[AT] OT:(now tv)

[Ralph Goff]

Guess I'm old too then because I recall the 2 channel system. Black and 
white of course. Not sure how many hours a day but at some point the music 
would play and sign off for "test pattern" for the rest of the night.
TV came to the rural areas here in the late 50s, just about 5 years after 
the rural electrification project went through. That sure opened up a lot of 
sales for appliances in the small town businesses.
How about the old tvs that had to warm up when you turned them on? None of 
this instant on with the remote. Seems to me it took about half  a minute 
waiting from the time you turned the old rotary dial on switch til a picture 
came up.
When new tvs with colour came out (about 1967) I believe they had instant on 
with no warm up. What a novelty that was at the time. Amazing how much we 
take for granted nowadays.

Ralph in Sask.
http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Gray" <Robgray at epix.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 11:21 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT: Flashback - Early Farmers Building County Roads


> I'm younger than many on this board, but I'm starting to get old enough to 
> tell "old timer" type of stories to the new, younger employees at work. I 
> thought the reaction of disbelief was  funny when I told about how when I 
> was a kid you would turn on the black and white TV on a Saturday morning 
> anticipating cartoons and you had to wait for the TV station to begin 
> broadcasting for the day. They couldn't believe the TV stations weren't 
> broadcasting 24 hours a day. They really thought I was making things up 
> when I tried to explain the test pattern that came on before the first 
> show of the day. lol
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