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Post by Alvamiga on Jul 18, 2013 22:33:24 GMT
I was in the shop buying some random odds and ends yesterday. There was a group of five boys walking about and they were discussing how one of them "needed" a massive TV in his bedroom. When I was his age, it was nice to have stuff, but so many things these days are just expected to fall into kids' laps that they seem to be totally ungrateful, demanding and with no respect for the value of things. Is this just me turning into a grumpy old man, or do these kids need a metaphorical slap?
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Post by tangent on Jul 18, 2013 23:18:07 GMT
In my day, you were no one unless your dad had a chariot drawn by two gold stallions.
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Post by Alvamiga on Jul 19, 2013 7:27:39 GMT
Was your dad in possession of that great status symbol?
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Post by Mari on Jul 19, 2013 8:58:03 GMT
You do need to make a distinction between what kids say to their mates and what they actually get at home. I 'need' a bigger TV in my bedroom for my Wii, doesn't mean I'm going to buy/get it. That said, kids get spoiled an awful lot these days, I agree.
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Post by tangent on Jul 19, 2013 12:56:49 GMT
Was your dad in possession of that great status symbol? Of course, and over a dozen slaves.
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Post by bill on Jul 19, 2013 13:38:18 GMT
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Post by tangent on Jul 19, 2013 17:19:01 GMT
We had a TV in 1949. My dad obtained a circuit diagram from the BBC and made it himself.
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Post by bill on Jul 19, 2013 18:07:38 GMT
We had a TV in 1949. My dad obtained a circuit diagram from the BBC and made it himself. Wow! My Dad was good but he never made TV. When we got our TV the nearest transmitter was Sutton Coldfield which was too far away and the picture kept 'slipping'. The Holme Moss transmitter was opened in time for the Coronation in 1953.
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Post by Alvamiga on Jul 19, 2013 19:29:38 GMT
We had a clunky black and white TV that took about a minute to come on. No colour until I was in my mid-teens. No video until late 80s. Oh, the fun we used to have with the vertical hold!
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Post by tangent on Jul 19, 2013 19:53:06 GMT
We had a clunky black and white TV that took about a minute to come on. That was quick! Ours took five minutes to warm up.
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Post by tangent on Jul 19, 2013 20:07:33 GMT
When we got our TV the nearest transmitter was Sutton Coldfield which was too far away and the picture kept 'slipping'. There were two buttons at the back for adjusting the horizontal and vertical hold. If you remember, in Porridge, Fletch picked up a TV and held it vertically above his head, intending to throw it at another prisoner. When a warden challenged him, he claimed to be adjusting the vertical hold.
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Post by JoeP on Jul 19, 2013 20:20:37 GMT
I remember that episode.
Do you remember: "We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical."
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Post by Mari on Jul 19, 2013 20:44:32 GMT
We never had a black and white TV, though I love black and white musicals, especially with Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby. I guess I'm too young to participate in this thread, eh?
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Post by jayme on Jul 19, 2013 22:27:36 GMT
I love black and white musicals, especially with Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby. Yesssss! Yes! (I am, too, except I'm strangely older than Alva.)
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Post by tangent on Jul 19, 2013 22:53:32 GMT
Do you remember: "We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical." The Outer Limits, yes. I dare say few people will understand the reference to the horizontal and vertical holds, to which I presume they were referring.
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Post by Alvamiga on Jul 20, 2013 7:38:05 GMT
I not only remember that episode of Porridge, I saw it only a number of days ago. I also used to use a film projector, with silent movies on (mostly Buster Keaton), along with a spool-to-spool tape recorder (which I still have) and phonogram (hi-tech radio and record player in one). One of our TVs even had a 525/625 selector on it!
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Post by Alvamiga on Jul 20, 2013 7:49:18 GMT
Do you remember: "We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical." The Outer Limits, yes. I dare say few people will understand the reference to the horizontal and vertical holds, to which I presume they were referring. During this, they'd make the picture respond to what was being said; the horizontal and vertical made the screen change size, rather than roll, although they did touch on the vertical hold stuff.
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