AlanHo Posted November 7, 2017 Report Share Posted November 7, 2017 Do you remember the old TV Test Card. I was forever fiddling with the picture controls on or radio rentals 14" Ferguson TV in an attempt to get the circle round and the lines straight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted November 7, 2017 Report Share Posted November 7, 2017 I could never figure out what it was that they were "Testing" (other than the customers patience). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted November 7, 2017 Report Share Posted November 7, 2017 Ah Yes, I remember it well. It was in the day's when we used to watch the White Dot disappear after the Epilogue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted November 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2017 How many of the interludes can you remember. I can only recall the Potters wheel and the sea lapping on the shore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted November 7, 2017 Report Share Posted November 7, 2017 My earliest memories of TV go back to 1951 and the Festival of Britain. I had gone with my father, and we stayed a couple of nights with relatives. The highlight was, as far as we were concerned, the display of TV sets ( they were all black and white) in a U shaped "tunnel" of darkness. The one that we thought was the best was as an 8" Bush. TV did not come to the North for several years afterwards but when it did father got himself a Bush (they made bigger ones by that time), Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted November 7, 2017 Report Share Posted November 7, 2017 The A word is on for a second series tonight. We thoroughly enjoyed the first series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted November 8, 2017 Report Share Posted November 8, 2017 The other goody was when the picture suddenly started scrolling for no good reason and you had to find the vertical hold knob, which was invariably right at the back of the enormous hot CRT and made actually seeing the screen as you twisted the damned thing near impossible. The conversations were predictable : Bit more, bit more, no too far, back a bit more stop, damn you missed it I said stop why don't you listen. Go forward now STOP ! Got it. But only if you were lucky, usually the procedure could be repeated many many times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted November 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2017 7 hours ago, Belatucadrus said: The other goody was when the picture suddenly started scrolling for no good reason and you had to find the vertical hold knob, which was invariably right at the back of the enormous hot CRT and made actually seeing the screen as you twisted the damned thing near impossible. The conversations were predictable : Bit more, bit more, no too far, back a bit more stop, damn you missed it I said stop why don't you listen. Go forward now STOP ! Got it. But only if you were lucky, usually the procedure could be repeated many many times. Surely you are not old and ancient enough like andsome and I to recall that. I reckon that you must have been in nappies at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted November 8, 2017 Report Share Posted November 8, 2017 No just come from a very frugal family, we get the most from our domestic appliances only upgrading to colour when the last thermionic valve failed and the Fresnel lens in front of the screen had got so brown we couldn't see through it. One of these days if I get really flash I may buy one of those new fangled CD players, I'm told they could replace the wax cylinder before too long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted November 9, 2017 Report Share Posted November 9, 2017 Mean bugger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted November 9, 2017 Report Share Posted November 9, 2017 27 minutes ago, andsome said: Mean bugger No just prematurely ecologically sound, we decline to be part of the throw away society. Anything we purchase is cared for and loved and runs it's full allotted span on this earth. When forced to replace we consider carefully what to get knowing full well it'll be in use for years. We avoid flash in the pan technology (Any Apple product) and the Next big thing rarely gets a look in, unless time has proved conclusively that it really was the next big thing and a good idea. This life plan has helped us avoid Beta-max, Laser disk, the Sinclair C5, Spiralisers, Waffle makers and all Ronco and K-tel products. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted November 9, 2017 Report Share Posted November 9, 2017 We too are careful,but if we fancy something new,and the old product still has a potentially useful life,we pass it on to a charity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted November 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2017 I'm a charity - can you pass on your GROAN generator when you get a better one please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted November 9, 2017 Report Share Posted November 9, 2017 16 minutes ago, AlanHo said: I'm a charity - can you pass on your GROAN generator when you get a better one please. I don't believe you. A few years ago we had a perfectly good TV set but it was the old bulky type a CRT. The salvation army collected it and said that it was too good to put into the shop, and that it would go into the hostel lounge. Our next set, a flat screen Panasonic went to the heart foundation when we replaced it with a superior and thinner model. Help a local charity and get the benefit of an occasional upgrade yourself. GO ON you know it makes sense. The local shelter shop are coming on Saturday to collect two mattresses, we fancied something a but newer and firmer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted November 9, 2017 Report Share Posted November 9, 2017 I last replaced a mattress when one of the springs broke and stabbed me in the arse. I didn't offer it to any charity. My old Toshiba CRT got replaced with a new fangled digital Blaupunkt but only as repairing it was not viable, after decades of service it had gorn to join the choir invisibule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted November 9, 2017 Report Share Posted November 9, 2017 1 minute ago, Belatucadrus said: I last replaced a mattress when one of the springs broke and stabbed me in the arse. I didn't offer it to any charity. Neither were ours,they are perfectly fit for resale in their shop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted November 9, 2017 Report Share Posted November 9, 2017 1 minute ago, andsome said: perfectly fit for resale Hoots mon the profligacy, my mickle has lost its muckle or is it the other way round ? Nay matter I shall sit an a dark unheated room and pray for your heathen soul, while contemplating my small change and chewing dried porridge. PS Small change isn't a euphemism. PPS Gratuitous national stereotypes supplied free of charge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted November 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2017 6 hours ago, andsome said: The local shelter shop are coming on Saturday to collect two mattresses, we fancied something a but newer and firmer. I'm happy with it - but my wife wishes it were a bit newer and firmer....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AlanHo Posted November 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2017 Trust you to take it the wrong way - you should have maintained a stiff upper lip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted November 9, 2017 Report Share Posted November 9, 2017 1 hour ago, AlanHo said: a stiff upper lip. Oh, sorry my bad. For average Windowsforum member medical advice is to multiply usual dose by at least a hundred. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted November 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2017 I don't need to do the multiplication - I'm well above average. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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