Lawn darts.
The top dial on the TV had the VHF (lower number) stations. The bottom had the UHF( higher number) stations. In spite of all those channels being available, many places only had three, maybe four that had a station in range to be received intelligibly.
My childhood was filled with clear plastic, I kinda hate those cause half of em were of questionable quality.
My first console was the Nintendo DS. My first PC was a Windows XP one. We still used VHS, CDs and DVDs at my parents place
Looking up a showview code in a tv listing mag to program the vhs recorder.
I stood on a sawhorse and touched the light bulb's base. My brother stood on the ground, touched the light bulb base, and shocked himself silly. It hung from the ceiling, just the way it was.
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