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May 20, 2024 10:26 PM
funktasticbeast
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Ekaris9
Ok, first off: Fuck you.
WestOfEngland
3
terrylovesyogurt99
All imgur has taught me tonight is that I'm old! Thanks fuckers lol
Dimind
If you know what this is, you can read because it says what it is at the top.
jimofoz
I still have a roll of 300 ohm on my shelf.
hetnkik999
Did anybody actually use a screwdriver to screw down the forks or just use a butter knife like I did?
chucklemore
Channel 3. I had the original Pong. That's all it did. Pong. Beep, Boop. Bought it out the trunk of a car in a parking lot, early 70's. :-)
isetprettygirlsonfire
Channel 4 for me as well. Channel 3 was a broadcast station for us
CaptainHightower
Channel 0
khun2
3
HisRoyalMajestyKingV
Channel 3. And.. YOU DAMN KIDS GET OFF MY LAWN!!
acetothermus
It was always channel 3 for me.
Xilir8
3 for me, 4 was an active channel.
LittleChickadee
Channel 3! That's when it was Atari time!
jarable
400 resolution!
LordHotPie
Remember how the 2 forks would get fatigued and break off? Did you use a wire stripper and wrap the copper around the screw instead of going to Radio Shack for a proper replacement? I did. It worked.
nanomaus
Wire stripper so I could get my TI-994A working on the basement tv again. :)
omegaprimus01
Man fuck you! My parents tv required that for anything, luckily we got a coax adapter so you wouldn’t have to unscrew the Atari to watch tv, the slider we had broke.
androgenoide
I've still got a couple somewhere. Maybe I'm a hoarder.
gtotherizzle
3
lordmyrth
3 for me
rukeman
Channel 3 so I could hook up my Atari games.
AceLynch
Channel 3 as it was a non-broadcast channel for me. Channel 4 was a local station.
banjak
The smell though.
OhIfIMust
TarynnosaurusRex
Damn, I can practically smell the Camel cigarettes just looking at this photo.
Pistolstar86
Shut the front door
delusionaldaydreams
3. We had one of these for pong, and later for our intellivision system.
buddhanature
Channel 4 was a station with programming, so... 3 every time.
ScrippyChan
Channel 3.
OhIfIMust
These were much worse to step on than any Lego brick, and they always landed/rested switch side up.
nero4ty2
Was your tv on the floor? Why were you stepping directly behind your tv?
shorey66
That little bastard box used to shock me every time I tried to switch it.
ICampOntheFirstDate
The proper answer is "whichever one doesn't have an active broadcast." In my area we had a channel 2 and a channel 5, but 5 had a lot of overlapping interference into 4. So 3 produced the cleanest game.
RavenousBugblatterBeast
Exact same experience for me, except we also had a 12. Fancy!
zerovanity59
In the US, they could only use every other channel, per city in the analogue days, however, there were gaps in the band plan. Two-4, 5-6, 7-13, and 14-maximum channel (higher channels have been sold off to cell phone companies three times) are continuous. 4-5 has a gap, 6-7 have a gap, and 13-14 has a gap. Above channel 4 is for aeronautical navigation use.
Volpe42
So the antenna for 5 was on your roof
IceWeaselX
Yep. 3 was the go-to, but on occasion, swapping to 4 was necessary.
VandelayLatex
This is the way. We had a local Channel 4 and had to play on 3.
EleganceIsDead
For me it was a crapshoot, since depending on whatever mood the rabbit ears were in, either 2 would bleed into 3 or 5 would bleed into 4. "The good'ole days". LMAO!!
VitaminJay
If you recognize @op 's image, stretch and take your NSAIDs.
Rhythmaster
If you're relying on NSAIDs to get through the day, like every day, something is wrong, please see a doctor, daily ibuprofen use is not good for you over the long term. I know it's a joke, but if anyone really feels that much pain every day, see a doctor, or physiotherapist, pain means something is wrong, painkillers are the equivalent of disabling your body's check engine light.
VitaminJay
I've got a jacked up back, every time I go to the doc they say 'have you tried losing weight?' and then I explain the weight on me is muscle, and then I owe the doc $600.
Salticido
Rhythmaster
When I had chronic pain, regular doctors had no clue how to help me, physio was the only thing that helped, I had a different area that was fucked with repetitive strain injury, but maybe physiotherapists could help you too, you have to actually do all the painful prescribed exercises and stretches 6x a day or whatever they tell you, but it was literally the only thing that helped and reduced my pain and regained my ability to do stuff with my hands...
bbherMlemPlayer
I do NOT recognize that that gizmo. By the time that came out, I was too old to be interested.
I don't stretch but I do take a HANDFUL of meds twice a day. 🙂🙂
bigdinger81
Look at this guy, he got too old for video games
bbherMlemPlayer
Yeah, I'd spend the time on PORN !! 😂