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lisab
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turbo-1 said:...the only show broadcast locally in color at the time was Flipper.
Hahaha...the first show in color featured a large GREY animal...
turbo-1 said:...the only show broadcast locally in color at the time was Flipper.
What a memory this evokes. I was in kindergarten and we were marched to the basement of the school where we stood with our faces to the wall and our arms wrapped around our heads. We were told that this would protect us from bombs. The image that formed in my mind was that of cannon balls coming though the walls at all angles and leaving holes in the exact shape of the ball like in a Saturday morning cartoon.turbo-1 said:I remember ducking under my flimsy little desk at school in response to air-raid sirens. This despite the fact that our elementary school was less that 1/10th mile downstream from a huge hydro impoundment that would have swept away the whole town (and lots of others) if the dam had been breached.
Evo said:I remember reading the pamphlets to have a fallout shelter installed in our backyard. My parents decided against it.
_Mayday_ said:I remember when we only had playstation 2's life was hard looking back.
non-HD tv's
At least it was useful.chemisttree said:Our landlord filled in the fallout shelter with sand. I had the best, deepest sandbox, er... litterbox in the neighborhood. I tried to dig to China once.
Ooh! My mother and sisters had one of those.Evo said:I remember the only portable hair dryer was a large round plastic box that you could sling over your shoulder and it had a hose that went to a plastic bonnet that inflated on your head.
:rofl: Oh, that's a good one!lisab said:Tuning the TV using the UHF dial. You'd get it perfect, and as soon as you let go of the dial (or the rabbit ears) it would go snowy.
We would all chase the trucks! We'd tie a handkerchief over our nose and mouth so we could breath better.chemisttree said:I remember when they used to drive through the neighborhoods fogging for mosquitos with DDT. It was so fun chasing that truck...
Tom Mattson said:I remember when MTV played music videos.
Evo said:I watched the moon landing on tv.