jigs_n_fixtures
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Roy Rogers, Sky King, and Rin Tin Tin. But TV ended when I was in 2nd grade. The older brother got a D in Algebra. So, he was supposed to come home, and do his math homework. So, it was ready for Dad to check it when he got home.
The younger brother and I were watching TV, and my brother came and started watching with us. And, Dad got home an hour or so early. Dad asked the older brother if his homework was done. And in the ensuing argument the older brother said something along the lines of he didn’t need to do the homework he was smart enough.
At which point Dad pulled the back panel off the TV, took his hanky out of his pocket, and pulled all of the tubes out, and put them into a brown paper bag, which he handed to the older brother. And, told him that he could watch TV again when he got it working. He and one of the sisters would randomly put tubes in, and take the tubes to the store once a week, to test them and replace the ones which were blown out.
I figured out after two years that the library had big books with schematics, which showed what tubes went in which sockets. Dad threatened to spank me if I told my brother.
Four years later, 1968, he graduated from high school and went off to the Army, and Dad bought a new color TV to watch the 68 Olympics.
Early nineties the younger brother and I were having a beer with Dad, and told him it really wasn’t fair that we didn’t get to watch TV, just because the older brother was stupid. He laughed, and told us that he had accomplished his goal, both of us had turned out to be avid readers.
The younger brother and I were watching TV, and my brother came and started watching with us. And, Dad got home an hour or so early. Dad asked the older brother if his homework was done. And in the ensuing argument the older brother said something along the lines of he didn’t need to do the homework he was smart enough.
At which point Dad pulled the back panel off the TV, took his hanky out of his pocket, and pulled all of the tubes out, and put them into a brown paper bag, which he handed to the older brother. And, told him that he could watch TV again when he got it working. He and one of the sisters would randomly put tubes in, and take the tubes to the store once a week, to test them and replace the ones which were blown out.
I figured out after two years that the library had big books with schematics, which showed what tubes went in which sockets. Dad threatened to spank me if I told my brother.
Four years later, 1968, he graduated from high school and went off to the Army, and Dad bought a new color TV to watch the 68 Olympics.
Early nineties the younger brother and I were having a beer with Dad, and told him it really wasn’t fair that we didn’t get to watch TV, just because the older brother was stupid. He laughed, and told us that he had accomplished his goal, both of us had turned out to be avid readers.