Experience

Dearth · #1 07-27-2014, 10:51 PM

Funniest thing ever last night a couple of university students doing summer jobs at a local thrift store I generally don't go in them but tonight I was glad I did. They were gathered around an old Panasonic TV from the '80's it was plugged in but they could not figure out how to turn it on and were looking for the remote to turn it on. They were puzzled to the extreme I saw the problem and went up to the TV and turned the power knob on and then grabbed the channel dial and told them this is how you changed channels.

Their looks were priceless and I couldn't resist so I opened my mouth "experience beats intelligence every time!"

hillegom · #2 07-27-2014, 11:21 PM

priceless

Proteus · #3 07-28-2014, 01:21 AM

Lol nice. Still remember rabbit ears and having to hit the TV to get the picture

hillegom · #4 07-28-2014, 06:46 AM

having to hit the TV to get the picture

Yeah, those tubes needed persuasion now and then.

Gp Scott · #5 07-28-2014, 07:17 AM

We had a color tv but had no sound so we put the old black and white tv on top of it for sound

Proteus · #6 07-28-2014, 11:55 AM

Our TV in the rumpus room was a 13". And main was a 27" now that size is computer monitors

kien · #7 07-28-2014, 11:04 PM

OMG I feel so old now. Black and White TV. That is all. Carry on.

eli@fijireefrock.com · #8 07-29-2014, 12:52 AM

black and white maybe 22" with an outdoor antenna and a stainless colander for a better signal

reefermadness · #9 07-29-2014, 01:20 AM

If you are old enough that you had a record collection, please raise your hand. haha.

At least mine was the minipops and disney stuff, so Im not that old, yet!

Dearth · #10 07-29-2014, 03:12 AM

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Originally Posted by reefermadness

If you are old enough that you had a record collection, please raise your hand. haha.

At least mine was the minipops and disney stuff, so Im not that old, yet!

Between my dad's record collection and mine we had just over 300 records dad was an Elvis fan so lots of those and tons of Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton and others of that era. My record collection was mostly of '60's and '70's "pop and rock" with several kids records thrown in.

That all died when cassette tapes came in

On a side note who remembers http://www.mikanet.com/museum/item.php?item=107