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30 valves, 400watts, took two men to carry, then they had to spend half
an afternoon setting up the convergence. But it was affected by the earth's magnetic field so if the customer moved the set at all it all had to be done again. I'm so glad I lived long enough to escape from all that 1960s ****e. Bloody cassette recorders and 33rpm LPs (one scratch and it's ****ed), and AM radio and white bread that made a ball in your mouth and made you puke it out, and margarine was was like spreading a mixture of lard and engine oil on your ****ing white Mother's Pride bread, and Camp 'Coffee' made from bloody acorns or something, and tinned condensed milk, and tyres that didn't last 5,000 miles, and vans that stopped if it rained, with no screenwashers or power steering or seat belts or effective heater, and a dynamo that produced 22A max so in winter you had to connect a battery charger overnight and... Bill |
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On 22/03/2018 01:33, Bill Wright wrote:
30 valves, 400watts, took two men to carry, then they had to spend half an afternoon setting up the convergence. But it was affected by the earth's magnetic field so if the customer moved the set at all it all had to be done again. I'm so glad I lived long enough to escape from all that 1960s ****e. Bloody cassette recorders and 33rpm LPs (one scratch and it's ****ed), and AM radio and white bread that made a ball in your mouth and made you puke it out, and margarine was was like spreading a mixture of lard and engine oil on your ****ing white Mother's Pride bread,Â* and Camp 'Coffee' made from bloody acorns or something, and tinned condensed milk, and tyres that didn't last 5,000 miles, and vans that stopped if it rained, with no screenwashers or power steering or seat belts or effective heater, and a dynamo that produced 22A max so in winter you had to connect a battery charger overnight and... Bill Have you been on the Ribena Never touch the stuff Ice on the inside of the bedroom window, biking three miles to school through snowdrifts six feet high then getting thrashed for having wet clothes, going to the doctors and having to sit in a waiting room on a hard bench feeling giddy because of the fag smoke, then being told your rickets were growing pains Bill |
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On 22/03/18 01:44, Bill Wright wrote:
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Oh dear I wonder what they think were the good times then.
It was not the convergence but the purity that was affected by magnetic fields and it was usually not the earth that was to blame it was a speaker or somewhere a lump of iron. They did not mention windscreen wipers that operated from the vacuum of the engine pistons though did they, or trafficators that were mechanical arms with bulbs in to indicate which way you were turning that used to shoot off when the screw got loose, or the Mini that was so close to the ground that you often hit the road or their hydrolastic suspension that was always losing pressure and thumping you down with no springs. Then there was of course dripping in the fridge which gran kept for years and spread it on bread. How many people grease their hair now and need an antimacaser on the sofa to stop it staining where the head rests and those sausage shaped things we had to put under doors to stop the draughts in winter etc. Those were the good old days them were. Brian -- ----- - This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please! "Bill Wright" wrote in message news ![]() 30 valves, 400watts, took two men to carry, then they had to spend half an afternoon setting up the convergence. But it was affected by the earth's magnetic field so if the customer moved the set at all it all had to be done again. I'm so glad I lived long enough to escape from all that 1960s ****e. Bloody cassette recorders and 33rpm LPs (one scratch and it's ****ed), and AM radio and white bread that made a ball in your mouth and made you puke it out, and margarine was was like spreading a mixture of lard and engine oil on your ****ing white Mother's Pride bread, and Camp 'Coffee' made from bloody acorns or something, and tinned condensed milk, and tyres that didn't last 5,000 miles, and vans that stopped if it rained, with no screenwashers or power steering or seat belts or effective heater, and a dynamo that produced 22A max so in winter you had to connect a battery charger overnight and... Bill |
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Yes well, I was brought up on condensed milk. some say it helped win the
war. We had icicles on the ceiling in this house never mind the windows. The eaves were so close to the corner of the room. Now we have all this lagging, draft proofing and double glazing, no open fires with draftee chimneys, no pea souper fogs that left the scarf you breathed through yellow as nobody now has inefficient fires running on poor quality coal. No spontaneously combusting Cortina mark 1 and 2s or Escorts with holes in the floor covered by a piece of hardboard. Brian -- ----- - This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please! "Jeff Layman" wrote in message news ![]() On 22/03/18 01:44, Bill Wright wrote: snip Bill (Continued page 94...) -- Jeff |
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Brian Gaff wrote:
when the screw got loose, or the Mini that was so close to the ground that you often hit the road or their hydrolastic suspension that was always losing pressure and thumping you down with no springs. New fangled things, proper mini suspension used rubber cones. :-) -- Chris Green · |
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"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
news ![]() Oh dear I wonder what they think were the good times then. It was not the convergence but the purity that was affected by magnetic fields and it was usually not the earth that was to blame it was a speaker or somewhere a lump of iron. They did not mention windscreen wipers that operated from the vacuum of the engine pistons though did they, or trafficators that were mechanical arms with bulbs in to indicate which way you were turning that used to shoot off when the screw got loose, or the Mini that was so close to the ground that you often hit the road or their hydrolastic suspension that was always losing pressure and thumping you down with no springs. Then there was of course dripping in the fridge which gran kept for years and spread it on bread. How many people grease their hair now and need an antimacaser on the sofa to stop it staining where the head rests and those sausage shaped things we had to put under doors to stop the draughts in winter etc. Those were the good old days them were. Televisions and radios that took ages to "warm up". (Mind you, today's smart TVs take as long as a valve TV used to do, because they have to boot up.) Rust on car bodies (the last car I had with rust was a 1980 Renault 5. My last two cars have got to 10 years old with no sign of rust.) Cars with chokes: if you push the choke in a bit too soon, the engine loses power or stalls altogether as soon as you try to pull out of a junction, even though it's been running fine until then,) Stupid seat belts in 2-door cars where the belt is about 10 miles long and is anchored somewhere beside the rear seat instead of being anchored at shoulder height on the B pillar. My grandpa's Hillman Avenger was like that and my grandma would always get her feet caught up in it when she got in the back to let me sit in the front: she insisted that even when I was little, "a man's place is in the front". Mechanical pump-action windscreen washer controls (no electric pump) Milk delivered in glass bottles: if the milkman dropped one, you knew it was going to be a long job sweeping all the little bits up before dad got home and the glass punctured his tyres. Warm, semi-sour milk in 1/3 pint bottles at school - my infant school (last 60s) served it in the *afternoon* playtime, after it had had all day at room temperature to go off. I remember a mate of mine who said to the teacher "why don't do just pour it down the loo" - since that's where it will go anyway since most people puked straight afterwards. |
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On 22/03/2018 in message
NY wrote: Cars with chokes: if you push the choke in a bit too soon, the engine loses power or stalls altogether Used by many lady drivers as a useful hook to hang their bags on :-) -- Jeff Gaines Wiltshire UK Indecision is the key to flexibility |
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On 22/03/2018 01:44, Bill Wright wrote:
Ice on the inside of the bedroom window, Pretty fern patterns left by Jack Frost. Warming an old penny in your hands and pressing it to the frosty pane to make a spy hole. biking three miles to school through snowdrifts six feet high then getting thrashed for having wet clothes, I quite liked walking the half mile to school from the age of four and a half; my mother used to see me across the main road outside our house. There was a water splash on the way; fortunately a pedestrian bridge as well. going to the doctors and having to sit in a waiting room on a hard bench feeling giddy because of the fag smoke, then being told your rickets were growing pains NHS doctors making home visits as a matter of routine. I don't think I ever saw the inside of a surgery - not that I was often sick as a child. -- Max Demian |
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They were the later ones that used rubber I think you will find the early
ones all had the fluid system similar to those raising and lowering French jobbies with dodgy wiring looms. Brian -- ----- - This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please! "Chris Green" wrote in message news ![]() Brian Gaff wrote: when the screw got loose, or the Mini that was so close to the ground that you often hit the road or their hydrolastic suspension that was always losing pressure and thumping you down with no springs. New fangled things, proper mini suspension used rubber cones. :-) -- Chris Green · |
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