Thursday, February 17, 2011
Give me the clicker...
I was lucky enough to have grandparents who were A: Techies, as Gramps was a mechanical engineer, and B: mildly worried about, if not keeping up with the Joneses, being the Joneses them selves, and C: Had the means to do so.
One of the great pleasures for me as a kid was pawing through the accumulated gadgets and other detritus of their lives that included Radios, Black and White TVs, Color TV, Super 8 movies and various other hobbies that keep them busy. One thing I loved was the early remote for the Zenith color TV they had well into the late 70s. If you are not familiar, it was a mechanical device with tuned aluminum bars that were struck to make a sound the TV would respond to. To change the channel you plink plink plink with the remote. Its awesome. I would plink it just for fun. It drove them crazy.
Enter Ebay -
Now to go try it on the dog...
One of the great pleasures for me as a kid was pawing through the accumulated gadgets and other detritus of their lives that included Radios, Black and White TVs, Color TV, Super 8 movies and various other hobbies that keep them busy. One thing I loved was the early remote for the Zenith color TV they had well into the late 70s. If you are not familiar, it was a mechanical device with tuned aluminum bars that were struck to make a sound the TV would respond to. To change the channel you plink plink plink with the remote. Its awesome. I would plink it just for fun. It drove them crazy.
Enter Ebay -
Now to go try it on the dog...
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