Who watches bowling on TV

[LH-B744]

I'm old enough to remember when TV sets run on cathode tubes. They took 10 min. to warm up (sounds would come up after 5 min.) and in the winter time they doubled as a house heater. Back then they were not manufactured in some Asiatic country but in my case in the USSR. Weighted about 50 kg (that's 100 pounds for you Americans) and were extremely reliable except for the rare occasion when they would spontaneously enter the self combustion mode.

Well, as for P3 (well educated people like druggists tend to go for bigger cities? Imho thats no difference between the US and Germany...)

I want to spontaneously weigh my TV . And I guess it is manufactured in Portugal (!) until I can give further proof.

[P3_Super_Bee]

I'm old enough to remember when TV sets run on cathode tubes. They took 10 min. to warm up (sounds would come up after 5 min.) and in the winter time they doubled as a house heater. Back then they were not manufactured in some Asiatic country but in my case in the USSR. Weighted about 50 kg (that's 100 pounds for you Americans) and were extremely reliable except for the rare occasion when they would spontaneously enter the self combustion mode.

Remember going to the corner drug store, (damn there isn't any of those around anymore either.) with my Dad so he could put the tubes on the tester, they had so he'd know which one went bad and needed to replace, so we could watch tv...

[Peter_K]

I'm old enough to remember when TV sets run on cathode tubes. They took 10 min. to warm up (sounds would come up after 5 min.) and in the winter time they doubled as a house heater. Back then they were not manufactured in some Asiatic country but in my case in the USSR. Weighted about 50 kg (that's 100 pounds for you Americans) and were extremely reliable except for the rare occasion when they would spontaneously enter the self combustion mode.

[TheRealAncientMarine]

I am old enough to remember once having a TV and then to have gotten rid of it as I can see no reason any more to have one.

Keeps wifey off my back and grandchildren quiet in the morning. Used to be a place to put your drink. Not anymore, too narrow.
Per

[HalcyonDays]

I am old enough to remember not having TV at all. It hadn't reached my part of the world.
Per

I am old enough to remember once having a TV and then to have gotten rid of it as I can see no reason any more to have one.

[TheRealAncientMarine]

Concur.

I am old enough to remember when televison programs came through the air, and telephone conversations came through a wire...

I am old enough to remember not having TV at all. It hadn't reached my part of the world.
Per

[Princess Leia]

See, that's what she gets for being a dumpy white girl with poor clothing choices.

[SYDCBRWOD]

And you had to get up off your ass to change the channel.

Yep - I remember being the old man's 'remote control'...

[P3_Super_Bee]

Concur.

I am old enough to remember when televison programs came through the air, and telephone conversations came through a wire...

And you had to get up off your ass to change the channel.

[Digger]

Before there was cable, ....

Concur.

I am old enough to remember when televison programs came through the air, and telephone conversations came through a wire...

[Optimus Prime]

I happen to enjoy Bowling......I like to watch...

Like to go 10 frames with that!!!

[3WE]

Also,

Before there was cable, it was a special treat to see All in the Family, The Jeffersons, The Carol Burnett Show, The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, and Michael Jackson as a young, talented, normal African American child on the Ed Sullivan Show.

[3WE]

Also,

Before there was cable, it was a special treat to see Boeing 727's fly overhead in the TCA.

[3WE]

Also,

Before there was cable, it was a special treat to see Boeing707's fly overhead in the TCA

[3WE]

Before there was cable, it was a special treat to see bowling on Saturday during the sports programming hours.