Re: Melancholic crosspost

On 25.09.2022 18.34, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
> 
>> On 24.09.2022 00.55, Merlyne wrote:
>>
>>>>> I have no idea how many channels I get. There are a lot of
>>>>> duplicates. I still have the old-fashioned cable box which I don't
>>>>> want to get rid of. When I got it way-back-when, I got all the
>>>>> channels (yep, even NASA). The new packages don't have HBO. You have
>>>>> to subscribe to it separately and it's expensive. I also have a
>>>>> firestick for each of my tvs. I can stream from there.
>>>>
>>>> I've got the four public service channels and a local community
>>>> channel on air; a dish which is mostly useless without a subscriptions
>>>> (except some international news channels); and my pc and ps4 hooked up
>>>> to the same tv. I still have to move a bit to turn things on and
>>>> off...
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Like in the olden days when I was a kid, we had to physically get up and
>>> walk over to the tv to change the channel.
>>
>> Like in the olden days when we had to stand in front of the radio store
>> to see anything on tv... with no sound. In black and white. and 625
>> lines of fuzzy dots.
>>
> You're not *that* old.

As old as B&W televisions? Sure I am. The radio store bit was for 
dramatic effect, but we didn't have colour for most of my childhood. 
Also not colour television. And one(1) channel to choose from...

BeH