Pardon the interruption: A reader suggested that it's just a matter of time before nations will require evidence of vaccination before allowing travel into their country. Now from Macrumors:
Los Angeles County residents who receive a COVID-19 vaccination are able to add a digital record of their vaccination to the Apple Wallet app.
Now, back to the original post.
How many television sets did you have in your house when you were growing up?
We had one. We had one television set in our home when I was growing up. For many years it was "black and white" and the one network (yes, one network) signed off at midnight, with a a waving flag and the National Anthem" and one of the "count-down clocks" with a voice-over thanking us for tuning in (as if we had a choice of networks) and reminding us the network would be back "on" in the morning. KUMV was an NBC network. KUMV: K-upper Missouri valley.
I was reminded of that when I visited our daughter's home in Portland, OR. She had not one television set in her home. However, with the four adults there:
- four iPhones, including the newest model for one; monthly data account for each;
- two large-screen Apple Mac desktop sets; both connected to the internet;
- two iPods -- older versions never used any more but still functional;
- two MacBook Air laptops; both fairly recent vintage; both connected to the internet;
- one iPad; brand new; connected to the internet;
- one Apple watch; an older model;
Now, as an investor, did your parents invest in the company that manufactured that one television set that sat in your home where you grew up? Was there a monthly cable charge for that television set with one station? LOL. Was Roku ($30/monthly); Netflix ($30/monthly); HBO ($30/monthly) available? LOL.
LOL. Investing in the 1950's. LOL.
Also note: one can buy a television set for less than any one of the Apple items listed above.
Oh, by the way, did the company that manufactured your television set in 1956 also have plans to manufacture a driverless EV?
Just saying.
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we had 1 AM radio when i was a child, and 1 Black/white TV.. my oldest sister had ( i believe lazy eye ) so on top of the black/white screen was taped a right half RED film and a Left half Green film .. this lasted for about a year.. My father used a metal wind mill tower for a TV tower that he took down from a farm site and re/erected in town ,set the angle of the antenna with a pipe wrench. then bolted the column in place.. ( we only got 1 channel..) When Gunsmoke was on TV,NO kid talked , cause dad was watching TV. don
ReplyDeleteIsn't that amazing??!! And in one generation we've moved to multiple televisions with infinite options, and then all the mobile devices. It really is mind-boggling.
DeleteFirst duty station in West Germany we had AFN sign on at 12 noon. Signed off after 10 pm news.
ReplyDeleteBig thing going was Luke and Laura on General Hospital.
Amazing how a goofy soap could mesmerize an entire day room full of MP's for an hour.
3 yrs later and AFN was up to 9am-midnight
You must have been in Germany a decade before we got there. It seems we had AFN all day long but I could be mistaken. I don't know if AFN went past midnight or not. We lived off base and I don't recall AFN in Germany except when we were on base / on post.
DeleteIn England, we lived on base, and we had AFN but I don't remember much of it. I don't recall even watching much BBC.
'78-81 first trip, 82-84 second trip. Things were changing fast then. Would not even recognize it now.
ReplyDeleteWow, you are so correct. My first tour, Bitburg AB, Germany, 1983 - 1986; then a second tour, Bitburg AB, Germany, 1989 - 1993 (or thereabouts) -- but after the BRAC which resulted in Bitburg closing and consolidating with Spangdahlem -- you are so correct -- not recognizable at all. The area has grown so much in population. The old Bitburg Air Base now an industrial zone. Great memories. So incredibly fortunate to have experienced it.
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