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Re: OT: 1958 a day in the life of a TV repairman

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From: ma...
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2018 06:50
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On 2018-07-13, Brian Reay <no...@m.com> wrote:
> On 13/07/2018 21:01, Gareth's Downstairs Computer wrote:
>> On 13/07/2018 20:56, JimP wrote:
>>> On Fri, 13 Jul 2018 12:33:32 -0700 (PDT), hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thursday, July 12, 2018 at 5:58:13 PM UTC-4, Peter Flass wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Another once-good career that has gone the way of the iceman.
>>>>
>>>> In an episode of Car 54, an older woman (played by the great
>>>> Molly Picon), was given a modern apartment.  She demanded an
>>>> icebox, so the iceman would come up and visit with her.  She
>>>> thought her modern apartment was a jail.
>>>>
>>>> That episode, made circa 1961, was very phophetic.
>>>
>>> I have lived in three apartments in my life. I agree, I felt like I
>>> was in a cage. I had tv, my computer, dvds of movies and stand up
>>> comedy. There were days I had to make my self stay there.
>>>
>> 
>> I lived in the tower blocks at Essex Uni and thought nothing of it
>> but nowadays appreciate a garden to go out to, to relieve the
>> boxed in feeling. I'd never go on a prison ship, AKA cruise liner,
>> for the same reason
>> 
>
> There is nothing quite like seeing the night sky from the deck of a ship 
> far out to sea.  Even during daylight, seeing the sea stretch out to 
> 'join' the sky all around you is quite awe inspiring.
>
>
>

My best scene from a ship is leavi, looking back and thinking would
you (i) ever return. Going by airplane is not as sad.

My mother travelled to and from the US in the 1930's by ship. You
could bring an immence amount of junk along, the other day we found
an autoharp that she brought.


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greymaus.ireland.ie
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