Major blast from the past - Bilge

M mbonga Member La Mesa, California Joined: Dec 04, 2005 Posts: 556	M mbonga Posted posted on Tue, Mar 14, 2006 10:09 AM My family had only black-and-white sets until at least 1976. If there was a show we especially wanted to see in color, like "The Man From UNCLE," we'd go visit friends who had a color TV that night. Although I didn't mind black-and-white, there were a few minor drawbacks: (1) in later years when I had to describe a film to somebody, I was unable to tell them if it was in black-and-white or color; (2) I was delayed in getting a feel for which decades of film had color vs. which decades had black-and-white, (3) some things were misleading, such as the one swimsuit scene I thought was a nude scene because the swimsuit was the same gray shade as the body. Oh well. In a similar vein, I never owned an air-conditioned car until 1987. [ Edited by: mbonga 2006-03-14 10:11 ]

My family had only black-and-white sets until at least 1976. If there was a show we especially wanted to see in color, like "The Man From UNCLE," we'd go visit friends who had a color TV that night. Although I didn't mind black-and-white, there were a few minor drawbacks: (1) in later years when I had to describe a film to somebody, I was unable to tell them if it was in black-and-white or color; (2) I was delayed in getting a feel for which decades of film had color vs. which decades had black-and-white, (3) some things were misleading, such as the one swimsuit scene I thought was a nude scene because the swimsuit was the same gray shade as the body. Oh well.

In a similar vein, I never owned an air-conditioned car until 1987.

[ Edited by: mbonga 2006-03-14 10:11 ]

Post #220703 by mbonga on Tue, Mar 14, 2006 10:09 AM