Originally Posted by njp:
“I remember when my parents first got a colour TV”
“I remember when my parents first got a colour TV”
You were lucky!
I remember when *my* parents first got a colour TV, and *that* was much later- the early 80s. And it was still a big deal to me at the time.
Originally Posted by njp:
“Indeed. It sometimes annoys me when I see young people whining about some perceived inadequacy in technology that is vastly more capable and loads cheaper than the stuff I grew up with. But I guess that's just grumpy-old-manness setting in.”
“Indeed. It sometimes annoys me when I see young people whining about some perceived inadequacy in technology that is vastly more capable and loads cheaper than the stuff I grew up with. But I guess that's just grumpy-old-manness setting in.”
Well, I'm sure that the previous generation would point out that what you grew up with- even the black and white set- was miles better than what *they* had!




