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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2798326, member: 10461&quot;]Oh, yes, I remember rabbit-ear antennas, snowstorms of static, and only having three channels.&nbsp; If there was breaking news and the president came on (or resigned) you could forget about seeing the rest of the show you wanted to watch!</p><p><br /></p><p>There was a time in the mid-1970s that we didn&#039;t <i>have</i> a TV at all.&nbsp; But we were a family of four (one more on the way) living aboard the confined space of a 40-foot trimaran sailboat.&nbsp; I missed out on TV but got to catch colorful fish and look at octopi and rays and even sharks, in the clear waters of Bahamian tidal pools.&nbsp; In retrospect, I&#039;m now glad I had that kind of childhood, though it was often a rather lean and Spartan lifestyle.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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