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Originally Posted by Den*nis O*Brien
For what it is worth....I call this card a classic. The TV (That I grew up with) motif is enough to seal the deal for me. Plus I have fuzzy memories of opening the '55 Bowman wax packs right off of the corner store counter. So...there is that nostalgic factor for me personally. For all of you young folks that did not experience the Clunk-Klunk-clunk of turning those knobs...I encourage you to buy one of these TV sets,working or not, at a garage sale, just for the thrill of the sound....
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I wasn't around in 1955 but I remember growing up with some older TVs that still had the nobs you had to turn by hand, including a black and white one at my grand parents place. My aunt even had one missing the nobs. We had to use a set of pliers to change the channel.
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