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Are you old if you remember ...

d'Kong76 Jul 27 2014 09:56 AM

... getting a color tv?

metirish Jul 27 2014 11:54 AM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

Ah man, I wish we had a "like" button.... I would say yes those of us that remember this are the wrong side of 40

batmagadanleadoff Jul 27 2014 12:01 PM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

I got a new color TV last month. I'd feel old if I didn't remember that.

Edgy MD Jul 27 2014 02:43 PM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

How great did that field of static hovering three inches in front of the screen feel? You could float your hand on top of it, but if you reached all the way in and touched it, I guess the set would be grounded, so the field would disperse.

Frayed Knot Jul 27 2014 02:56 PM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

batmagadanleadoff wrote: I got a new color TV last month. I'd feel old if I didn't remember that. If you just bought a new black-and-white set then you'd REALLY remember it.

cooby Jul 27 2014 03:12 PM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

Not only do I remember it, my mom and dad had to go to a furniture store 50 miles away to order it and it was delivered a week or so later. And I remember when we went from one channel (Altoona) to five channels (Altoona (CBS), State College (Public TV), Johnstown (ABC), Scranton (NBC) and WPIX. Dial numbers 2 thru 6. We hit the big time with Dial numbers 2 thru 13 a few years later (and Dad and I bacame Mets fans with WOR)

RealityChuck Jul 27 2014 07:38 PM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

My father sold them, so we got them early.

themetfairy Jul 27 2014 07:46 PM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

We were definitely not early - they had been out for a while before we got our first one. I couldn't wait to finally see my favorite shows in living color.

Mets – Willets Point Jul 27 2014 08:15 PM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

We had a color tv as far back as I remember, but also had a B&W tv in the kitchen. Actually we still had that B&W tv well into the late 1980s when our house was burgled and it was one of the most puzzling items lifted.

Frayed Knot Jul 27 2014 08:23 PM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

I don't remember specific details of the arrival of the first color TV in the house but I certainly recall not having one and having the idea that our house was among the later ones to get one - but it's possible that last one is the electronic equivalent of the walk to school being up-hill in both directions.

Zvon Jul 27 2014 11:33 PM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

I remember very well when my family got our first color TV. Because I was lobbying for one for what seemed like forever. I had been bugging my folks for years. Imagine being an 8 year old fan of Batman and not be able to see it in color. That was okay though. It made the Batman trading cards all the more special to view. And Star Trek as well. But baseball games in B&W? I wish that fate on no one. I was just out of 8th grade. 15 yrs old. I remember saying to my folks," Hey, for my graduation can we get a color TV?" Me bringing up a color TV was so old by now that they knew I was joking. I had given up on actually getting one. But they did get one soon after and I was thought that was so kool. Of course it was probably just good timing & more for the family but I like to think that last graduation push is what did it. I think my desire to colorize stuff, like the 70 Topps WS cards, is rooted in the fact that I wanted a color TV for so long, and watched B&W TV for 15 years. I learned to imagine the colors while watching.

cooby Jul 28 2014 06:25 AM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

themetfairy wrote: We were definitely not early - they had been out for a while before we got our first one. I couldn't wait to finally see my favorite shows in living color. Ha, that reminds me of something. WHen I was really little, maybe even preschool, my Aunt Hazel had a color tv. (She was always innovative). My parents took me down to her house so I could watch Rudolph on it (I swear I am not making this up) I honestly couldn't figure out what was "color" about this tv. I looked and looked and finally saw the cable clip on the back (remember those little plastic clothespinny looking things?) I decided that must have been it and was unimpressed. I must not have watched Rudolph very closely.

Ceetar Jul 28 2014 07:45 AM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

metirish wrote: Ah man, I wish we had a "like" button.... I would say yes those of us that remember this are the wrong side of 40 Does it make you feel older or younger that I'm 32 and remember this? Specifically I remember playing Donkey Kong on my uncle's giant black and white monstrosity that he was adamant he wanted to keep until he got a 3D one. (That TV is long gone, though he doesn't own a 3D one)

dgwphotography Jul 28 2014 10:08 AM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

My love for the Mets was nurtured on Sunday afternoons watching Channel 9 on the little B&W TV in my grandma's kitchen. I remember when my parents got one of those huge console color TVs, and then we put a rotor on the antenna to get the clearest signals.

Edgy MD Jul 28 2014 10:16 AM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

I was the youngest. I was the human antenna of the family.

themetfairy Jul 28 2014 10:39 AM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

Does anyone here remember Wometco Home Theater? Before cable television came to Long Island my parents subscribed to WHT. It had one (count 'em, one) station and used this huge descrambler box so you could see the signal. Programming would start in the evening, and I think they showed two movies a night. Once cable and satellite dishes became more readily available, WHT died a quick death.

batmagadanleadoff Jul 28 2014 10:54 AM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

Wometco was channel 68. It would occasionally come in all snowy and warped out in Brooklyn, and once in a while, even with sound. Wometco showed porn movies at night. Not that me and my friends ever squinted our way through reception challenged '80's porn.

Frayed Knot Jul 28 2014 10:54 AM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

Edgy MD wrote: I was the youngest. I was the human antenna of the family. That's it, don't move, stand just like that. Now hold your left arm out and ...

themetfairy Jul 28 2014 10:55 AM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

I saw The Pretenders' music video for Brass in the Pocket on WHT. It was the first music video I ever watched, and it blew me away.

Frayed Knot Jul 28 2014 10:59 AM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

Frayed Knot wrote: Edgy MD wrote: I was the youngest. I was the human antenna of the family. That's it, don't move, stand just like that. Now hold your left arm out and ... I bet you also got to be the 'Remote' more than occasionally. -- Go turn to Channel 4 and see what's on there ... nah, how 'bout 5 ... uh, try 7 ... ahh that's no good, see what's on 9 ... oh there's never anything on 9, try 11 instead ... how about 13 .... agh never mind, turn it back to 2

d'Kong76 Jul 28 2014 12:33 PM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

... putting a coin on the photograph arm so the record didn't skip?

d'Kong76 Jul 28 2014 12:48 PM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

... if you type photograph when you meant phonograph?

cooby Jul 28 2014 01:12 PM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

d'Kong76 wrote: ... putting a coin on the photograph arm so the record didn't skip? Yep, and my Stevie Wonder and Tower of Power records always needed the heavier coin, a quarter perhaps. Could also be because I played the grooves right off the Tower of Power ones

G-Fafif Jul 30 2014 03:24 PM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

First color TV: Saturday, November 30, 1974. It was that big a deal that the date stays with me. First Mets game watched at home in color: April 8, 1975, Joe Torre's and Dave Kingman's Met debut. Cut Hebrew school to take in the blue and orange in all their majesty.

Ashie62 Jul 30 2014 04:23 PM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

Wetsons Hamburgers and Palisades Park...

Frayed Knot Jul 30 2014 05:04 PM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

Come on over! [youtube:2auipje4]lLVgEP8pOWQ[/youtube:2auipje4]

d'Kong76 Jul 31 2014 12:46 PM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

... closing the door of a pay phone booth and the light comes and there's a flip-down phone book at your disposal.

MFS62 Aug 05 2014 07:55 AM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

Calling a Master Card a "Master Charge". And my first TV was a Dumont with a 5 inch screen. Later

Vic Sage Aug 05 2014 10:29 AM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

...watching the first wave of Japanese anime, made in the 60s and rerun on Saturday mornings (including 8 MAN, ASTRO BOY, GIGANTOR, KIMBA, MARINE BOY, and SPEED RACER), on a black & white console TV with fuzzy, rabbit-ear reception?

d'Kong76 Aug 05 2014 11:20 AM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

Gigantor!! [youtube:2ul9972k]7AtSHp35xUg[/youtube:2ul9972k]

Mets – Willets Point Aug 05 2014 11:28 AM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

Do you remember when supermarkets had rolling conveyors between the aisles to bring in more products from the storage area?

themetfairy Aug 05 2014 11:29 AM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

Willets - I don't remember that, and I'm older than you! Speed Racer - [youtube:2ilj7uah]ALzDcMDhf2o[/youtube:2ilj7uah] I always thought that Spridle was an incredibly stupid name.

d'Kong76 Aug 05 2014 11:41 AM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

...when the freezer needed to be defrosted??

themetfairy Aug 05 2014 11:42 AM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

d'Kong76 wrote: ...when the freezer needed to be defrosted?? That was last summer....

Benjamin Grimm Aug 05 2014 12:16 PM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

Flashcubes? Fotomat?

Mets – Willets Point Aug 05 2014 01:14 PM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

There's a convenience store near my house that has a display cabinet that apparently hasn't been updated in a long time, because there are flashbulbs on display.

Frayed Knot Aug 05 2014 01:43 PM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

If you can remember when there were nine planets. And then if you can remember back to when there were only eight the first time ...well then you're REALLY old.

cooby Aug 05 2014 03:57 PM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

Frayed Knot wrote: Come on over! [youtube]lLVgEP8pOWQ[/youtube] Thank you for this! What a great old memory!

MFS62 Aug 06 2014 05:42 AM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

When you were excited about upgrading from your Commodore VIC-20 to a Commodore 64. Later

Mets Guy in Michigan Aug 06 2014 09:58 AM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

Vic Sage wrote: ...watching the first wave of Japanese anime, made in the 60s and rerun on Saturday mornings (including 8 MAN, ASTRO BOY, GIGANTOR, KIMBA, MARINE BOY, and SPEED RACER), on a black & white console TV with fuzzy, rabbit-ear reception? I loved Marine Boy!

Vic Sage Aug 06 2014 02:03 PM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

I loved Marine Boy! Remember the Oxy-Gum?

MFS62 Aug 07 2014 12:51 PM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

When you hear that the Jets will be playing a pre-season game against the Colts tonight and you think Super Bowl III and the Baltimore Colts. Later

Ceetar Aug 07 2014 05:05 PM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

When imported beer was 'special' and not something other than just crappy foreign beer.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 07 2014 05:13 PM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

When French things were considered cool and stylish and not ridiculous and/or anti-American.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 07 2014 06:52 PM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

... swinging by the hilarious teen-maimin' summer sensation Action Park? Wait, maybe you DON'T have to be so old to remember that.

Zvon Aug 07 2014 09:23 PM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

Anyone from NYC remember a little amusement park called Adventures Inn? It was somewhere in Queens cause I'd go there by bike.

MFS62 Aug 08 2014 06:28 AM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

Zvon wrote: Anyone from NYC remember a little amusement park called Adventures Inn? It was somewhere in Queens cause I'd go there by bike. Yep. It was near the Whitestone Parkway in Flushing, about one or two exits East of the Van Wyck / Shea split. It was really a Nathan's type food place with a few rides and games for the kids. If you got off at that exit and went back under the parkway, the street took you to Northern Blvd. near Main St. Flushing Later

Frayed Knot Aug 08 2014 06:38 AM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

There was one in Farmingdale, L.I. too.

themetfairy Aug 08 2014 06:43 AM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

I remember the one in Farmingdale.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 08 2014 06:46 AM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

It's still there, on Route 110. Its official name is "Adventureland". I remember as a kid we called it "Adventure's Inn" but I don't recall if that was ever its actual name.

d'Kong76 Aug 08 2014 07:05 AM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

... carburetors?

Ceetar Aug 08 2014 07:14 AM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

Benjamin Grimm wrote: It's still there, on Route 110. Its official name is "Adventureland". I remember as a kid we called it "Adventure's Inn" but I don't recall if that was ever its actual name. I never remember it as Adventure's Inn, but as Adventureland, sure. Went there some. They made a movie about it..and didn't they change the name recently? or did it close?

Frayed Knot Aug 08 2014 07:36 AM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

There was a 2009 movie ADVENTURELAND (Jesse Eisenberg, Kristin Stewart) about an amusement park but I don't believe a location was ever specified and certainly wasn't about that one in particular. I thought the Farmingdale one had closed at one point, but it's definitely open now and maybe there was only a brief close/re-open due to management change and/or upgrade. I suspect the Adventure's Inn vs Adventureland 'controversy' (because I remember it as Adventure's Inn also) could just stem from a generation of Long Island kids hearing their city-raised parents refer to it as Adventures Inn out of habit because of the Queens one that Zvon brought up. oe: Notes on IMDB refer to the "real" Adventureland as being in Farmingdale, NY and that the movie was originally scheduled to open on the date of the park's "re-opening" - although it goes on to mention that there's another park with the same name in Iowa and that the movie was shot at a differently-named park in Pittsburgh.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 08 2014 07:53 AM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

Kids in my neighborhood called it Adventure's Inn. Maybe they picked that up from their parents, who remembered the name of the park in Queens. Or maybe the one on 110 had changed its name at some point. I'm really not sure.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 08 2014 07:56 AM Re: Are you old if you remember ...

Oh, and it is still there. I remember driving past it the last time I was in the area, when I visited my grandparents' graves last summer. This is from their web site: Adventureland is Long Island's Amusement Park since 1962 and welcomes you and your family and friends to come enjoy a fun and exciting day on our rides, attractions, games, and more. Adventureland Amusement Park is only located 30 minutes east of New York City, at 2245 Broad Hollow Rd. in Farmingdale, New York and features over 30 fun and exciting rides and attractions. Adventureland has something for everyone with a variety of thrill rides, family rides, kiddie rides, and water rides.[/quote:38tnl1bq] MFS62 Aug 08 2014 07:58 AM Re: Are you old if you remember ... IIRC, there was one with a similar name near the Cross County Shopping Center in Westchester. Its been gone for a long time. Later