[Bob in St. Louis]

Wow, "flashback". 

[Guy 13]

Remember remotes that had cords ? 

Hi all,
my father bought a GE television with a cord remote.
The remote was round like a tin can.
It had an on-off switch combine with a volume control
and when you pushed down on the top of the volume control it would go the next set TV station,
at that time, we only had four stations (2-6-10-12) two French and two English.
If I remember right it had six flat rubber coated wires.
Of course, it was black & white and had a 8" full range open baffle under the chassis
and lots of tubes to keep us warm during the cold Montreal winter evening.

Guy 13

 

[thunderbrick]

In college I made a remote audio cord to my easy chair.  A toggle switch killed the sound.

My parents' first remote was like a xylophone.  It had metal bars that were struck by a piano-like hammer.  Motorized channel changing that went CLUNK!  real loud when it changed channels.   Why we needed a remote when there were only three channels is beyond me!   

[ted_b]

I was my parents (or siblings) remote.  As the youngest of four, born in 1954, I was smack dab in the middle of the golden age of tv, and as the child who could get away with it, sat real close to the tv, so I was an arms length from the channel knob.  Plus I was their program guide too. 

[Russell Dawkins]

In college I made a remote audio cord to my easy chair.  A toggle switch killed the sound.

My parents' first remote was like a xylophone.  It had metal bars that were struck by a piano-like hammer.  Motorized channel changing that went CLUNK!  real loud when it changed channels.   Why we needed a remote when there were only three channels is beyond me!   

I remember when I was in high school one of the kid's father bought a big Zenith console (colour) with a huge screen and an acoustic remote like that. It cost a few months wages.
I also remember the time around then when it was discovered that the unshielded radiation from the back of some of those monster CRTs was penetrating the wall behind and affecting the health of sleeping children if they were unlucky enough to be on the other side of the wall.

[Bob in St. Louis]

I remember watching a July Fourth Independents Day fireworks celebration back in the 70's on a black and white TV, and all of sudden my Mother bursts out, "I can't take it any more. Tomorrow we're buying a color television".
 

[JerryM]

[Russell Dawkins]

Don't give me "where's the bar" - you're cut off, JerryM.

[JerryM]

 

[mightym]

Grampaw was a cutting edge early adopter of Electronic gear, I remember him having a remote with 2 count'em TWO buttons on it.  One turned the big B and W TV on and off, and the other cycled it through the chanels, all 13 of them and the pre-set UHF one.

Clunk, Clunk, Clunk......

Of course if you missed the channel you wanted, you had to go all the way around the dial again!

[Guy 13]

In college I made a remote audio cord to my easy chair.  A toggle switch killed the sound.

My parents' first remote was like a xylophone.  It had metal bars that were struck by a piano-like hammer.  Motorized channel changing that went CLUNK!  real loud when it changed channels.   Why we needed a remote when there were only three channels is beyond me!   

Hi thunderbrick.
Zenith came up with that type of remote control, my former boss had one
and I remember clearly the CLUNK sound you are talking about.

Guy 13

[Guy 13]

Grampaw was a cutting edge early adopter of Electronic gear, I remember him having a remote with 2 count'em TWO buttons on it.  One turned the big B and W TV on and off, and the other cycled it through the chanels, all 13 of them and the pre-set UHF one.

Clunk, Clunk, Clunk......

Of course if you missed the channel you wanted, you had to go all the way around the dial again!

Hi mightym,
that the kind of control we had with our General Electric TV like you said,
if you did not remove your thumb on the control,
you had to go all around once more, and the channels were set with big plastic screws
that you had to screw in so that it would it the micro switch,
one screw for each channel from 2 to 12.

Guy 13

[JoshK]

 

[Bob in St. Louis]

[Bob in St. Louis]

A former Sergeant in the Marine Corps took a new job as a high school
teacher. Just before the school year started, he injured his back. He was
required to wear a light plaster cast around the upper part of his body.
Fortunately, the cast fit under his shirt and wasn't noticeable when he wore
his suit coat.

On the first day of class, he found himself assigned to the toughest
students in the school. The smart-aleck punks, having already heard the new
teacher was a former Marine, were leery of him and he knew they would be
testing his discipline in the classroom.

Walking confidently into the rowdy classroom, the new teacher opened the
window wide and sat down at his desk. When a strong breeze made his tie
flap, he picked up a stapler and stapled the tie to his chest.
Dead silence ... The rest of the year went smoothly.

[Guy 13]

Hi Bob in St-Louis,
the first time I read it, I did not get it, but the second time,
I got it and I am still laughing it. 

Guy 13

[JerryM]

[brooklyn]

A hooded robber burst into a Texas bank and forced the tellers to load a sack full of cash.

On his way out the door, a brave Texas customer grabbed the hood and pulled it off revealing
the robber’s face.  The robber shot the customer without a moment’s hesitation.

He then looked around the bank and noticed one of the tellers looking straight at him.
The robber instantly shot him also.  Everyone else, by now very scared, looked intently
down at the floor in silence.

The robber yelled, ‘Well, did anyone else see my face?’

There were a few moments of utter silence in which everyone was plainly afraid to speak.

Then, one old cowboy tentatively raised his hand, and while keeping his head down said,
‘My wife got a pretty good look at you.’
 

[Bob in St. Louis]

[R_burke]

I have one of these, it was on sale for a $100.00, I'll sell it for just $50