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I'm so old I remember... Rabbit Ears on top of the old black & white TV.. with aluminum foil hanging to get that " FORTH" Channel.. The 4th Channel at night had Milton Burl ..
HA! I remember that. We thought we'd really moved up in the world when we got one of these ...
Of course we still only had three, maybe four, channels from which to choose.
I'm so old I remember... Trying to remember either Sears & Roebuck or Montgomery Wards had a home survival kit. Basically Korean War Vintage MRE meals - Water distillery for safe drinking water - blankets - first aid kit.. and a " Geiger Counter" for home use.
All we got with UHF converters was Wrestling and Mexican stations.
We now get more over the air stations than we get on basic cable. Most are Mexican stations though.
Us, as well. The funny thing about it is, even though we only picked up three or four stations, there was always something good to watch. Nowadays, you can have cable or satellite with 150 stations and everything on them is garbage. lol
I live close enough to the broadcast towers, I don't have cable OR satellite. Just an indoor antenna. I get to watch the cool shows from years ago ... Perry Mason, Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Mannix, Ironside, Carol Burnett, The (original) Tonight Show with Johnny Carson ... oh so many
Everyone's mother hung clothes outside on the line to dry, then spent a day or two ironing while listening to Art Linkletter on the radio. Moms sprinkled the clothes with a pop bottle with a sprinkler top on it. If they didn't get finished, they rolled the damp clothes up in the refrigerator until the next day, so they wouldn't get moldy.
Everyone's mother hung clothes outside on the line to dry, then spent a day or two ironing while listening to Art Linkletter on the radio. Moms sprinkled the clothes with a pop bottle with a sprinkler top on it. If they didn't get finished, they rolled the damp clothes up in the refrigerator until the next day, so they wouldn't get moldy.
Gas Powered Washer on the back porch with the " Mangaler " that would wring on the clothes.. before hanging on the line
and when electric washing machines came out, some neighbor boys used that Maytag gas motor to power a homebuilt scooter.
Yes... many of those old washer got transformed.. friend on mine in 2nd - 3rd grade at his grandmother place got his hand / arm caught in that ringer.. messed him up for life.. all most tore the arm off..
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either Sears & Roebuck or Montgomery Wards had a home survival kit. Basically Korean War Vintage MRE meals - Water distillery for safe drinking water - blankets - first aid kit.. and a " Geiger Counter" for home use.
