I remember black & White TV

[Rustinkerer]

I remember walking to, and from school. Up hill.....both ways! With no shoes! In the rain, and sleet and snow! And I was greatful.

"That's the way it was, and we LIKED IT!!!"

 

[GuitarlCarl]

I REMEMBER when I didn't have to
take a na-zzzzZZZzzz (in the afternoon...)

Grampa Carl.

 

[nycet3]

 

[sandmountainslim]

I still have one of our old phones from when I was a kid. In the early days we were on a "party line". You actually shared the line with some of your neighbors. So, if they were on the phone, you would have to wait till they were done before making a call. Made for some pretty interesting snooping though.

We had a party line until 1980!! I can still remember how happy my family was to get a "private line" lol

 

[MazdaFlyer]

I remember getting a B/W TV when I was 8 years old. It got about 3 channels depending on weather with a roof antenna. Also found an online photo of phone similar to what we had on the farm.

How things have changed!


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[scorpius]

I remember the party line as well , I also recall after it was gone and we had regular service if you let the phone stay off the hook for an hour the line would go to a "dead letter office" type void where you could talk to whoever was there

I use to tell my friends to take the phone off the hook at 10pm and in an hour I could talk to them for free for as long as we wanted

It was sort of a party line in limbo

 

[scorpius]

here are a couple of cool videos on the web of Creature Features WNEW Channel 5 NY and Chiller Theater WPIX Channel 11 NY

 

[franconuevo]

I also was very fortunate to have a Mom who wasn't afraid to give me a good hard slap on the aass when I did something stupid like young boys do..(you know, I "ahem"..uhh...borrowed some sunglasses from a store once, accidentally set the pumphouse on fire me and my buddy burning beetles with strong sun rays and a magnifying glass, caught some dry leaves on fire...boom..up she went, took Mrs. Monroe's car out for a little joyride when I was only 12) ....stuff like that.

Slap your kid on the .... today...you're reported and advised of his rights, get a visit from social services and might do time for child abuse....
YIKES
yeah...a lot has changed.

 

[A.S.BOLTNUT]

Man how times have changed, I think the things they put on TV really has shaped some of the younger generation into people that we really don't want our kids around .