Memories.....
08-03-2017, 06:43 PM
#151
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That test pattern scared the heck out of me. I remember it had a loud buzzing too and all the lines and circles scared me to death. My brothers and sister used to ask me if I wanted to watch cartoons and they would put the TV on early in the morning and there it would be. ( I was the youngest). I would then go screaming to my parents.
Several years ago I was watching a movie and in it they were watching the TV and the test pattern came on. OMG I was still freaked out by it!
My siblings traumatized me
Several years ago I was watching a movie and in it they were watching the TV and the test pattern came on. OMG I was still freaked out by it!
My siblings traumatized me
08-03-2017, 07:37 PM
#152
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LOL, SusieQOH! I remember having a recurring dream when I was around age 7 or 8, it was of a tree with dark black limbs and branches, and the leaves that would grow to the point of consuming me. So weird and so seemingly harmless, yet it plagued me for months, and even after the dream no longer visited me, I still had creepy thoughts about it that haunted me for months and months after.
The weird and unusual things that spook young children.
The weird and unusual things that spook young children.
08-03-2017, 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Endora
LOL, SusieQOH! I remember having a recurring dream when I was around age 7 or 8, it was of a tree with dark black limbs and branches, and the leaves that would grow to the point of consuming me. So weird and so seemingly harmless, yet it plagued me for months, and even after the dream no longer visited me, I still had creepy thoughts about it that haunted me for months and months after.
The weird and unusual things that spook young children.
The weird and unusual things that spook young children.
08-05-2017, 09:17 AM
#154
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Originally Posted by SusieQOH
I know what you mean. What really surprised me was seeing the test pattern on a tiny TV in a movie freaked me out! Can you believe it? I think it was Raising ARizona, but I'm not certain.
I've seen Raising Arizona. What a kooky movie.
08-07-2017, 11:38 AM
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Originally Posted by huntannette
hey we never had a phone...had to go to the store for that.....and diaper delivery wow .....my mom cleaned them herself
08-07-2017, 11:45 AM
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[QUOTE=butterflywing;2251626]
Headlight dip-switches on the floor of the car.we had that
Ignition switches on the dashboard.had that
Trouser leg clips for bicycles without chain guards. i had one
Soldering irons you heated on a gas burner.dad had one
Using hand signals for cars without turn indicators. yup
>
Older Than Dirt Quiz:
Count all the ones that you remember, not the ones you were told about.
Ratings at the bottom.
1.. Sweet cigarettes ????
2. Coffee shops with juke boxes they're still around
3. Home milk delivery in glass bottles had those delivered in 1967-69
4. Party lines on the telephoneaunt had that-great fun
5. Newsreels before the movie black and white and noisy
6. TV test patterns that came on at night after the last show and were there until TV shows started again in the morning..they're gone? (There were only 2 channels [if you were fortunate])
7. Peashooters we still use one - i can't tell you why
8. 33 rpm recordsstill have my warped ones
9. 45 RPM records those too
10. Hi-fi's how else can you play the 45's?
11. Metal ice trays with levers in the basement freezer
12. Blue flashbulb brownie hawkeye
13. Cork popguns gave one as a xmas gift
14. Wash tub wringers my mom had one in the kitchen
i can't believe how old i am. i can't get parts for things that
aren't even as old as i am. if i lose one more piece on my blind-stitcher, it's all over.
it was built in 1930, only 12 years before i was built. so many things i use are over 50 years old and they still work fine. how long will the new ones last?
EDIT: anyone remember diaper delivery? i got that as baby gifts - one year for each child.
Sure do. I used to babysit for a mom that used diaper service, and I remember how I used to have to walk the wet and dirty diapers through the house (after I changed them) to put them in the plastic diaper pail which sat in the back porch!
Originally Posted by Ditter43
Headlight dip-switches on the floor of the car.we had that
Ignition switches on the dashboard.had that
Trouser leg clips for bicycles without chain guards. i had one
Soldering irons you heated on a gas burner.dad had one
Using hand signals for cars without turn indicators. yup
>
Older Than Dirt Quiz:
Count all the ones that you remember, not the ones you were told about.
Ratings at the bottom.
1.. Sweet cigarettes ????
2. Coffee shops with juke boxes they're still around
3. Home milk delivery in glass bottles had those delivered in 1967-69
4. Party lines on the telephoneaunt had that-great fun
5. Newsreels before the movie black and white and noisy
6. TV test patterns that came on at night after the last show and were there until TV shows started again in the morning..they're gone? (There were only 2 channels [if you were fortunate])
7. Peashooters we still use one - i can't tell you why
8. 33 rpm recordsstill have my warped ones
9. 45 RPM records those too
10. Hi-fi's how else can you play the 45's?
11. Metal ice trays with levers in the basement freezer
12. Blue flashbulb brownie hawkeye
13. Cork popguns gave one as a xmas gift
14. Wash tub wringers my mom had one in the kitchen
i can't believe how old i am. i can't get parts for things that
aren't even as old as i am. if i lose one more piece on my blind-stitcher, it's all over.
it was built in 1930, only 12 years before i was built. so many things i use are over 50 years old and they still work fine. how long will the new ones last?
EDIT: anyone remember diaper delivery? i got that as baby gifts - one year for each child.
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