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Antenna RotatorDon't talk to me about being old if you don't know what this is.
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Antenna RotatorDon't talk to me about being old if you don't know what this is.
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ks lDon't talk to me about being old if you don't know what this is.
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Y'all had a electric rotor. Our rotor consisted of me manually rotating the antenna while my brother yelled instructions out the window. Some people had it made.Don't talk to me about being old if you don't know what this is.
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I think I should be too young to remember these, but my parents were always late to the game when it came to technology.Antenna Rotator
My FIL might still have that setup...Looks like my uncle's antenna rotator except he had numbers for the TV channels taped in the right position for the best reception.
And probably also standing with one leg pointed straight out and the other at a goofy angle.Once I had to stand next to the tv with my hand on it to get better reception so my dad could watch something lol
Our house survived. No one in my immediate family was hurt. We're temporarily housing some folks who can't live in their homes. The rest of the city was not so fortunate.I hope all is good at the @Maister house. I hear they received some nasty weather late yesterday.
We had that very model to service our tv antenna when I was a kid. So did my grandparents.Don't talk to me about being old if you don't know what this is.
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Once I had to stand next to the tv with my hand on it to get better reception so my dad could watch something lol
My pet peeve was when someone in the room when change the channel during an ad. Reason being--they'd start watching something else and you'd lose the flow of the first show. This was long before you could just skip them."Thanks, kiddo, you're doing great! No, no, now, you gotta hold that wad of tinfoil higher OK? That's it! Right there, don't move! Now listen, if your arm starts to feel, you know, numb you can take a break...if you can get your sister in here to make the transition seamless, OK? Daddy loves you. You're blocking the left side of the screen, now...Ooof!"
Had many conversations like that. Sometimes us kids made a kind of chain, holding random objects at different angles. Those were the days.
In related news, how many of you remember the days of playing "movie roulette," where you just showed up at the local megagigaplex and bought tickets to whatever the next movie starting was?
Mine like that was called "The Sandcastle" and I've never missed anything so bad now that you made me think about it! It was a two-theater place. Me and Randy used to ride our bikes to the Sandcastle to see movies. Growing up was....pretty awesome mostly.There is a local movie place & in the early 90's it was $1.50 a ticket. We'd go on Thursday night (that's when the new movies were rotated) no matter what was playing & decide which to watch when we got there.
Ah! Memories.Just came across this gem from Run-D.M.C. Why I don't recall hearing before, I don't know. As a kid form the 'burbs, yes, rap was not my main music preference (I'm a classic rock and metalhead fan). Did not know about Run-D.M.C. until they joined with Aerosmith. Still, good old school rap, which even I can appreciate.
In related news, how many of you remember the days of playing "movie roulette," where you just showed up at the local megagigaplex and bought tickets to whatever the next movie starting was?
Or, for that matter, having to call and listen to the big long announcement of the movies and showtimes and waiting for them to get to the one you wanted to see, then hope you weren't interrupted or disconnected and have to call back? (You had to do this because your father took the newspaper--and corresponding movie listings--into the master bathroom, which was off limits.)
JIm
How often do you use the word "jollification"?
We would buy a ticket to a movie, then stay and see 2-3 more that same day. The ushers in the hallways didn't get paid enough to care, but this was probably technically stealing. (Statute long up.)Growing up, I had a bunch of friends who lived in the neighborhood right behind the little shopping center with our local 3-screen theatre. We would go there basically every Friday evening, whether there was anything we wanted to see or not. In the summer, we probably went at least two or three times a week because the matinee showings M-F were $1. So we'd go up there with $5 and bring in a bunch of candy from the candy store across the street, have our $1 for a movie, and then usually have enough left over for a slice of pizza and drink at the pizza place in the shopping center. (Typing that out makes me feel like my dad who would tell me about going to the movies with 50¢ and having enough for the bus to get there and back, a beverage and two movies plus he would get to see the newsreel and whatever the current serial was dagnabit!). Because we went so often, we saw EVERYTHING. and lots of things we saw multiple times. I remember the spring/summer when Major League came out it seemed to be playing all year long and my buddy and I loved it so I'd estimate we probably saw it at least a dozen times. Totally appropriate for an 11 year old!
When I was older and in high school they opened a fancy new theatre a little further away. A friend worked there as an assistant manager during the daytime one summer so another friend and I would go up there around 11:00 a.m. when the first movie of the day would play. We'd buy one ticket and then when our movie was finished, we'd just go walk into whatever was starting up next and we'd do that usually until around dinner time when our friend was getting off of work. We'd go back a day or two later and see a few more movies. Lots of crap movies I've long since forgotten.
One does not speak of jollification in mixed company.How often do you use the word "jollification"?
We used to get tickets to a G/PG movie and then sneak into the R rated films
We used to get tickets to a G/PG movie and then sneak into the R rated films
That's how I saw Lethal Weapon. Oooooh Yeaaaahhhh.
suburban delinquency has a different ring to it yes, lol
That's how I saw Lethal Weapon. Oooooh Yeaaaahhhh.
"...when I awoke the dire wolf,
Southern lower Michigan has seen an uptick the last couple years as well.It seems Ohio is the new tornado alley.
Perfect song for the comic."...when I awoke the dire wolf,
Six hundred pounds of sin,
Was grinning at my window.
All I said was "come on in"...---Grateful Dead, Dire Wolf
Pass, thanks. Yikes!!Afraid of Heights posting on FB
The "Thank God Ledge" in Yosemite National Park, California. Thank God Ledge earned its name because it’s a crucial feature that bridges two pitches on the Northwest Face of Half Dome. Without it, the established route would be unclimbable.
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There is a bridge in Fair Oaks, California, called the "Bridge Street Bridge." (It used to be on my 50K bike run decades ago.) The street is named after the bridge, which is named after the street, which is named after the bridge, etc. ad infinitum. This is why my brain explodes.
Homeless woman was living inside Michigan rooftop store sign with computer and coffee maker
Does this beat living in a van down by the river ?
but loses on accessibility.So, does the Family Fare get extra credit for being a mixed use structure?
"I honestly don't know how she was getting up there. She didn't indicate, either,"
I'll be at 40 hours in 30 minutes. I will RJ at that moment.
I have a bike trip planned at Presque Isle for Monday, but there's a big chance for rain. I'll pass; I'm a fair weather cyclist.