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You know you're old when.....
GreyWoolfe:
Pushbutton transmissions (don't play with the buttons, they can fall inside the dashboard-don't ask how I know) Peeling the side label off my black Converse hightops and writing on the white rubber piece at the toe. Wearing ties in public grammar school. Going to Gym class, none of this P.E. rubbish. Tub washing machine with the wringing rollers. Having a Sting Ray bike when they first came out and putting baseball cards in the spokes with clothespins. Getting yelled at by Mom for taking her broomstick handle to play stick ball with. Getting Matchbox cars that came in boxes and being a teenager when Hot Wheels first came out. I used to play hard with them till all the paint was off. Now I display my collection in UV resistant Acrylic cases on the walls in my office, wishing I had those cars to add.
CatalinaWOW:
Cars with hydraulic power door locks. Can't image who thought this was a good idea. Fortunately they weren't mass market.
richnormand:
@ GlennSprigg
"Not to mention the 'Sales Gimics' back then, trying to sell you a 'special' Colour TV Aerial!!! :palm:"
Same people selling "digital" TV antennas today...???
NiHaoMike:
To be fair, there is a bit of truth to it, in that newer standards that cram more information into the same bandwidth would be more picky about signal quality. Especially in the US where they used the oddball 8VSB.
coppice:
--- Quote from: richnormand on July 03, 2021, 11:03:18 pm ---Same people selling "digital" TV antennas today...???
--- End quote ---
It depends where you live, and the broadcast system there, but "digital TV antennae" can be ones optimised for the band used for digital broadcasts in that area.
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