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Downwinders
| August 27th, 2011 at 6:16:31 PM permalink | |
| EvenBob Member since: Jul 18, 2010 Threads: 231 Posts: 6403 |
I remember when cable first started, what a big deal it was. We had 3 stations and they went off the air at 1am. To have TV that never went off, and then a Betamax to record it, it was like the Jetsons lifestyle had come at last.  One casino owner to another: "It would be so much easier if we could just hit them over the head, steal their money, and throw their bodies in the creek." Al Swearengen, Deadwood |
| August 27th, 2011 at 6:24:56 PM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Feb 28, 2010 Threads: 69 Posts: 1211 | My neighbor in Florida had cable TV (1972?). Itl was lots of stations but not much worth watching. Same as today. |
| August 27th, 2011 at 6:38:05 PM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 14, 2009 Threads: 313 Posts: 6783 |
*sigh* Count me as really old then. It's not whether you win or lose; it's whether or not you had a good bet. |
| August 27th, 2011 at 6:43:48 PM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Nov 11, 2009 Threads: 218 Posts: 7281 | I remember B&W TV :P This space is closed for remodeling |
| August 27th, 2011 at 6:53:43 PM permalink | |
| EvenBob Member since: Jul 18, 2010 Threads: 231 Posts: 6403 |
It was a huge deal around 1965 when most network shows went all color. We had to watch it at the neighbors, and when we finally got a color set, it was like the whole world changed. Watching reruns of Gilligans Island and Beverly Hillbillies was wonderful. Wasn't the first season of Gilligan in B/W? One casino owner to another: "It would be so much easier if we could just hit them over the head, steal their money, and throw their bodies in the creek." Al Swearengen, Deadwood |
| August 27th, 2011 at 7:29:36 PM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Feb 28, 2010 Threads: 69 Posts: 1211 | I remember when you couldn't watch TV without having to get up and try to adjust the vertical or horizontal hold to try to fix the damn picture. And no remotes to change channel. Unless you count your parents telling you to change it. ...and walking uphill in the snow, both ways. Unlike today, where you get to walk downhill once in awhile. Yeah, it was a Dali landscape then, with melted clocks and all that. |
| August 27th, 2011 at 7:45:34 PM permalink | |
| JohnnyQ Member since: Nov 3, 2009 Threads: 49 Posts: 590 |
Ditto. Very cool seeing color TV for the first time as a youngster. I think it was Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and the submarine was yellowish at a friend of my Dad's house. Maybe a sly nod to the Beatles ? Now you swear and kick and beg us
That you're not a gamblin' man
Then you find you're back in Vegas
With a handle in your hand |
| August 27th, 2011 at 7:46:52 PM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Nov 11, 2009 Threads: 218 Posts: 7281 |
The upside of remembering all that is that you know today's TVs can be turned on and adjusted without a remote. This space is closed for remodeling |
| August 27th, 2011 at 7:54:49 PM permalink | |
| JohnnyQ Member since: Nov 3, 2009 Threads: 49 Posts: 590 |
OK, just gotta ask, as long as we are looking for good answers, what does the title of this thread mean ? Now you swear and kick and beg us
That you're not a gamblin' man
Then you find you're back in Vegas
With a handle in your hand |
| August 27th, 2011 at 8:12:59 PM permalink | |
| PeteM Member since: Feb 14, 2010 Threads: 4 Posts: 78 | The Downwinders were the folks in Southern Utah who got to absorb the fallout from the Test Site during the days of above ground testing. "Win with a smile, lose with grace." |
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