So after reading Uncle M. David's post, what did you do evenings to keep busy, not having TV? When did you get the first TV in the Moss family?
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first tv was in 1959 - a Zenith black and white purchased from Rice's Radio and TV shop; the tuner showed the channel number in a backlighted center of the knob.
Hey, the days (evenings) before TV were pretty good. I remember sitting in the rocking chair (which Dad built, and which is now in my basement by the stove) in front of the pot-bellied stove in the log room of the old house, and all the family listening to radio drama: "The Lone Ranger" was a favorite. Also I remember sitting in the same rocker, reading a school library book about Paul Bunyan and Babe, his blue ox. All I remember of the content is that in one tale it rained so long the lumberjacks had to wear "bumpershoes" - overshoes with upside down umbrellas around them to keep the water from splashing back into their face when the rain hit the flood puddle. Of course, much "TV" time was also occupied with getting the cows, milking, getting in the firewood and stoking the fire. Maybe also drawing up the water from the well that Dad/G'pa so conveniently built the back porch around. And then there was the job of keeping the wolf from gettin in the door, shooting the rabid fox that came over from the spring woods, and watching out for bears between the house and the outhouse. Kept us pretty busy sometimes - I'm glad we didn't have TV then.
gmanmoss is me (gerald) - that is my old AIM name - had to use something to get this thing to post, and that was as convenient as any.
I am pretty sure we got the tv in 1959. I remember after we got it, we wanted to watch tv after school instead of doing our chores, so Mom and Dad had to make some rules as to how much we could watch before going to the barn. My favorite show early on was The Three Stooges.
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first tv was in 1959 - a Zenith black and white purchased from Rice's Radio and TV shop; the tuner showed the channel number in a backlighted center of the knob.
Wow - whoever this is got it right. Sounds like Ronnie ... I was going to guess 1960 - I think we saw news of President Kennedy's assassination on TV.
Hey, the days (evenings) before TV were pretty good. I remember sitting in the rocking chair (which Dad built, and which is now in my basement by the stove) in front of the pot-bellied stove in the log room of the old house, and all the family listening to radio drama: "The Lone Ranger" was a favorite. Also I remember sitting in the same rocker, reading a school library book about Paul Bunyan and Babe, his blue ox. All I remember of the content is that in one tale it rained so long the lumberjacks had to wear "bumpershoes" - overshoes with upside down umbrellas around them to keep the water from splashing back into their face when the rain hit the flood puddle. Of course, much "TV" time was also occupied with getting the cows, milking, getting in the firewood and stoking the fire. Maybe also drawing up the water from the well that Dad/G'pa so conveniently built the back porch around. And then there was the job of keeping the wolf from gettin in the door, shooting the rabid fox that came over from the spring woods, and watching out for bears between the house and the outhouse. Kept us pretty busy sometimes - I'm glad we didn't have TV then.
gmanmoss is me (gerald) - that is my old AIM name - had to use something to get this thing to post, and that was as convenient as any.
I am pretty sure we got the tv in 1959. I remember after we got it, we wanted to watch tv after school instead of doing our chores, so Mom and Dad had to make some rules as to how much we could watch before going to the barn. My favorite show early on was The Three Stooges.
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