Do you remember...

[camellia0]

when the tv used to turn off at like 11pm? I was watching a Steve Harvey show and he mentioned that. Just think of all the things we could do if we didn't have a tv.

[dancer139]

lol  yes i remember the days when the tv was not  "used" as much.  we could get alot more done, the kids were outside playing till dark we enjoyed each others conversations at the dinner table,,,,  i could go on and on  lol

i think we still need to turn the tv off and the computers off and enjoy the outside and our family,,,,,,,,  we don't know what we are missing !!!

[Timberlan127]

I agree with you both. I watched very little tv as a kid. We were always off doing something outside. We walked everywhere and were always coming up with a new idea to try or game to play. We are definitely too plugged in today and we miss out on a lot because of ti.

[BlackSheepNY]

I remember when certain channels went dark after a certain hour - AND - they played the National Anthem right before they went off for the night!  Sad place this country has come to!

[catchow]

LOL yes I remember that, and the National Anthem

I remember having this box with all the buttons, and a huge long cord that hooked to the tv, to turn the channel

Id go through withdrawls if ever my tv and computer was gone, but yes could do alot more stuff without them

[Kirenisa]

D: no.. I was born in 91 so.. yeah.. 

[blondie71]

I remember when we received a lot of TV channels without paying for them.  When Candy bars where .25 cents.  I was born in the 70's so I graduated from high school in 1990 and I can't believe how much has changed since than.  I can imagine what my parents thing or even my grandparents.  I do know I am considered young but My body feels like I am in my 70's.  I have not yet been blessed with grandchildren but right now that is good because I don't think my son is ready for that.  I see how hard it is for them to just make ends meat and where we live now is a hell  of a lot cheaper where I grew up in California.  I think the government has really screwed our kids on taxes and being single with no children.  With gas prices, food prices, and everything I took for granted when I was a teenager or even a young adult that they go through now.

[bowrunner]

I remember when candy bars were a nickel and so was chewing gum.  A one dip ice cream cone was a nickel also.  I was born in the 30's and I can hardly believe what some things cost now when I think back on it.  I don't recall the TV going off at 11 though.  It seems I watched it later than that.

[demaina]

I never really had that but even now I more use TV as background noise so I don't get distracted by every little sound around me.  Still, I remember when I had more time to be outside and run and I didn't despise the idea.  There seems to be so much to do that when I take a break to exercise (how little that happens) or just to relax, all I can think of is that there's something I could be working on.

[kleenex40]

I almost forgot about that  thnks for the rembr

[BaudLight]

when the tv used to turn off at like 11pm? I was watching a Steve Harvey show and he mentioned that. Just think of all the things we could do if we didn't have a tv.

I do remember that. They would have an announcer that said goodnight, then they would play the National Anthem, then a test pattern.

[patycake56]

Oh yea I remember those days well omg  I couldn't make it a day without my tv

[quietpal]

I also remember when the tv would turn off for the night. We used to have a box on top of the tv with numbers on it representing the different channels. There was a switch button move back and forth to the different channels. If someone wanted to change the channel, they got up in front of the tv and used that button. There wasn't the convenience of a remote, like we have today.

[swkstudent]

Yes! I was just thinking about that earlier. I remember that happening when I was very very young and all that static use to confuse me lol.

[crisstar]

I remember "bad" movies coming on late at night. After my mom went to sleep I would stay up and watch all the things a young kid shouldn't be watching. 

Nowadays, kids are exposed to everything at a much younger age because tv shows/movies are played non-stop throughout the day.

I do remember the cheap candy and the 70s version of what we called a tv remote (a big box with a long cord that attached to the tv that you literally needed two hands to hold  )....

Those were the days!