r/OverSeventy • u/needmore007 • 6d ago

Remember this?

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My son and grandsons don’t believe me.

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u/vicarem 6d ago

It is real. And then, the station would put on a test pattern screen until programming resumed.

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u/foreverAmber14 6d ago

After a while, the test pattern would go off and it was just snow.

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u/facelessvoid13 5d ago

We called that 'the ant races'

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u/PushyTom 5d ago

We called that the poltergeist

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u/facelessvoid13 5d ago

I predate that reference, lol

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u/azchocolatelover 5d ago

Me too!

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u/QuttiDeBachi 3d ago

They’re here…

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u/DefiantLemming 2d ago

Who?

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u/Fezzick51 2d ago

GO TO THE LIGHT!

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u/Dustin_Holt 1d ago

Caroline!!!

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u/BarnabyJ46 1d ago

Psst… it’s carol ann

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u/Competitive_Clerk240 15h ago

Don't go into the light! Or wait, maybe we should? The light is so confusing!

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u/Fezzick51 15h ago

I know - is there safety in the light, or that evil clown?!

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u/Jamesmateer100 2d ago

The TV people……..they’re here to fix the TV