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wodin · 02-13-2017, 12:35 PM

I remember my Uncle Walter and Aunt Eva getting the first or possibly second television set in town. One of the local taverns got one at about the same time so I'm not sure who's was first. That must have been in the late 1940's as I was quite small at the time.

The thing was a huge mahogany piece of furniture in art deco style, and had a small hole in the middle of the front of it. If you peered into the hole you could see a six inch round piece of glass that would glow an eerie green with some black blobs moving across.

In my childhood naivete, I couldn't see any use for it, though it must have cost a fortune. As I sit in front of my 70" UHD, I reflect on how little I realized.

02-13-2017, 12:35 PM	#156
wodin Illiterate Posts: 10,279 Karma: 37848716 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: The Sandwich Isles Device: Samsung Galaxy S10+, Microsoft Surface Pro	I remember my Uncle Walter and Aunt Eva getting the first or possibly second television set in town. One of the local taverns got one at about the same time so I'm not sure who's was first. That must have been in the late 1940's as I was quite small at the time. The thing was a huge mahogany piece of furniture in art deco style, and had a small hole in the middle of the front of it. If you peered into the hole you could see a six inch round piece of glass that would glow an eerie green with some black blobs moving across. In my childhood naivete, I couldn't see any use for it, though it must have cost a fortune. As I sit in front of my 70" UHD, I reflect on how little I realized. Last edited by wodin; 02-13-2017 at 12:38 PM.