Thread: Interesting, Odd or Funny Pics.

Originally Posted by p38arover

When I was at school, the school didn't own a TV and we were lucky to have one at home (VCRs weren't invented at that time).

What is a VCR?

Originally Posted by wrinklearthur

The whole school went into assembly hall and watched a reel movie on something called a pull down screen - that was new technology !
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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eDaSvRO9xA]Original 4 Yorkshiremen Sketch - YouTube[/ame]

Originally Posted by disco2hse

Original 4 Yorkshiremen Sketch - YouTube

I was about to post that!

Originally Posted by p38arover

When I was at school, the school didn't own a TV and we were lucky to have one at home (VCRs weren't invented at that time).

The first time i saw the TV at school was when neil armstrong walked on the moon.We didn't have one at home at that time either.

Originally Posted by scarry

The first time i saw the TV at school was when neil armstrong walked on the moon.We didn't have one at home at that time either.

I worked as a tech at Moree Satellite Earth Station during that Apollo flight. We provided the comms back to the USA.

My signature is on this envelope dated the day of the Apollo launch (Oz date, not US date - we were a day ahead).

Ron et. al.

I used to love getting school assignments printed in a strange purple-y text from one of these: