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I remember when we had one remote (if lucky) and a TV. You change channels and immediately get the next channel on screen. Now you need about 3 remotes to control this and that digital devices. No channels are on the numbers they should be on and they take about 10 seconds to finally show up once you change a channel.
......I remember watch faces that glowed in the dark. The numbers were painted with radium that absorbed light and then glowed in the dark. Many of those employed to paint the watch faces later died of cancer, as did Marie Curie, the discoverer of radium.
I remember when Dad would let me stand between his legs and steer the car while he drove. That probably would be considered a form of child abuse today, but it was a huge thrill for a six-year-old.
I remember when electric sockets didn't care which way you inserted the plug.
I remember when you could actually buy something with a penny.
I remember when postage stamps cost three cents.
I remember the Helms Bakery truck stopping on our street, the driver opening the back and pulling out polished blonde wood drawers full of fragrant treats and Mom buying me a glazed donut for a nickel.
I remember thinking that "The Mickey Mouse Club" really was a club and that any kid could just show up at the studio and be on the show.
I remember when every AM radio had a mark on the dial for Conelrad, the Government's emergency channel.
I remember when you dimmed the headlights of your car with your foot, using a button on the floor.
Damn, we are now old. I remember all of those things.
I cut oats with a tractor and grain binder and shocked oat bundles until 1969. ( switched over to using a swather and combine )
I pitched oat bundles into the threshing machine that did the threshing for 6 of us neighbors and we all helped out at each others farm ( known as the " threshing ring" )
i remember when long distance calls were so expensive you would only make them on special occasions, and for a short period of time.
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I worked at water and sewer plants until I retired this year. When testing drinking water with Colisure media, if the media fluoresced blue under UV light, the sample was positive for E. coli. I used to tell people that the long wavelength UV light we used was just like the one they had on their Elvis poster.
......I remember watch faces that glowed in the dark. The numbers were painted with radium that absorbed light and then glowed in the dark. Many of those employed to paint the watch faces later died of cancer, as did Marie Curie, the discoverer of radium.
somewhere i heard that it was common practice for the folks (usually women) who were painting those tiny numbers with tiny brushes to frequently wet the brushes on the tongue to make the points fine.
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