World Series on TV? We used to bring our transistors to school and use the earjack (can't remember what we called them then). The smart teachers gave up and would play the game on a radio in class and we would have assignments based around the game.
My brother and I would have to take turns holding the rabbit ears just so for Ed Sullivan. He'd hold 'em for one act, me the other. It was the only way to tune it in properly. Dad would wrap tin foil around them for Disney but holding them got the better picture.
Was talking to my daughter not too long ago about princess phones and what a big deal they were when they came out. We also discussed party lines and how the teacher would call all of her students at once and give them their assignments on snow days.
Not sure why, but I still miss those days and wish our kids and grandkids could have lived them, too.
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Army/embassy brat - traveled too much to mention
Moved here from SF Bay Area (East Bay)
"There are only two ways to live your life: One is as though nothing is a miracle; the other is as though everything is a miracle." Albert Einstein
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