Re: The good old days
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Originally Posted by ConeyIslandBabe
Growing up poor, in The Projects, we didn't have much stuff - or money to buy it with. However, I do remember my father purchasing our first television..... he made payments on it for a long time ........ it had a 10" screen and I was glued to that thing, fascinated with the cartoons (I think I was around 8 years old) and Howdy Doody.
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The first house I remember, we shared with two other families. We had the front living room, dining room and bedroom, and basement that had the kitchen and bathroom. The kitchen had a Kelvinator that ran by putting a quarter in it every day. A boy's house down the street had a TV that we used to sit in front of watching the Indian test signal until Howdy Doody came on at 5:30. After Howdy, more Indian.
When I was seven, we bought a house by ourselves - a converted four car garage.
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