Posted on 05/08/2014 8:12:05 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
You could also go to the library and check out records, then tape them at home.
When CDs first came along, the industry tried to block them at libraries saying you’d be able to make “too good” of copies/home tapes.
Talking about keeping things, I still have and ride the banana bike I got at age 7 for Christmas in 1966. Recently restored it and take it with me to display at car shows with my 69 VW.
Having kids who could change channels was one of the reasons for having kids...
Lol
And you had channels to choose from. Plus you had to adjust your rabbit ears for some channels.
And if you missed! Rewinding to that spot was a real pain
We had a TV with a remote in the 50’s. 58 or 59 I believe. Had a wire that attached to the TV and an electric motor rotated the tuner to change channels.
I still DRIVE a truck without all that stuff - The newest pickup I have ever owned is a 78 Chevy... And it's my daily driver for now, till I get the minivan fixed. If I get a 'next truck', I will probably relent and cross the line into a mid-80's 1T heavy 4x4, Mostly for the convenience of taller gears and over-drive already installed. But IF I do, I'll die with that truck, because once restored, it will last that long.
All y'all have lost your minds, and you don't even know it. Who needs butt warmers and electric windows in a pickup truck? *shakes head*... Pickups are made to WORK. And simple things don't break.
did it have power steering?
remember when fax machine used those rolls of thermal paper?
i never had to do this, but i do remember seeing my sister typing with carbons in between her sheets of paper so she could have copies... and if she made a mistake, she would use that pencil-looking thing that had a pointed eraser at the tip and a brush on the other end... and she would have to erase the mistake on each layer... what a pain!
“Im just barely old enough to have been exposed to the stress fax machines caused in the office ... weve lost a whole day, everythings moving too fast! lol. Same with FedEx overnight. Little did they know.”
I escaped a lot of crappy duties in the Army, because I prepared a daily report of high importance. It had to be prepared in seven copies. Four were in the form packet, and three more from tissues and carbon paper.
And up to two mistakes were allowed, with crossover, initials, etc.
Make the third mistake, and you started over, which meant loading three more pages of tissue and carbon.
I labored thusly, while my boss had locked securely in his bottom desk drawer, the roll of scarce electrographic copy paper, for the seldom used machine.
So when I got back to my civilian job, I was thrilled they had a fancy modern copy machine.
A few years later, along comes Faximile. Wow. The European subsidiary offices were ahead of us. But we caught on.
It cost a lot of money to use at first. I remember $6 per page to Europe.
“An hour later theyd still be sizzling on the inside. I pointed out that he had missed his chance to invent the microwave oven.”
IIRC that is how the idea got started, someone had a bunch of radar systems left over from the war. I think I saw prom on being able to cook your entire turkey in two minutes or something crazy.
But the oven was so large, and I think the energy leaked out until they figured it out for actual use.
My father had a problem with one of his eyes, the lazy eye, so he often did't see the same picture we kids saw.
One huge memory of my childhood is my father coming downstairs, looking at the tv set that appeared out of focus to him, yell "who's been monkeying with the tv set," spend about 5-10 minutes sitting on his haunches in front of the tv adjusting the picture while completely blocking out our view of the program.
Then satisfied with himself, he would sit on the sofa while we all watched the program that was slightly out of focus.
Well, we did’t get that much exercise changing channels...for many years we only had two channels, CBS and NBC. So many evenings the tv was set to the same channel. But the shows seemed more interesting in those days than today. Now I can’t stand most primetime, network programming.
my first car was a 67 dodge dart 3 on the tree slant 6, learned to change the point n plugs and oil, ran like a tank no AC or power steering
Air conditioning! I grew up without air conditioning, please don’t make me do that again.
The only item on the list that I would have difficulty giving up is my cell phone. I don’t even have a smart phone just an old flip phone but I love it. Just for making calls any time and any place.
“Though I refuse to believe that women EVER went without hair dryers.
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We opened the oven door and let our hair dry from the heat.Rollers or bobby pins,not blow dry.
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