While we're on the topic, I also remember the family next door owning a TV with one of the first remote controls. It was two buttons: 'power on/off' and 'channel' and made a horrendous clicking noise each time you used the button. I think you had to scroll through every channel to find the one you wanted. Of course, with only 7 channels, who cared?
:) Jon
I was thinking about the same thing! My next door neighbor (who became my cousin when his uncle became my step dad) had one of those. Again, we only had five channels so it was no big deal, but my cousin's step-father loved sitting in the kitchen at supper changing the channel. The biggest problem was to turn it off the sound had to go up uP Up UP!!!! and then it would shut off. My cousin's step father had a massively bad temper, he didn't drink it was just the way he was. If you woke him at night trying to turn the TV off....Child abuse? Wow! It was painful to watch, but even as teens we didn't know any better.
Kevin T. - VRWC Some memories should be forgotten
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