in the air.

First color TV was a hoot. and finding a color broad cast was aweseome. I think thats why dad and I spent alot of time watching cartoons on Saturday mornings.

deb