Calvin's Canadian Cave of Coolness: It Was A Dark Dystopian World That We Grew Up In

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

It Was A Dark Dystopian World That We Grew Up In

And some days I miss it.

9 comments:

j-swin said...: Or that they're were only 13 channels on the dial and that 3, 4, and 9 were all NBC.; May 3, 2017 at 3:16 AM
Cal's Canadian Cave of Coolness said...: We had 13 but one was nothing and 12 was all French. But we didn't know any better. Sometimes I think it's too much to absorb and I hate making choice about with things I want to watch or read or research or write about sometimes. It's a lot of work this social media. Remember when social media was just you and few of your classroom buddies. And if you expected a phone call you had to be at home to get it. If you weren't no one could find you.; May 3, 2017 at 3:35 AM
j-swin said...: I remember having to find a pay phone, calling my parents collect and saying "pick me up" when the operator said you have a call from...; May 3, 2017 at 4:12 AM
csmith2884 said...: I figured they still did this in the Northland wilderness. I know they still roll up the sidewalks at 7pm in all of Canada.; May 3, 2017 at 5:40 AM
Debra She Who Seeks said...: Gawd, you all lived in the lap of luxury! We only got ONE channel when I was a kid and it was CBC! Black and white CBC!; May 3, 2017 at 6:11 AM
Cal's Canadian Cave of Coolness said...: Yeh, I felt so special when I had my own black and white TV with the 13 channels because me and my Dad figured out how to spit the cable from upstairs. I even had my pink princess phone. I was stylin' back then.; May 3, 2017 at 8:11 AM
Cal's Canadian Cave of Coolness said...: J-Swim - I remember in Scouts we had to have our mothers sew a time into our underwear in case we got lost and needed to phone home. Where we would find a pay phone in the woods was overlooked but BE PREPARED was our motto.; May 3, 2017 at 9:22 AM
Dr. Theda said...: we had 3 (later 4) channels and two PBS stations...
on most Saturday nights we could often get a (fuzzy image) channel from High Point / Winston Salem..; May 3, 2017 at 9:26 AM
Cal's Canadian Cave of Coolness said...: I remember getting channels for the US on certain summer nights. I remember all all night Hogan's Heroes marathon that was playing while the station updated people in North Dakota about a heavy storm on it's way.; May 3, 2017 at 12:34 PM

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