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Article #619584Re: 1947--the future of walkie-talkies
From: JimP
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2018 21:37
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2018 21:37
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On 21 Jan 2018 16:22:26 GMT, jmfbahciv <See....@aol.com> wrote: >JimP wrote: >> On Sat, 20 Jan 2018 12:07:24 -0800 (PST), hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote: >> >>>On Friday, January 19, 2018 at 7:11:33 PM UTC-5, JimP wrote: >>> >>>> About 1960 we got a visit from NASA at my junior high school. They >>>> showed the progression from large vacuum tubes/valves, to 4 small dots >>>> that were a computer. Remembering back, the first tube looked like a >>>> diode. Peanut tubes were part of it. >>> >>>Years ago, both government and industry would routinely send >>>out speakers to schools and clubs, along with a film, to >>>pitch what their agencies were doing. Is that still done? >> >> There were also short films on tv, 'Industry on Parade'. The intro was >> lots of factories belching smoke and fumes. > >I loved to watch those. > >> >> I haven't heard of any, but I don't have kids. > >When I was a kid, we went to see the work being done. > >/BAH Small town... no factories nearby. We did get to go see a honey store. Bees could come into the store via a large clear plastic pipe from the back wall into the room. It freaked some of us out. We were given small bottles of honey as samples. About 1 ounce, with a honeycomb in it. We also went on a day trip on one of the last steam locomotives in service and two years we went to the circus.
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