Kids these days...
I wonder if they could imagine that I grew up with a black and white TV, with no remote control and only 3 channels. You had to move the rabbit ears around differently for each of the 3 channels and often had to put aluminum foil on them to get semi decent reception.
Oh, we also had a party line phone. All of our neighbors shared one telephone line, and when you got a call, you neighbors could listen in.
Oh, we also had a party line phone. All of our neighbors shared one telephone line, and when you got a call, you neighbors could listen in.
These guys had it rough.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1a1wHxTyo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1a1wHxTyo
"Death has come to your little town."
Undercover Joe,undercoverjoe wrote:I wonder if they could imagine that I grew up with a black and white TV, with no remote control and only 3 channels. You had to move the rabbit ears around differently for each of the 3 channels and often had to put aluminum foil on them to get semi decent reception.
Oh, we also had a party line phone. All of our neighbors shared one telephone line, and when you got a call, you neighbors could listen in.
Here are some things to jog your memory.
The 1950s & early 1960s
http://www.billsretroworld.com/RETROLIFE.HTM
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undercoverjoe wrote:I wonder if they could imagine that I grew up with a black and white TV, with no remote control and only 3 channels. You had to move the rabbit ears around differently for each of the 3 channels and often had to put aluminum foil on them to get semi decent reception.
Oh, we also had a party line phone. All of our neighbors shared one telephone line, and when you got a call, you neighbors could listen in.
i know what you mean... when i was growing up we had like 13 channels, and our phone had a chord on it. wht a bunch of malarkey, right?

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Click the home tab. There's all kinds of cool stuff.moxham123 wrote:Undercover Joe,undercoverjoe wrote:I wonder if they could imagine that I grew up with a black and white TV, with no remote control and only 3 channels. You had to move the rabbit ears around differently for each of the 3 channels and often had to put aluminum foil on them to get semi decent reception.
Oh, we also had a party line phone. All of our neighbors shared one telephone line, and when you got a call, you neighbors could listen in.
Here are some things to jog your memory.
The 1950s & early 1960s
http://www.billsretroworld.com/RETROLIFE.HTM
"Death has come to your little town."
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Did you ever see one of those complimentary dialing "prongs" that insurance companies, gas stations, etc. gave away? It was a 2-3 inch prong, about as think as your little finger with a ball on the end. You stuck it in the hole on the rotary to dial with. "Phew", that was a lot easier than using your actual finger.onegunguitar wrote:Cool pictures on that site. My grandmother still has the rotary dial phones-I believe the one in her kitchen hanging on the wall is the original that my grandfather put in when he built the house in the 50's-damn thing still works!![]()
"Death has come to your little town."
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Hahaha! Yea,I remember them!witchhunt wrote:Did you ever see one of those complimentary dialing "prongs" that insurance companies, gas stations, etc. gave away? It was a 2-3 inch prong, about as think as your little finger with a ball on the end. You stuck it in the hole on the rotary to dial with. "Phew", that was a lot easier than using your actual finger.onegunguitar wrote:Cool pictures on that site. My grandmother still has the rotary dial phones-I believe the one in her kitchen hanging on the wall is the original that my grandfather put in when he built the house in the 50's-damn thing still works!![]()
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Those were originally the property of AT&T and you had to rent them (like cable boxes now) and nobody could buy their own phone until AT&T was broken up in 1984. Even then, most people continued to rent them because they were leery about owning their own phone.onegunguitar wrote:Cool pictures on that site. My grandmother still has the rotary dial phones-I believe the one in her kitchen hanging on the wall is the original that my grandfather put in when he built the house in the 50's-damn thing still works!![]()
Geez, what if it broke?
...Oh, the freedom of the day that yielded to no rule or time...