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# I remember when televisions used to have a 3rd dimension
not like these flat screens you get nowadays...

they were made of wood and they had big buttons which were satisfying to press, also there was less swearing and the news seldom mentioned celebrities or programmes which were coming later on tonight...

also Terry Wogan was on it more.
(I helped save b3ta! Prof UnderCover evitable, Wed 11 Mar 2009, 9:23, archived)
# yes indeed
the buttons on our old 70s telly went CLUNK - then eventually the telly went clunk and everything went yellow

I still get confused by the Incredible Hulk being green
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Wed 11 Mar 2009, 9:25, archived)
# :D
and if the tells was a little bit past it's best you had to put your shoulder in to make the button work... or better sill it had a dial for you to tune into the channel!

the remote control ran a wire to the telly!!
(I helped save b3ta! Prof UnderCover evitable, Wed 11 Mar 2009, 9:26, archived)
# A dial on the wall
with channels only on A, B & C.
Till S4C came.
(I helped save b3ta! Geoff the Clownfish You know Myra, some people might think you're cute, Wed 11 Mar 2009, 9:30, archived)
# S4C
Bane of my childhood... we didn't even live in fucking Wales!
(I helped save b3ta! Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Wed 11 Mar 2009, 9:34, archived)
# But but but
on S4C you get Pobol y Cwm! The best soap opera in the fucking world!

I am often to be found watching it on S4C Digidol.
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Wed 11 Mar 2009, 9:38, archived)
# The last time I watched P-y-C (don'tcha know)
a man had fallen into a hole in the pavement.
He then stumbled, outraged, into the pub (good man)
whereupon the landlord phoned the council to report the matter.
They sent a man round with bollards within the hour. Gritty and true to life, that's how I like my soaps.
(I helped save b3ta! Geoff the Clownfish You know Myra, some people might think you're cute, Wed 11 Mar 2009, 9:54, archived)
# Ha ha ha!
Pobol y Cwm is utter fucking win :D

Last time I saw it, there was a row in the car dealership!
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Wed 11 Mar 2009, 10:01, archived)
# there were only 4 channels
and none of them were about shopping... cartoons were good, game shows were cheap, reality shows starred Estha Ranson... Cilla Black had a career ...
(I helped save b3ta! Prof UnderCover evitable, Wed 11 Mar 2009, 9:25, archived)
# When TV men had to come round to tune your TV in to get Channel 5 FOR you.
(I helped save b3ta! Quijibo Esq. BSc. May contain traces of nuts, Wed 11 Mar 2009, 9:29, archived)
# Four? FOUR!?!?!!
Luxury. There were only three when I were a lad. And they were all shite and all.
(I helped save b3ta! sm.pl.crt.rs I don't fucking know, do I?, Wed 11 Mar 2009, 9:47, archived)
# Great crunching noises when you changed channels
(I helped save b3ta! Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Wed 11 Mar 2009, 9:26, archived)
# the day's programming finsihed at 12
and they played the national anthem... 24 hour news would have been a joke (as it should be) -- comedy was funny and dangerous...
(I helped save b3ta! Prof UnderCover evitable, Wed 11 Mar 2009, 9:28, archived)
# and the remote control was a shoe
(I helped save b3ta! prodigy69 broke b3ta and made everyone leave, Wed 11 Mar 2009, 9:28, archived)
# hahahaha
ours had one button and sounded like a stapler
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Wed 11 Mar 2009, 9:29, archived)
# the spring release on the top loaded VHS could put an action man into space
and the VHS itself looked like it would make a great place to put bread
(I helped save b3ta! Prof UnderCover evitable, Wed 11 Mar 2009, 9:30, archived)
# Toploaders were ace!
Toploader, on the other hand, were shite
(I helped save b3ta! Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Wed 11 Mar 2009, 9:33, archived)
# ^this
I was very disappointed to discover that the 'Sauron Effect' did not apply to T*ploader
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Wed 11 Mar 2009, 9:35, archived)
# ^ :D
(I helped save b3ta! prodigy69 broke b3ta and made everyone leave, Wed 11 Mar 2009, 9:33, archived)
# :D
or a kid... (if you were a grown up) or a box which ran a wire to the telly if you were posh
(I helped save b3ta! Prof UnderCover evitable, Wed 11 Mar 2009, 9:29, archived)
# Our first 'remote control' had a cable
attaching it to the telly!
(I helped save b3ta! Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Wed 11 Mar 2009, 9:33, archived)
# ooooh la dee da! :D
(I helped save b3ta! prodigy69 broke b3ta and made everyone leave, Wed 11 Mar 2009, 9:34, archived)