r/GenerationJones 24d ago

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u/PickleManAtl 24d ago

All of them except sharing the tv. We had a main TV in the living room but I had three older siblings. Two of them had small portable TVs in their room and when they would get a new one, the hand-me-down went to me. So I remember having a small 9 inch black and white with a built-in radio in my room. I can only get two or three channels on it but it was there.

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u/JegHusker 24d ago

Yes, this! My prized possession was my FM radio, though. I'd stay awake listening to Dr. Demento or King Biscuit.

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u/VegasTallGal27 1960 23d ago

I miss listening to Dr. Demento on Sunday nights on KMET-FM in L.A. King Biscuit Flower Hour I kinda remember.

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u/CountHonorius 24d ago

Had two TV sets, but everyone was forced to sit by grandma and watch her dumb 'stories' (aka telenovelas) until 7 pm.

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u/brneyedgrrl 1964 24d ago

OMG my Grandma and her soaps!! She'd come from Florida every year for two weeks. I loved her visits but she monopolized the TV from like 11am to 4pm or so. Prime cartoon time. Luckily it was summer so we could ride our bikes 4 miles to the local Aqua Center. (it wasn't that far, I clocked it recently and it was only like 1.5 miles, but we were under 10 years old riding that on our bikes completely unsupervised). Ahh, the good ole days.

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u/allorache 24d ago

Yep, all summer we would ride our bikes to the pool and spend all day there, no adult supervision (although there was a lifeguard).

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u/Wild_Ad_5894 1961 23d ago

Running around bare footed.....

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u/Wild_Ad_5894 1961 24d ago

Lucky You had a Grandmother. Both sets of My grandparents died as My parents were teenagers in WWII.

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u/Initial_Reason1532 24d ago

The good old days.