You Know You Are Old When

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You know you are old if you remember transistor radios and TV broadcast went off the air at 10 pm leaving a test pattern on the screen.

I do remember transistor radios. I still use one when I can’t get phone reception —- which is most places at the farm.
 
   / You Know You Are Old When #633  
I just remembered about the Andy Devine show, with a frog who Andy would ask him to Plunk his magic twanger! Anyone remember that, or am I just imagining it?
I partially remember the Andy Devine show. He was better as a jovial character in a western movie.
 
   / You Know You Are Old When #634  
Yes - The Adventures of William Tell.

I sort of remember that show but it didn’t last too long if I remember correctly.
It was pretty lame. Hard to fool even little kids with it.
 
   / You Know You Are Old When #638  
My first car had tubes in the radio.

I worked in a garage and one of my assignments was to fix customer radios by replacing the blown tubes. I would take the tubes across the street to the drug store and use their free tube tester and then pick a new bulb from their rack.
 
   / You Know You Are Old When #639  
Last year I dug out the Panasonic transistor radio which I got for Christmas too many years ago. It had been in an unheated shed for 20 years and I was disappointed to see that it didn't work. I listened to that little AM radio a lot, 50+ years ago.
 
   / You Know You Are Old When #640  
I'm not sure of the year but I got a transistor radio when they first came out. It was so cool to have one and they were clear as a bell and well made. They were just called "transistors" and not "transistor radios". If you had a transistor, you became a chick magnet.
 

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