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[TerryP]

I played some back then, about all we had to do after dark.

Here's something I hated as a kid, but now look back and really appreciate what she did.

I grew up a VERY conservative Baptist home. The preacher went as far as to get as many of the congregation to not have a TV has he could. My mom bought in. My first TV was one I bought with money I'd earned: she didn't have anything she could really say.

But, my point is...for all those years we didn't have a TV, after dark I read, and read, and read.

 

[Krimson]

Here's something I hated as a kid, but now look back and really appreciate what she did.

I grew up a VERY conservative Baptist home. The preacher went as far as to get as many of the congregation to not have a TV has he could. My mom bought in. My first TV was one I bought with money I'd earned: she didn't have anything she could really say.

But, my point is...for all those years we didn't have a TV, after dark I read, and read, and read.

We weren't that conservative but typical southern Baptist. We had 2 channels, 3 on a good day so we didn't have much to do after dark besides read or play games unless you wanted to watch Dallas or Knots Landing.

 

[TerryP]

We weren't that conservative but typical southern Baptist. We had 2 channels, 3 on a good day so we didn't have much to do after dark besides read or play games unless you wanted to watch Dallas or Knots Landing.

I had to think about this for a second or two. In Athens, I could get four at my grandparents house. In Huntsville, by 1980, we had six: CBS, NBC, ABC, PBS, UPN, another I can't remember other than a lot of old westerns. IT seems there was a NBC affiliate I could pick up as well, so maybe seven.

I still remember that TV: almost wish I'd kept it over the years. It was $119.99 at K-Mart. I put it on lay-away. Took 13 weeks I think...seems like I biked up there that many times.

 

[Rsedge72]

we had six: CBS, NBC, ABC, PBS, UPN,

These are the 6 we had too. We got cable tv when I was in high school (around 15-20 extra channels) (around 83-84). I can remember late at night finding the “playboy” channel scrambled. We’d watch a bunch of squiggly lines, and every so often you could discern a “boob”!!!

Teenage boys!!!!!!

 

[rick4bama]

We weren't that conservative but typical southern Baptist. We had 2 channels, 3 on a good day so we didn't have much to do after dark besides read or play games unless you wanted to watch Dallas or Knots Landing.

I had to think about this for a second or two. In Athens, I could get four at my grandparents house. In Huntsville, by 1980, we had six: CBS, NBC, ABC, PBS, UPN, another I can't remember other than a lot of old westerns. IT seems there was a NBC affiliate I could pick up as well, so maybe seven.

I still remember that TV: almost wish I'd kept it over the years. It was $119.99 at K-Mart. I put it on lay-away. Took 13 weeks I think...seems like I biked up there that many times.

Well, this was from 1960-1973. Antenna pint one way we got Atlanta Channel 2, 5, 11, if pointed the other way, it was Columbus, Channel 3,9 can't remember getting an NBC station from Columbus. PBS get that without and antenna, because we only live about 40 miles from Mount Cheaha. Then we started getting channel 17 out of Atlanta before Ted. Then Channel 40 was out of Anniston.

Funny fact here Channel 40 had a Dialing for Dollar afternoon movie. At one time we had a phone, after a while it was taking out. So a girl I was liking lived about 1/2 mile from me. Guess who got our old number, and won the prize from the movie. But she didn't have the phone that lone. We got a letter with a coupon in it telling us we won a six pack of coke.

 

[TerryP]

These are the 6 we had too. We got cable tv when I was in high school (around 15-20 extra channels) (around 83-84). I can remember late at night finding the “playboy” channel scrambled. We’d watch a bunch of squiggly lines, and every so often you could discern a “boob”!!!

Teenage boys!!!!!!

Was it the box you where you turned the knob? (oh shit, didn't mean that but like it.)

My dad, when I visited in the summers, had that channel in their bedroom. It took a minute or two, but my brother and I figured out how a matchbook, between the channel numbers, worked. Roswell, GA. Oh man...

I got some stories from those trips. Geez.

 

[TerryP]

Antenna pint one way we got Atlanta Channel 2, 5, 11,

I almost mentioned this earlier. The TV had the basic antenna. Two "poles," extendable. I went to Radio Shack and bought several feet of wire and made my own. I did have some wires running around my room, but it worked.

 

[Krimson]

These are the 6 we had too. We got cable tv when I was in high school (around 15-20 extra channels) (around 83-84). I can remember late at night finding the “playboy” channel scrambled. We’d watch a bunch of squiggly lines, and every so often you could discern a “boob”!!!

Teenage boys!!!!!!

After we got the big aluminum satellite dish I found playboy scrambled and watched those squiggly lines too. You had to be careful though because the dish had to go straight up to find that satellite, F4, so everyone who saw the dish knew what you were watching.

 

[rick4bama]

This was the first one I saw and almost bought, but the price stop me $6,000.00+ around 1983-84. The salesman almost got me, telling me I will get all the cable prime TV to for free. Thing is about 6 months later news broke that all the prime TV was going to block their signal.

 

[TerryP]

 

[Krimson]

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Think they're confused on Henry and Thomas.

 

[TerryP]

Think they're confused on Henry and Thomas.

It's not a site I follow. There's some personal bias that...watch it for a minute on X. You'll see.

 

[rick4bama]

 

[It Takes Eleven]

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Unused.

 

[TerryP]

 

[Bamabww]

I grew up a VERY conservative Baptist home.

But, my point is...for all those years we didn't have a TV, after dark I read, and read, and read.

Same here but I only read and read. I turned to music, listening to music that is. I remember our pastor condemned the, what was it a play or movie or maybe both, Jesus Christ Superstar. So the next week all of our SS class bought the album or 8 track tape.

 

[TerryP]

I remember our pastor condemned the, what was it a play or movie or maybe both,

I can remember this guy coming to the church for a few days; revival type thing. His only "schtick" was Rock and Roll music. I can remember him pointing out people tapping their feet and comparing it to something from "Satan."

Some of the interpretations I can remember aren't so different than Joseph Smith: no foundation.

 

[Krimson]

Same here but I only read and read. I turned to music, listening to music that is. I remember our pastor condemned the, what was it a play or movie or maybe both, Jesus Christ Superstar. So the next week all of our SS class bought the album or 8 track tape.

I was told that Hotel California was devil music, was my favorite album at the time.

 

[Krimson]

Fort Jefferson in the dry tortugas.

 

[TerryP]