Quote Originally Posted by momcat View Post
And we always had to let the tv warm up before we could watch anything. I can also remember my Dad taking the back off when the tv didn't work, take out the dead tube thing then go to the store for a new tube of some sort. Replace the old one - good as new and no degree in engineering required.
Yup - my dad was hi-tech, and finally got some gadget where he could test the tubes in the t.v. and old radio at home. If one wasn't actually dead,, but just weak, he would replace it before it completely died out. I often wonder what my parents would think of today's technology -- computers, IPads, Pods & phones, flat panel t.v.'s, digital cameras - and digital EVERYTHING - and on and on and on. I suppose all this technology that WE have right now, will look primitive when we are gone, and the grandkids will wonder how we ever lived this way.