Re: Reply#17
Mike your family and your moving out on your own sound a lot like mine! After my Dad died in ‘62 we had what you’d call a reversal of fortune. We did get a color TV sooner than your family though in ‘69. And it was only because Mom took us to Sannarosa to see the revival of “Gone With The Wind”, an hour long drive each way. Since we got there about an hour before the movie began we went to Sears to window shop. We showed Mom a 19” Silvertone color TV that was only I believe $15 a mo. and rationalized with her that if she bought this TV we wouldn’t have to drive an hour each way to the show house in Sannarosa.
So the next day, a Wednesday, and a half day for her at work because the doctor she worked for did surgeries in the afternoon, we stayed home from school. At noon we three kids piled into the ‘67 VW and went to Sears in Sannarosa and Mom bought that TV. The new TV rode home in the passengers seat while us kids rode in the back, it was the only way to get our new magic box home! It had a color control that you could adjust to tint BW programs to either blue or sepia, which we used cause we weren’t gonna watch anymore BW TV! We scoured the TV Guide in search of every color program. Oh what a novelty that TV was!
When I moved out on my own at age 19 in ‘70 I bought all my household essentials that weren’t handed down to me at either Kmart or Penneys. I appreciated everything that I was able to afford or that was given to me. I still have a twin size thermal blanket in a cabinet in the living room to use as a throw if its cold. That gold colored blanket cost $3.97! As Edith Bunker used to say in the opening of “All In The Family”, those were the days!
BTW, my first full time job paid me $50 a week, or $39.90 after withholding taxes. My rent was $65.00 a mo. utilities included for a tiny cottage that was furnished with a twin bed, small desk and chair and a small table and two chairs. I couldn’t afford a telephone until a year later.
Eddie
Mike your family and your moving out on your own sound a lot like mine! After my Dad died in ‘62 we had what you’d call a reversal of fortune. We did get a color TV sooner than your family though in ‘69. And it was only because Mom took us to Sannarosa to see the revival of “Gone With The Wind”, an hour long drive each way. Since we got there about an hour before the movie began we went to Sears to window shop. We showed Mom a 19” Silvertone color TV that was only I believe $15 a mo. and rationalized with her that if she bought this TV we wouldn’t have to drive an hour each way to the show house in Sannarosa.
So the next day, a Wednesday, and a half day for her at work because the doctor she worked for did surgeries in the afternoon, we stayed home from school. At noon we three kids piled into the ‘67 VW and went to Sears in Sannarosa and Mom bought that TV. The new TV rode home in the passengers seat while us kids rode in the back, it was the only way to get our new magic box home! It had a color control that you could adjust to tint BW programs to either blue or sepia, which we used cause we weren’t gonna watch anymore BW TV! We scoured the TV Guide in search of every color program. Oh what a novelty that TV was!
When I moved out on my own at age 19 in ‘70 I bought all my household essentials that weren’t handed down to me at either Kmart or Penneys. I appreciated everything that I was able to afford or that was given to me. I still have a twin size thermal blanket in a cabinet in the living room to use as a throw if its cold. That gold colored blanket cost $3.97! As Edith Bunker used to say in the opening of “All In The Family”, those were the days!
BTW, my first full time job paid me $50 a week, or $39.90 after withholding taxes. My rent was $65.00 a mo. utilities included for a tiny cottage that was furnished with a twin bed, small desk and chair and a small table and two chairs. I couldn’t afford a telephone until a year later.
Eddie
