| Re: Where Were You In 1965? |
Subject: Re: Where Were You In 1965? by bogus on 2009/8/9 16:13:14 uh, being born. However, things didn't change much for another 15 years. Cable didn't arriv until 1980 for me. Up to that point, I had a half dozen channels, tho in color. We got all of our TV from Philly. Mom wouldn't install an antenna motor, so it was fixed north. It really shocked me when she decided to get cable! My summer days were spent riding bikes around town. And not a single helmet was used! The occasional ride to the DQ or something... that was rather rare because my Mom micromanaged my diet - or tried to - which meant rides to the DQ were really special. But I do remember going in the back of a pickup truck once or twice. If the weather was wet, way too hot or after dark, I would build a plastic model. It was a main hobby of mine from when I was about 8 or so until I got into RC cars. I still dabble in both. And yes, AM radio was still god until the late 1970s. It wasn't until my old favorite station decided to change formats and such that FM started to look good. I would listen to WFIL AM 56 out of Philly every evening and every morning. It wasn't until 1978 that I started listening to FM. I got my first stereo in 1977. It was a standard POS one piece unit with crap speakers, a cassette, 8-track, tuner and record player. I could record from anything to cassette, but it wasn't a duel cassette unit. I had that until 1981. I literally wore it out! The cassette wasn't working quite right, IIRC. The speakers started getting all raspy sounding and harsh; I suspect the amp was dying. I can't really complain, it served me well. Maybe it was because Delaware was a little behind the times and a little slow to catch up... but that was the world I grew up in. |
