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Petro-Sooner
9/14/2007, 02:37 PM
Do you think those will ever make a come back? I dont know how we got by without remotes to those things.

Yes its random. But its a Friday afternoon. :D
Sooner Born Sooner Bred
9/14/2007, 02:39 PM
I was my Dad's remote for our console TV for years. Our first remote was attached with a cord to our VCR.

We had the console TV and the console stereo/record player.
royalfan5
9/14/2007, 02:53 PM
We had console TV. Then it died, so we put the new TV on top of the console TV.
Sooner Born Sooner Bred
9/14/2007, 02:56 PM
We had console TV. Then it died, so we put the new TV on top of the console TV.That's typical of many hillbilly households.
Sooner Born Sooner Bred
9/14/2007, 02:57 PM
Oh my granny used to unplug her console TV every night just in case the lightening struck the house and blew out the tubes.
royalfan5
9/14/2007, 02:58 PM
That's typical of many hillbilly households.
I'm not surprised. My mom called me the other day and was excited to tell me they were down to two inoperable vehicles sitting the yard. The rest were now in sheds. I was pretty impressed by this.
Petro-Sooner
9/14/2007, 03:00 PM
I mean the tv thats made to look like a furniture piece is a brilliant idea. I may run to the lumber yard and create a make shift console and just slide my current tv into it.
IB4OU2
9/14/2007, 03:05 PM
I was my Dad's remote for our console TV for years. Our first remote was attached with a cord to our VCR.

We had the console TV and the console stereo/record player.

I hope he didn't throw you at the TV during the 78 orange bowl against Arkansas. :eek:
Widescreen
9/14/2007, 03:27 PM
Oh my granny used to unplug her console TV every night just in case the lightening struck the house and blew out the tubes.
My mom does all kinds of stuff like that too. If lightning hits my house, I'm not too concerned about the TV.
Mjcpr
9/14/2007, 03:33 PM
We had a Curtis Mathes.....it was the Yukon of console TVs.
Pricetag
9/14/2007, 03:47 PM
We had an RCA with a sweet little drawer that flipped out with all the controls that weren't channel or volume. You pushed down on this long flat metal bar thingy to turn it on.
Sooner Born Sooner Bred
9/14/2007, 03:49 PM
We had a Curtis Mathes.....it was the Yukon of console TVs.Curtis Mathes had a store on I-240 in the early 80s. My parents bought our first VCR there for like $1,000 when they first came out.

It was the only place on our side of town to rent videos. After a while, I heard that store got busted for letting kids rent pron.

I have a picture of me with our console TV. Let me find it.
IB4OU2
9/14/2007, 03:51 PM
:les: CURTIS MATHIS!
Sooner Born Sooner Bred
9/14/2007, 04:00 PM
Here is my console TV and the $1,000 VCR. http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/7458/prom3ap.jpg
royalfan5
9/14/2007, 04:15 PM
Is that Pro Wrassin on the TV?
rufnek05
9/14/2007, 04:18 PM
and does the tv swivel?
Sooner Born Sooner Bred
9/14/2007, 04:22 PM
Yes and Yes
rufnek05
9/14/2007, 04:24 PM
and is that you with a mullet?
Sooner Born Sooner Bred
9/14/2007, 04:27 PM
No, that is me with the suntan colored pantyhose and corsage as long as my arm.
rufnek05
9/14/2007, 04:29 PM
well your date had a SWEET mullet. but at least the corsage matched your dress, and your shoes.
Sooner Born Sooner Bred
9/14/2007, 04:30 PM
Last time I saw that guy was about 5 years ago. His mullet had been replaced with a sweet bald spot.
IB4OU2
9/14/2007, 04:37 PM
Did those high heels make you dizzy?
soonernation
9/14/2007, 05:07 PM
Now this is a badass TV!!!:D



http://www.wkinsler.com/televisions/motorola004.jpg
85Sooner
9/14/2007, 07:43 PM
Hey sbsb is a cutie.
rufnek05
9/14/2007, 09:57 PM
Now this is a badass TV!!!:D



http://www.wkinsler.com/televisions/motorola004.jpg


hellofa set you got there.
Okla-homey
9/15/2007, 07:15 AM
Oh my granny used to unplug her console TV every night just in case the lightening struck the house and blew out the tubes.

My granny not only unplugged it, she took the alligator clips off the back (which connected the TV to the exterior antenna) and put pennies into the each clip so the lightnin' would be stymied in it's attempt to enter the house if the antenna got zapped.

I never understood her theory, but she kept a few pennies on top of the TV specifically dedicated to that purpose.
Preservation Parcels
9/15/2007, 09:30 AM
My granny not only unplugged it, she took the alligator clips off the back (which connected the TV to the exterior antenna) and put pennies into the each clip so the lightnin' would be stymied in it's attempt to enter the house if the antenna got zapped.

I never understood her theory, but she kept a few pennies on top of the TV specifically dedicated to that purpose.


My grandparents only watched two things - Lawrence Welk and sports. They religiously unplugged the TV at all other times because Grandma said it cost five cents' worth of electricity a year to keep it plugged in. Apparently, that made it worth the contortions required to get behind it and unplug it the rest of the time. It usually took about five minutes before Bobby and Cissy danced to plug it in, warm it up, adjust the antenna.