Back in my days ... there were only two TV stations where I was living. The commerical network and the ABC. Also we had no internet and only one TV.
Back in my day...
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Lets see, I remember the days of 3 channel TV and the big deal it was when a 4th channel was being launched. Now a new channel barely raises an eyebrow.
The awesome power of 8bit computing.
TV Stations closing down over night.
When chocolate bars where big instead of the ever decreasing size they seem to be these days.
You could go into a corner shop and have rows and rows of jars of sweets and you could get any weight you wanted, instead of all the mostly prepacked stuff we get today.
Kids had respect for their elders espically people such as the Police.
The awesome power of 8bit computing.
TV Stations closing down over night.
When chocolate bars where big instead of the ever decreasing size they seem to be these days.
You could go into a corner shop and have rows and rows of jars of sweets and you could get any weight you wanted, instead of all the mostly prepacked stuff we get today.
Kids had respect for their elders espically people such as the Police.
I remember 2 channels in 405-lines black and white, rather than 625 lines colour.
The awesome power of the slide rule and the mechanical adding machine.
Wallpaper patterns that hurt the eye.
Platform soled shoes, flared trousers, and loon pants.
Sideburns and dodgy moustaches.
Kipper crisps and Cresta - it's frothy, man.
The awesome power of the slide rule and the mechanical adding machine.
Wallpaper patterns that hurt the eye.
Platform soled shoes, flared trousers, and loon pants.
Sideburns and dodgy moustaches.
Kipper crisps and Cresta - it's frothy, man.
^^ Bellbottoms! I love bellbottoms. 
Back in my day, kids:
Harry Truman was Pres, followed by Ike.
No TV
No AC
Spring 6 - 1301 on a rotary dial phone with only operator assisted long distance.
Milk delivered to a box on the front porch.
Pushcart Ice Cream Man
Pushcard ragman "Rags and old Iron."
Polio, followed by Salk, then Sabin vaccines
Segregation
Slide rules, linear and circular
FM radio was NEW
1937 Dodge as second car to 1949 DeSoto
I could go on but...
Harry Truman was Pres, followed by Ike.
No TV
No AC
Spring 6 - 1301 on a rotary dial phone with only operator assisted long distance.
Milk delivered to a box on the front porch.
Pushcart Ice Cream Man
Pushcard ragman "Rags and old Iron."
Polio, followed by Salk, then Sabin vaccines
Segregation
Slide rules, linear and circular
FM radio was NEW
1937 Dodge as second car to 1949 DeSoto
I could go on but...
In my day...
- We had a big screen TV, and it had a 19" screen.
- If you missed a TV episode, you had to wait months for the rerun. VCR? You think we're made of money?
- We were luck to get three VHF (What the he'll is that?) channels and 4 UHF channels if you were willing to stand next to the TV holding the rabbit ears and some wadded up tin foil and a wire hanger.
- When cable finally arrived, their were only 35 new channels.
- the first real boobs you finally got to see were probably scrambled.
- Atari was all we had for video games, and you knew it was awesome then. But if you play it now, you know it is lame.
- Phones with cords, and dials, attached to your wall. One phone company, long distance provider and manufacturer.
- You left the house in the morning on weekends and during the summer. You came home when the streetlights came on or when your mom called for you (literally called... Out the back door... And you could hear her throughout the neighborhood!)
- A stick was a gun, a pine cone or dirt clump was a grenade, and you played using your imagination.
- You got hurt all the time. Bumped your head. Scraped you elbows and knees. Your mom or a friend's mom patched you up, put that horrible iodine on your cuts, and sent you back out to get hurt again! Damn right!
- At least once during the summer you had a massive wipe-out on your bike, flying over the handlebars, crashing after a major jump. If you didn't, you were considered a wuss.
The Bubblewrap Generation - coddled little babies, all of 'em.
- We had a big screen TV, and it had a 19" screen.
- If you missed a TV episode, you had to wait months for the rerun. VCR? You think we're made of money?
- We were luck to get three VHF (What the he'll is that?) channels and 4 UHF channels if you were willing to stand next to the TV holding the rabbit ears and some wadded up tin foil and a wire hanger.
- When cable finally arrived, their were only 35 new channels.
- the first real boobs you finally got to see were probably scrambled.
- Atari was all we had for video games, and you knew it was awesome then. But if you play it now, you know it is lame.
- Phones with cords, and dials, attached to your wall. One phone company, long distance provider and manufacturer.
- You left the house in the morning on weekends and during the summer. You came home when the streetlights came on or when your mom called for you (literally called... Out the back door... And you could hear her throughout the neighborhood!)
- A stick was a gun, a pine cone or dirt clump was a grenade, and you played using your imagination.
- You got hurt all the time. Bumped your head. Scraped you elbows and knees. Your mom or a friend's mom patched you up, put that horrible iodine on your cuts, and sent you back out to get hurt again! Damn right!
- At least once during the summer you had a massive wipe-out on your bike, flying over the handlebars, crashing after a major jump. If you didn't, you were considered a wuss.
The Bubblewrap Generation - coddled little babies, all of 'em.
^^ It wasn't quite that simple, but I agree with you-- the preference for corrupt characters over real heroes is disturbing.
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I know how you feel about this RJ, but I don't know that I'd say they're all "corrupt heroes"... Nor do I think the proliferation of shows having protagonists who are unlikeable anti-heroes has been a necessarily bad thing. Clearly there is an audience these characters. Is it such a bad thing to explore the human condition with characters like this?
A perfect example: My younger sister has turned me on to the Showtime series Weeds. I've been watching it on Netflix per her recommendation because she thinks it's hilarious. And it is! But Nancy Botwin (the lead of the show) becomes more and more unlikeable with each season. Like with Tony Soprano and Vic Mackey before her, you almost want to root for her because she does have a few good qualities, but on the whole she's not a nice person nor is she doing particularly "good" things. But the show itself is very well written and quite enjoyable. (Keep in mind, I'm only up to season 4.)
A perfect example: My younger sister has turned me on to the Showtime series Weeds. I've been watching it on Netflix per her recommendation because she thinks it's hilarious. And it is! But Nancy Botwin (the lead of the show) becomes more and more unlikeable with each season. Like with Tony Soprano and Vic Mackey before her, you almost want to root for her because she does have a few good qualities, but on the whole she's not a nice person nor is she doing particularly "good" things. But the show itself is very well written and quite enjoyable. (Keep in mind, I'm only up to season 4.)
Back in my day if your Mother/Dad wanted to get in contact with you they would shout out over the veranda.
Tv ended at a certain time.
Your grannies massive radio gram took a while to warm up and made a scarry electical hum when on.
Skate boards were the equivelant of a PS3.
Kids could buy glue with no issue with their airfix plane and cars models.
You only ever saw money on birthdays.
The only people that wore safety gear while on their bike were motorcyclists.
Sundays were for chapel and Glen micheals cavalcade.
Tv ended at a certain time.
Your grannies massive radio gram took a while to warm up and made a scarry electical hum when on.
Skate boards were the equivelant of a PS3.
Kids could buy glue with no issue with their airfix plane and cars models.
You only ever saw money on birthdays.
The only people that wore safety gear while on their bike were motorcyclists.
Sundays were for chapel and Glen micheals cavalcade.
It's not a bad thing to explore the Human condition with those types of characters at all. But they don't seem to be exploring them so much as... let's say justifying, for want of a better term. Wallowing in cynicism. And not only is there a proliferation of these types of shows-- Rescue Me, Dexter, nuBSG, Breaking Bad and on and on-- but more and more older concepts are being re-imagined in this mold-- from Star Trek to Marvel Comics to Stargate. Luckily, there are still a handful of shows with characters that you wouldn't be afraid to be in the same room with.
Aside from these wars in the 80's/90's to name a few :-
The Cold War (end of)
First Gulf War
Kosvo War
US Invasian of Panama
Back in my day...we had Quinn Martin Productions! 
Back in muh day, we had commercial breaks between TV shows and the number of commercial breaks were fewer and shorter in duration.
We also didn't have a ton of onscreen clutter and pop up ads taking up half the screen during programs.
We also didn't have a ton of onscreen clutter and pop up ads taking up half the screen during programs.
I still don't understand this concept of "play dates." I used to just phone a friend, or a friend would phone me, and we'd get together and play. It was a spur-of-the-moment thing; you didn't have to make a friggin' appointment, for Christ's sake.
Back in my day, after a movie finished its run in theaters, you'd be waiting at least two or three years before it hit broadcast television.
What's "video"?
Tell me about it.. . . At least once during the summer you had a massive wipe-out on your bike, flying over the handlebars, crashing after a major jump. If you didn't, you were considered a wuss.
The Bubblewrap Generation - coddled little babies, all of 'em.
There were microwave ovens when I was a kid -- we called them "radar ovens" -- but they were expensive and few people had them in their homes. They were mostly found in public places. Grab a cold hot dog or burger from a vending machine, zap it in the radar oven for a couple of minutes, and it came out piping hot. Still tasted like crap, but it was hot!
Back in my day, albums came on 12" vinyl discs. With your choice of monaural or a dollar more for stereo.
The Police were awesome.
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Dammit, we had STARLOG to tell us sci fi/fantasy was coming!
True, true, I didn't read many magazines when I was a kid, unless Alfred E. Nueman was on the cover
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