"Cheri" wrote:

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>"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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>> On Sat, 12 Apr 2014 17:33:33 -0700, "Cheri" >
>> wrote:
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>>>
>>>"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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>>>> On Sat, 12 Apr 2014 15:56:55 -0400, Dave Smith
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On 2014-04-12 12:23 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I know you remember when televisions used to be really expensive.
>>>>>> They
>>>>>> were often huge heavy pieces of furniture.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>They are cheaper now than they were back in the 60s, and that is without
>>>>>factoring for inflation. You also needed to be technically minded to
>>>>>keep them running because they needed frequent tube replacements.
>>>>
>>>> And very often you needed to call a TV repairman, who most times would
>>>> also sell you a new tuner... there was no remote back then... to
>>>> change channels you had to get up off your ass.
>>>
>>>That's why we had children. :-)
>>>
>>>Cheri
>>
>> Back then children were in bed by 8 PM or earlier, and they didn't
>> dare give parents any lip for fear of a good lickin'.
>
>They were in bed early because they were worn out from running back and
>forth changing those channels. ;-)
>
>Cheri

Actually kids were not permitted to change channels, TVs were much too
expensive to let kids fiddle with the dials... in most homes "The
Wife" wasn't permitted to touch the TV... Archie would call you a
dingbat and you'd know to tick a lip. Ahahahahaha. . . .