Talk of the TV in the corner in the old days triggered a fond memory of my Mum.
I grew up without TV for most of my childhood but I remember us having a TV for a brief period until it broke down.
One vivid memory I have about the TV is the Test Card.
My Mum loved music but we didn’t have a radio or any devices that played music, except for that TV until it broke down.
I remember Mum used to put the TV on during the daytime. There were no programmes being broadcast but there was always some classical music playing and we would listen to it - the screen just showed a “Test Card” picture (to aid TV installers tune in the TV I think)
If the music playing was good to dance to, she would waltz around the room, duster in hand, while she was doing the housework.
The Test Card may be long gone but I still sometimes listen to classical music via my TV, using the radio channels.
It wasn’t the bloke, it was the mouse!
Blimey Foxy, you’re the type of fella that delights in telling small children that Father Christmas doesn’t exist
I was a professional ‘slapper’. It was the way you slap 'em sometimes.
I watch a lot of TV but can find it hard to settle on a program. Programs I do watch all the way through are the Emmerdale and Coronation Street. I never thought I’d follow the soaps when younger but that the way it has turned out.
I can often watch PBS America or Abandoned Engineering all the way through but apart from that I do a lot of channel hopping.
I’ve lots to tell you, but Mrs Fox is waiting for me to take her to the Christmas Fair at one of the garden centres we visit…I’m only going for the lunch…
Thanks Chilli, and yep, I’ll catch yer all later…
There could be a couple of reasons why a slap or two actually worked. One is dry solder joints that could be a bit dodgy on whether they were make or break. Another was valve pins and the sockets they sat in.
The technical approach: Wiggle the valves in their sockets. Tap around with the handle end of a screwdriver (or similar). Pull components around with a plastic knitting needle to isolate the area that is being helped out by a good slap of the cabinet.
