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Things You Don't See Anymore Part 3
- Thread starter Richland123
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The combination TV, stand, and World Book Encyclopedia set.
I have a World Book Encyclopedia set exactly like this.
I have a World Book Encyclopedia set exactly like this.
LMAO!!!!!!
What book/magazine is that from?
It looks like it states Teen Magazine on the bottom of the page.
Here is a website link with a larger version to read. It sure is funny.
One of the lines says, "If things get boring, there are a number of kicks you can get besides dancing. You make go and speak to the band or look through the records."
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Kids today got no idea. We used to walk ten feet across shag pile carpet just to change the channel.
With 300 channels that we have I still watch only 3 or 4 of them.
Has Crystal Radio been mentioned yet?
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12 cents?
That's something you don't see anymore.
Me, my crystal set and late night radio. Back b4 FM in my country. Learnt a lot about music through that crappy earphone.
Did you get your World Book Encyclopedia one volume at a time, month by month, from the grocery store like we did?
For that matter, we also had one of those TV stands.
And since I've been digging through a box of these today, I'll add to the list:
"Cassingles!"
It was Funk and Wagnalls encyclopedias at our Food Fair grocery store.Did you get your World Book Encyclopedia one volume at a time, month by month, from the grocery store like we did?
For that matter, we also had one of those TV stands.
And since I've been digging through a box of these today, I'll add to the list:
"Cassingles!"
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Manually converging the electron guns on the Heathkit color TV.
24,000 volts...two inches from my hand...
Fun times!
B.
The acronym NTSC Springs to mind. Don't know what it's supposed to stand for. But when I had to deal with it, it was referred to as Never the Same Colour Twice.
