Boomer Support Thread

[Kanye Wyoming]

FBM support would be rather classified.

Missing is a mention that those whippersnappers couldn't actually dial a phone or run a TV without a remote....

I remember, as a small child growing up in the frontier country of suburban Philadelphia, having to get up, walk (uphill) to the TV to change the channel, and then walk back (also uphill) to my chair.

Every. Single. Time. I. Wanted. To. Change. The. Channel.

[blues]

I thought the only support we Boomers needed were to keep our testicles from dragging on the ground. (And ways to combat unwanted ear and back hair.)

[SeriousStudent]

I remember, as a small child growing up in the frontier country of suburban Philadelphia, having to get up, walk (uphill) to the TV to change the channel, and then walk back (also uphill) to my chair.

Every. Single. Time. I. Wanted. To. Change. The. Channel.

I was about to say, when I was a child, I WAS the remote control.

[Robinson]

RJ, you can't bait me with your vile unpatriotic 1911 bashing in this or any or thread. I simply won't fall for... waitaminute... dammit!

[Cypher]

I remember when the M in MTV stood for "Music" I also remember the first video ever played on MTV, The Buggles Video Killed The Radio Star

[Kanye Wyoming]

I thought the only support we Boomers needed were to keep our testicles from dragging on the ground. (And ways to combat unwanted ear and back hair.)

Do your testicles drag on the ground? Fear not. It's the Testicuzzi!

[BehindBlueI's]

True, but as a fellow member of Gen X, surely you at least remember using a TV which did not even have a remote at some point in your childhood.

I remember *being* the remote. Voice activated as well.

Adjusting rabbit ears was no big deal. Going outside to spin the aerial, that was a good time.

[Redhat]

- How to write in cursive
- How to dial a rotary phone
- Heck, how to just sit still in peace and quiet and ponder life

[blues]

I remember *being* the remote. Voice activated as well.

Adjusting rabbit ears was no big deal. Going outside to spin the aerial, that was a good time.

Especially in winter.

My dad would yell out the window to tell me to turn it a little more to the left or right on the roof of our apartment building. Or knock the snow off.

My late father-in-law wouldn't let anyone else in the family adjust his TV or the antenna on the roof. I seemed to be the only one that could tune to the Italian language stations on the UHF band.

Old TV's were like old cars. There was room to work inside the cabinet and parts you could replace.

[Glenn E. Meyer]

What is 'streaming' ?