What happened in 1989?

blueerica · 05-22-2007, 11:23 PM

Rabbit ears! Haha!

I thought I was cute one night and took some tinfoil (normally used to extend the power of the rabbit ears) and shaped it around the skinny poles to look like rabbits ears. Har Har. Mom wasn't amused that the rest of the tinfoil was gone.

Who here was ever stuck holding the antenna when reception was bad. Or does television reception just not ever get bad in California?

Alex · 05-22-2007, 11:29 PM

It does. I lived in the middle of Oakland, within a couple miles of most of the broadcasting towers and for the seven years we lived without cable we could only get one station (NBC, and poorly) with even very expensive rabbit ears.

Alex · 05-22-2007, 11:32 PM

I do like shifting vocabularies and how they place you in time. In Vancouver, Washington, when I was a young kid there was a local (I presume) chain of grocery stores called Keils that closed or was sold to Safeway (most of them became Safeways anyway).

I love that 20 years later my Grandmother still calls the Safeway out on Andreson by its very old previous name.

MouseWife · 05-22-2007, 11:47 PM

I can't remember what else they call the glove box. The glove compartment? Some type of compartment? I know I've heard another term. But they laugh because who keeps gloves in it and where did I get that from. It could be that my family likes to tease me relentlessly? A possibility.

LOL Oh yes, down here by the border we have no reception without cable. But, at my mothers' house, we were able to get L.A. stations with just the plain antenna.

Funny about the foil and rabbit ears. And the frosting!

And, yes, Alex, I love that, too about how time changes places but not necessarily in our minds.

Utotem. Remember those? Pioneer Chicken. Now mostly they are some number of Albertos'.

Oh, I still call it the ice box too. I don't know why.

wendybeth · 05-22-2007, 11:30 PM

As one of the younger sibs, that would be me. Seriously, the only time I remember having to do that for any length of time was during the 'World of Disney' show, or whatever incarnation it was in the very early seventies.

Years ago, we used to joke that people getting foil highlights were just trying to get better reception. Nowadays, few young people get it.

05-22-2007, 11:23 PM	#1
blueerica Nueve Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,497	Rabbit ears! Haha! I thought I was cute one night and took some tinfoil (normally used to extend the power of the rabbit ears) and shaped it around the skinny poles to look like rabbits ears. Har Har. Mom wasn't amused that the rest of the tinfoil was gone. Who here was ever stuck holding the antenna when reception was bad. Or does television reception just not ever get bad in California? __________________ Tomorrow is the day for you and me
	Submit to Quotes

05-22-2007, 11:29 PM	#2
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	It does. I lived in the middle of Oakland, within a couple miles of most of the broadcasting towers and for the seven years we lived without cable we could only get one station (NBC, and poorly) with even very expensive rabbit ears.
	Submit to Quotes

05-22-2007, 11:32 PM	#3
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I do like shifting vocabularies and how they place you in time. In Vancouver, Washington, when I was a young kid there was a local (I presume) chain of grocery stores called Keils that closed or was sold to Safeway (most of them became Safeways anyway). I love that 20 years later my Grandmother still calls the Safeway out on Andreson by its very old previous name.
	Submit to Quotes

05-22-2007, 11:47 PM	#4
MouseWife Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Da' Beach Posts: 2,957	I can't remember what else they call the glove box. The glove compartment? Some type of compartment? I know I've heard another term. But they laugh because who keeps gloves in it and where did I get that from. It could be that my family likes to tease me relentlessly? A possibility. LOL Oh yes, down here by the border we have no reception without cable. But, at my mothers' house, we were able to get L.A. stations with just the plain antenna. Funny about the foil and rabbit ears. And the frosting! And, yes, Alex, I love that, too about how time changes places but not necessarily in our minds. Utotem. Remember those? Pioneer Chicken. Now mostly they are some number of Albertos'. Oh, I still call it the ice box too. I don't know why. __________________ Summa' time....when the livins' easy.........
	Submit to Quotes

05-22-2007, 11:30 PM	#5
wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	As one of the younger sibs, that would be me. Seriously, the only time I remember having to do that for any length of time was during the 'World of Disney' show, or whatever incarnation it was in the very early seventies. Years ago, we used to joke that people getting foil highlights were just trying to get better reception. Nowadays, few young people get it. __________________
	Submit to Quotes