Got out my old TV/VHS combo that used to be in the kitchen, hooked it up to the widescreen TV (used as a monitor only) with a scart lead.
Good result, I was quite happy spending my spare time with many top movies (in their day) and some recorded documentaries (Simon Sharmas Britain, Melvyn Bragg on the English language, full series) from my brief daliance with Sky TV some few years back. I could have 'survived' probably another two to three weeks.
The most annoying part was reading bollox in the papers and not having access to contrariness.
Thanks to those who offered advice below, good to be back.
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Is it a Windows computer that you've got a new hard drive for? See E-Mail address for further details of why I ask.....
Hey Banned, at least it wasn't permanent.
Welcome back Banned!
Sometimes it's extremely refreshing to take a step back and enjoy when times when things were simpler or so they seemed anyhow.
Hi Banned. I'm gld you have things sorted now.
That was a great idea hooking up things to watch vhs tapes. I have a dvd tape player combo, because I've collected lots of tapes, and it's good to be able to watch them now and then.
D & C Ta for the e-mail. I'll try those out soon.
Woody What was that about suicide?
Hi Christopher As you suggest, it was actually quite relaxing just sitting back with a stop and start button, none of this inter-active stuff.
Hey Bunni I didn't expect to hear from you for a while as your own blog seems quite quiet
Welcome back.
I have to admit the thing I'd miss most would be the internet. I've been steadily replacing all my classic videos with DVD versions for the laptop, but got a way to go with that. I'd never miss TV itself as I never watch TV. One of the best moves I ever made was that!
However, reading your post does remind me that I probably need to top up my bookshelf...
We are so spoiled with all of the gadgets that fill our lives now a days. I don't even take enough time to sit down a read a good book but for a few minutes before bedtime. Glad you're up and running again!
Reminds me of the good ole days. I'm old enough to remember my parents first TV, the days and night went quite well without that idiot box. Glad to see you found a way to recover from your loss!
Welcome back. Agree with CS that a bookshelf revamp is overdue. A bumper book of Times and Telegraph crosswords is the way forward when I get my fortnight in hospital for an operation later this year. No internet for two weeks will be agony.
That's a nice way to spend the day. Thanks for the idea....
CS, I don't watch Telly as such so that was no loss, it's all the add-ons that comes with the computer.
Ron, I remember my dad coming home with our first colour TV, in the same way that I remember him coming home with the first stereo.
He used to tell me how, as a Wireless Telegrapher on the WW2 Russian Arctic Sea convoys, he used to stand inside the ships radios, this was at the time when I was taking my transistor radio to the beach, dangling off my wrist.
Since going on-line I have, sadly, gone off-book; I used to read avidly and still have almost all of the hardbacks that I bought over the years. Could I have settled back into reading by the hour? Dunno.
"he used to stand inside the ships radios"
That reminded me of my travels downunder in the 80's to visit the studios and transmitters of Radio Australia - I was an avid shortwave listener in those days. I have some photo's somewhere of the 1960's vintage (they may have been older) 100kw transmitters at Shepparton. These were made up of several cabinets, and took up roughly the area of a small bungalow.
A few years later I visited Radio Netherlands brand new site in the Flevo polder (6ft below sea level!).
Their 500Kw units would fit in a typical kitchen, and IIRC used a single output valve.
I believe that's known as progress....
Sadly the internet has now largely taken over as an information medium, and the excitement of those days is missing.
Hi Banned, hope all is well. This hot weather makes it very hard to be motivated to posts. TTYL.
Hi Bunni, yeah, everything is well but I can't get interested in anything that isn't being covered eleswhere!
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