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To: EveningStar
So they have improved on this?



I guess I have some catching up to do.
16 posted on 11/21/2014 5:31:38 PM PST by jy8z (When push comes disguised as nudge, I do not budge.)
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To: jy8z

They decreed that one is racist.


18 posted on 11/21/2014 5:37:52 PM PST by 5thGenTexan
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To: jy8z
So they have improved on this?

I had a serious problem with that one, every time it was on the tube I ended up having to buy a new TV. Who the heck thought it was a good idea to put a target on a TV?

20 posted on 11/21/2014 5:43:57 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: jy8z
Cheech: What are you watching, man?

Chong: It's a movie about Indians, but it's really boring.

Cheech: Hey, that's not a movie, man! That's a test pattern.

Chong: Oh, wow!

23 posted on 11/21/2014 5:59:03 PM PST by PLMerite (Why did my tagline disappear? I didn't delete it.)
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To: jy8z

An old TV repairman told me the best way to set color was to wait for a food commercial. We are very sensitive to food colors as a method of self preservation.


31 posted on 11/21/2014 6:17:07 PM PST by CrazyIvan (I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
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To: jy8z
Wikipedia: History of the Indian-head test pattern (original artwork August 23, 1938)

Click for large image:

32 posted on 11/21/2014 6:19:09 PM PST by UnwashedPeasant (Don't nuke me, bro.)
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41 posted on 11/21/2014 7:07:49 PM PST by mabarker1 (congress, The Opposite of Progress.)
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I use this one as the background on my Linux machine. I remember it fondly on Sunday mornings before Industry on Parade started.
57 posted on 11/22/2014 7:22:10 AM PST by Poser (Cogito ergo Spam - I think, therefore I ham)
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You need to be careful jy8z...you don’t want to be banned from FR for posting a racist image...


61 posted on 11/22/2014 7:40:08 AM PST by Delta Dawn (Fluent in two languages: English and cursive.)
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