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    Quote Originally Posted by Airmutt View Post
    Sorry guys but as a kid I just couldn’t get into the puppets but boy I didn’t miss an episode of Johnny Quest. Now that was must see Saturday morning TV!!
    FYI, I like your Robin Hood mug.
    I love hearing from young whipper-snappers that had TV when they were a kid!
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    Quote Originally Posted by melann View Post
    I love hearing from young whipper-snappers that had TV when they were a kid!
    Our family first TV was in Ft. Sill, OK (station in Lawton) in1955. went to Germany in late 1956......No television. returned to the states in 1959. The world had changed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lindberg View Post
    Our family first TV was in Ft. Sill, OK (station in Lawton) in1955. went to Germany in late 1956......No television. returned to the states in 1959. The world had changed.
    The first TV I ever saw had a screen of 7 inches, and it was black and white, well, more of a greenish color and not very clear. It belonged to one of my mothers sisters. Had to be the early 50's, also, it was about half the size of a refridgerator!
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    We had a (probably 19") B&W Zenith because my grandfather was a TV repairman (among other jobs) and declared them the best. All VHF. Years later we got a "non-clicking" UHF version of the same TV. We were about the last one to get a color TV that I knew growing up. We got a Motorola Quasar (works in a drawer, which was a laugh because the tech just took the drawer back to the shop). I remember we got it right before the Apollo 11 landing (which the space walk was B&W anyway which sort of negated the benefit).

    Because my gramps was a TV guy, he gave me an ancient Philco for my bedroom around the same time. I opened the back up and connected the speaker to a switch and wired up headphones to it so I could silently watch TV when I wanted. I pretty much watched non-stop coverage of the Apollo mission from my room with the headphones on at night.

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    Now that stirs memories of going with my dad to use the tube tester. I was too young to understand the science. I had quite a collection useless tubes, but they looked cool. My dad worked for Shell Oil and spent a lot of time at the Cape Canaveral and came back with tons of NASA literature. All of those tubes would become the brains of my cardboard space capsule.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Airmutt View Post
    Now that stirs memories of going with my dad to use the tube tester. I was too young to understand the science. I had quite a collection useless tubes, but they looked cool. My dad worked for Shell Oil and spent a lot of time at the Cape Canaveral and came back with tons of NASA literature. All of those tubes would become the brains of my cardboard space capsule.
    Now that stirs my memory. I still have a tube tester out in the shop if anyone needs to borrow it.
    Mel, DAR since the Last Century, Specializing in Light-Sport and Experimental Aircraft. Certificated over 1,100 Light-Sport & Experimental aircraft.

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    What, we're complaining about the good old days when home electronics could be repaired by the owner? Next we'll be waxing nostalgic about when all you needed to work on your car's engine was a set of wrenches and a timing light, you could wash a pair of jeans without them falling apart, and once you bribed a politician they STAYED bought.....

    Ron "And get off my lawn" Wanttaja

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    Complaining heck! My cardboard capsule just took me and my faithful dachshund Fritz to the planet Mongo and back. And no airworthiness inspection or paper work required
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    Back to the topic. I see where Mr. Pelton says AirVenture 2021 is “GO”, in the latest issue of Sport Aviation. They are working on all aspects of the event to meet the needed health and safety requirements. Great news.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wsquare View Post
    Back to the topic. I see where Mr. Pelton says AirVenture 2021 is “GO”, in the latest issue of Sport Aviation. They are working on all aspects of the event to meet the needed health and safety requirements. Great news.
    Well I'll say I'm cautiously optimistic knowing that they can pull the plug basically at anytime between now and then. Granted the closer we get to the event the harder and more expensive a cancellation will be, but there's just too many variables to call it a slam dunk this far out. That said I'm planning to go and have been all along. As I've said before we to Osh last year even thought event itself was canceled. Might do so again....
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