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My mom at 84yo just sold her home of 50 yrs and the kitchen still had the black hard spin wall phone on the wall.
Are you this old?
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Early Saturday mornings my brothers and I would pull the large channel knob on the living room color TV and wait. First there would be a single white dot in the screen for a good minute or two. Then the dot would expand to a horizontal line and then quickly expand to show a full screen of static snow and white noise. Too early. We would then look at the kitchen clock for 6 AM to tick off. Right at Six the Reference Target would flash on, the Indian head one with all the spokes and circles, and there would be a low audio tone.
We learned that you could adjust the clarity of the picture using the larger clear dial behind the channel knob. Almost time. Then the booming announcement with scrolling text, "WBAL beings another Broadcasting Day,......." And then the first show was a live broadcast called "Romper Room," followed by "Captain Kangaroo."
We learned that you could adjust the clarity of the picture using the larger clear dial behind the channel knob. Almost time. Then the booming announcement with scrolling text, "WBAL beings another Broadcasting Day,......." And then the first show was a live broadcast called "Romper Room," followed by "Captain Kangaroo."
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As I recall, iodine was the one that really hurt, Mecurochrome not as much, it did contain mercury which has been found to be at least somewhat bad for you. I found out as a teenager that it did a pretty good job of getting rid of jock itch, thanks to someone who "borrowed " my gym clothes - without my knowledge. My mom did question me about why my tighty whiteys were red.
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77, 84, 79. .. . that explains why there is such wisdom and common sense on this forum.
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Well, I've known these:
Candlestick phone (205-R-31)
Coal chutes
Horse drawn milk wagons
Milk delivered via that door in the wall
Horse drawn snow removal in city (and roller compacting snow in rural areas)
Men shoveling city snow
Rope tows on ski hills
Winter ice cutting and ice houses
But then I was born in '38
and forget what I did yesterday ---but remember all sorts of bygone, (and many in detail)
Still have vague recollection of Japan victory parades and what I was doing that day.
Ha, golden years, yuck!
Candlestick phone (205-R-31)
Coal chutes
Horse drawn milk wagons
Milk delivered via that door in the wall
Horse drawn snow removal in city (and roller compacting snow in rural areas)
Men shoveling city snow
Rope tows on ski hills
Winter ice cutting and ice houses
But then I was born in '38
and forget what I did yesterday ---but remember all sorts of bygone, (and many in detail)
Still have vague recollection of Japan victory parades and what I was doing that day.
Ha, golden years, yuck!
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According to the last line he would have been born in 1947, and been graduated around 1965. Alot of the stuff that he said hadn't been invented was and was in wide spread use.
