Kids these days will never know….

[B52G8rAC]

The tabletop football game with the vibrating metal surface

That sucker never worked. Rock'em Sock'em Robots were fun. For 4.6 minutes.

 

[NOLAGATOR]

My dad retired from USAF as a radar and electronics Sr. Master Sgt., and then started a business repairing TVs for hotels in Daytona. Had more business than he could handle but never expanded.

My job was to test all of the tubes when we went to the electronics store - I’d have a paper bag full of tubes and felt like a badass knowing how to work the machine (and having tubes to test).

Tubes? You mean like test tubes? Or the surfing kind?

 

[Back Alley Gator]

Tubes? You mean like test tubes? Or the surfing kind?

He means fallopian tubes, nola...they lined up for blocks....

 

[BNAG8R]

Tubes? You mean like test tubes? Or the surfing kind?

Your old tv was full of these:

 

[NOLAGATOR]

Your old tv was full of these:

I'm 62

 

[CDGator]

waterbeds

 

[NOLAGATOR]

8 Tracks​

 

[Back Alley Gator]

Gator national championships.....too soon?

 

[Jack o' Diamonds]

Your old tv was full of these:

These things were state of the art when I went through Navy ET school....

 

[B52G8rAC]

If you find a 7-11 Tube Tester with the bottom cabinet full of tubes, it is worth a fortune. Radio restorers want those things with a passion. Saw one go for 26K online a couple of years ago.

 

[CDGator]

Christmas decorations circa 1975

 

[secgator]

The release of new music videos on MTV. Was a big deal back then.

Case in point---this video was released 41 years ago today! Nov 27, 1981!

41 years.

 

[Back Alley Gator]

The release of new music videos on MTV. Was a big deal back then.

Case in point---this video was released 41 years ago today! Nov 27, 1981!

41 years.

I hate you so much right now.

 

[Detroitgator]

I hate you so much right now.

He's only human
Of flesh and blood, he's made
Human
Born to make mistakes

 

[CDGator]

He's only human
Of flesh and blood, he's made
Human
Born to make mistakes

That much is true

 

[Detroitgator]

That much is true

My older sister really liked that song, sooooo... my little brother and I would sing the line previous to that as "I was working as a waitress in a topless bar..." Drove her nuts, REALLY pissed her off... it was awesome.

 

[CDGator]

 

[Gator By Marriage]

I thought it was 555-1212

I think that was predecessor to 411. Time where I grew up was 844-1212. 936-1212 was the weather.

 

[secgator]

Kids play hard nowadays and need water. Go in, grab a bottle.

When we were kids, hot summer day this was our water:

 

[Back Alley Gator]

Kids play hard nowadays and need water. Go in, grab a bottle.

When we were kids, hot summer day this was our water:

Tasted damn good too!! Of course you had to let it run awhile to get all the sun baked hose water out, and the comparatively cool house water in....