Black and White TV

A friend of mine's children asked her if she remembers watching Charlie Brown specials in Black and White. That got me to thinking I remember the 1st remote control TV we had, it wasn't really one but if you ran the vacuum close to it it changed channels. I also remember that I was the remote control for my dad, he would tell me what channel and I would change it to that, and this was before you could skip from 2 to 35 with out having to go thru all of the channels in between.

Some inventions that have come since I was born are ...
*Pong (1972) the 1st video game and I hated it but I love to play with my PS2 and my girl's DS games.
*Post it notes (1974) I couldn't live without them.
*Rubik's Cube (1974) I am addicted to it, and I have never been able to solve it with out cheating.
*The Walkman (1979) can you believe we thought we where so cool with one of the big bulky thing hanging at our sides, and to think now we have something that is the size of a credit card and holds 100's or 1000's of songs.
*Windows OS (1985) can you believe that the 1st one came out way back then, also look at how small our computers are now. My Father worked with a computer that was the size of a 2 story house.
* Disposable Cameras (1986) now we have digital ones that we can see what the pictures look like before we develop them.

Some Prices from 1970's are...
*A new house cost $23,400.00 and by 1979 was $58,500.00
*Average income per year was $9,350.00 and by 1979 was $17,550.00
*A gallon of gas was 36 cents and by 1979 was 86 cents , when I graduated from High School gas was 99 cents a gallon.
*Average cost of new car was $3,900.00 and by 1979 was $5,770.00, Datsun 210 $3,869, my 1st car was a Datsun 510 and I didn't pay that much of it, I wish I still had it.
*Medium Eggs 25 cents per dozen.

TV Shows of the 1970's... How many do you remember.
The Waltons 1972 - 1981.
Chips 1977 - 1983.
Lassie 1954 - 1973.
Starsky and Hutch 1975 - 1979.
Dukes Of Hazzard 1979 - 1985.
The Benny Hill Show 1969 - 1989.
Monty Python’s Flying Circus 1969 - 1974.
The Muppet Show 1976 - 1981.
Bonanza 1959 - 1973.
The Brady Bunch 1969 - 1974.
Dallas 1978 - 1991.
Charlie's Angels 1976 - 1981.
Little House on the Prairie 1974 - 1983.
Gunsmoke 1955 - 1975.
Columbo 1968 - 2003.
Kojak 1973 - 1978.
All In The Family 1971 - 1979.
Laverne & Shirley 1976 - 1983.
The Odd Couple 1970 - 1974.
Happy Days 1974 - 1984.
Sanford and Son 1972 - 1977.
Taxi 1978 - 1983.
Benson 1979 - 1986.

Been There, Done That, wish the prices where the same with today's income.