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For a while we had a very tiny tv with about a 10" screen. It was black & white and we could only pull in 2 channels. My parents put it on the foot of their king size bed and all 6 of us huddled together to watch it. We loved it.
The rug was bunched up toward that end of the room so it was uphill at least in one direction. Fortunately the shiny tinfoil wrapped around the ‘rabbit ears’ showed the way through all the cigarette smoke. Also, crushing the steel beer cans was much much harder.
Last Rose Of Summer Premium Member almost 3 years ago
And it was black and white And a 17" screen. It came on at 5 PM and went off at 10 PM.
baddawg1989 almost 3 years ago
…across shag carpeting in the wintertime. Tzap!
seanfear almost 3 years ago
…AND … we actually DID watch something on TV
kaylin almost 3 years ago
Sister and I were the remote….
jmworacle almost 3 years ago
And we had to walk six miles to school…..
C almost 3 years ago
We didn’t, that was tasked to the rug rats
angier3824 Premium Member almost 3 years ago
My first apartment had electric heat so I kept the temp low. I used a blow dryer to warm up the tubes so my old TV would turn on.
quonk999 almost 3 years ago
For a while we had a very tiny tv with about a 10" screen. It was black & white and we could only pull in 2 channels. My parents put it on the foot of their king size bed and all 6 of us huddled together to watch it. We loved it.
Barnabus Blackoak almost 3 years ago
AND to make a phone call! It was hanging on the wall in the kitchen…
jeanie5448 almost 3 years ago
I can only remember living close enough to walk to school maybe 3 or 4 times. Most of the time I rode a bus or mom took me.
goboboyd almost 3 years ago
The rug was bunched up toward that end of the room so it was uphill at least in one direction. Fortunately the shiny tinfoil wrapped around the ‘rabbit ears’ showed the way through all the cigarette smoke. Also, crushing the steel beer cans was much much harder.
zodismoon almost 3 years ago
I remember when the channels were 3, 5, 8, 19, 43, 55, and UHF
Govi Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Life was really tough back in the day. /sarcasm
cuzinron47 almost 3 years ago
But the good news is we didn’t have to change the channels much since there weren’t that many.
blah_duh almost 3 years ago
And (as my dad likes to tell me) there were only 2 channels – Cowboys and Indians or Indians and Cowboys.
MCProfessor almost 3 years ago
Nah, my dad used me as the remote control.
rickmac1937 Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Sure did
BarryRoger Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Not to mention fool with the outside antenna!
JoeMartinFan Premium Member almost 3 years ago
And (you might want to sit down for this) we only had 3 channels to watch!