I was one of those shithead kids that wanted the latest Nintendos and cell phones, but then I started to appreciate what I had. And I am now into vintage stuff from the 70s. I like to find them and recap them.
@radiotvphononut As a 29 year old woman, I totally agree! I have a flatscreen TV and an iPhone that I had to work my butt off to pay for. My little stereo (record player, radio, CD) was given to me as a gift a couple years ago. I still have my old video games. I don't really like to go out and buy the newest thing when what I already have works fine! Most of what I have I either bought myself new or used or it's hand-me-down. That is a really nice console! I would love to have something like that someday! I love to collect electronics.
I'm 56 years old now. When I was a kid, I got the things i wanted from my parents if they could afford it. Mainly it was for Christmas and my birthday. I had to work my ass off around the house and have good grades. I was expected to do what I was told and respect my elders. I never got into trouble and never talked back to my parents. Today it's just terrible how things are.
Well, I'm to the age where I'm really not worried too much about finding a GF/wife. I suppose if a down-to-Earth person comes along who can accept me for who I am; then, maybe I'll give it a go. However, most of what's in my area are self-centered spoiled brats who are only interested in hanging with "cool" guys. I find it funny when some of them are all the time talking about wanting a good man; but, most of them wouldn't recognize an actual good man if one was standing in front of them.
I might be a modern teenager (18 years old) myself but I can't agree more enough. Kids these days are just greedy people who get up to no good and try to act all cool. Some students at the high school I went to thought I was weird because I liked vintage electronics, steam locomotives, planes, and listen to classic 50s to 80s music. Instead of this modern rap garbage most kids these days listen to...
Love all your videos I started on tvs and radio in the 1970s when I was a kid a lots changed I finally went to work with the power company I have 7 more years hope I make it every thing you said is so true
Trouble is we don't fit in today having been raised the old school way. My doctor is very beautiful but the reason I like her is she's old school and has good values. I was raised by an aunt and uncle that went through the Great depression they were honest hard working people. They didn't look to Gov for a handout.
If i made A "rant" video like this it would be the same,almost word for word . There are many kindred spirits like us who have knowledge and wisdom to see through the propaganda of endless consumerism. Those who really know the concept of QUALITY highly value it ; not only in material things but in their relationships with others.
I really enjoy your videos.When I was a boy I had to walk to school 5 miles uphill both ways and couldn't afford a single shoe for my feet in snow a foot deep. These kids nowadays don't know what tough times is..LOL.
I like the essence of great Dignity and Integrity, and Honesty Trustworthy in this mans nature and that as well as in his parents too. Great successes to you MR. radiotvphononut.
Great rant and I agree 100% with you. We live in a "want instantly " society and replace with the new within a couple of months. Especially smartphones. and now flat screen TV's. I have one flat screen and 6 CRT's in daily use as well 3 VHS VCR's. For audio I use often reel to reel for the warm analogue sound.
MrBrendog67rat I can assure that things like phones and such are built to not even be fixable and aren't even built with interchangeable parts. You try to open a Samsung Note 4 to replace the damaged USB port, there's a 50% you'll damage or even brick the phone. I can attest this because I'm typing this on a damaged Note 4. I tried to replace the USB port on it. It was at the brink of a come a full brick because in order to replace the USB port, I had to melt the adhesive with a heat gun in order to remove the LCD screen. Which is the most dangerous thing you can do to a phone. In so much that there's a 75% you'll brick the phone if you're not extra careful. Stuff back then, even older generation smart phones were built to be easily repairable. Nowadays, if you don't send anything to specialist and try to fix anything yourself, it will probably break on you.
I know this is a very old comment, apologies for responding to it. But at the age of 4, I disassembled the family's point and shoot camera. It used multiple types of screwdrivers and I somehow figured out how to work them. At the age of 7, I began soldering!
@@presario4255 I agree. There are a lot of things in a household which can be fixed easily when broken. The parents have to make an example to follow though. I think it's generally a good idea to give kids the feeling that they can do something, that they have skills which are of worth. From my experience a lot of kids only act up when they're bored - and that's nothing surprising. A lot of adults wouldn't do anything different, and we cannot expect our kids to do what we cannot. The absolute worst thing you can do is using violence to force your kids into obeying senseles rules. That's Pavlovian Conditioning and will generate mindless drones, not responsible adults.
You and me grew up and think a lot alike. Our neighborhood is like yours now too where the older people have moved out or died and new people are rather keep to themselves. I try to know all the ones around me that want to know me and we still do help each other out when we can, my neighbor has a basement so he can expect me to be banging on his door if a tornado is coming or if I have an emergency or need a hand, and the same back. I still live in the same area I was born. High Point, NC used to be the furniture and sock capital of the world. Then everything was sold out to foreign companies. We barely hang on to our furniture industry here now. And of course social media is the reason for the biggest change in relationships by far and we have a government that seeks to divide and conquer us now it seems like. I was into fixing TV's and stuff as a kid and really anything else. We never threw anything away unless it was an absolute hopeless cause. If we could fix it or have it fixed, we would. But now there is no electronic parts stores, or radio shacks, so I have to deal with E bay. People don't much care for the electronic relics anymore, but I rescue my share of electronics both given to me, brought to me, or I find on the road side and I'll probably never stop as long as it comes to me and I can get the parts. I also like to work on old lawn care items. One thing I've learned in the 30 or so years I been working on stuff is that my electronics teacher was right, you never stop learning, and once you think you seen it all, you ain't..... LOL I've learned a lot watching you and Shango. You guys are just awesome at diagnosis and are not afraid to tackle anything and give it your best shot. Continue your great work buddy! Big fan here! Cheers 🍻... Al Cox
I know this is an old video but I must comment. This guy right here is spot on. I am from his generation. I was born in 1982, and I believe you were born in 1977. And everything you said in this video is amazing. I am so sick of this materialistic generation. I mean every few months they go out and replace a product they have with the one they are getting rid of still work. Its a damn shame and I get the argument "its my money and I do what I want" but with all the problems going on in this damn world for people to just throw away money should be outlawed. And these products coming out today are made like shit. They break so easily. And its so sad that the American standard of quality products is dying. Everything has to come from China. And its always so cheap. I dont need an internet connected device 24/7. A phone was meant to make calls and not to be used for the damn internet and games etc. I have the same type of cell phone that you show in this video. I paid 5 dollars for it and I spend 10 dollars a month on 300 talk minutes and thats all I need. And dont get me started on these TV's. I am sick of all these flat screen Plasma/LCD TV's with this so called HD, and these TV's coming with all these damn Applications and Internet. ITS A JOKE. Its a damn TELEVISION. It was meant to WATCH. Not to play games on or search the internet. I understand the Applications for viewing Movies and TV thats fine. But all that other shit is not needed. And the HD thing to me depends on the eyes of the person watching. I have my old CRT TV and I tried to look at an HD TV with the HD Signal and my eyes could not tell any difference. I can see the same on both sets and I am perfectly happy with the CRT. I am sick of these stations making the pictures have the black bars at the top and bottom. I paid for 32 inches and I want to see the entire screen. It should be illegal. And I have COX Cable. And I have had it since I was 18 years old. And I have always had the Basic Cable and I have been happy with it. I dont need 1000 channels. I like the programs I watch and Basic is fine. WELL They are ending Basic Cable. They are going all digital. They are forcing me and others to go to the Digital TV Package Level 1. They are forcing me to pay for more channels that I do not want. And they are making us have these digital Mini Boxes to hook to the TV to be able to get a signal. The box you have to rent. And if you have a CRT TV as I do the picture is going to be in a square in the center of the picture. What a damn shame. And I get that I do not have to have Cox BUT in the area I live in its the best option. Its a damn scam. I too was raised by my grandma and that is where I get my old school values from. I presume thats where you get yours from too. And when it comes to discipline you cant even whip a kid today without going to jail. When I was a kid and I did wrong my grandma would whip me with a belt or the worst make me go outside to the tree and pick a switch. And that made me not want to do wrong again because I i did not want to get whipped. But you cant even punish kids today so they go and run wild and cause ruckus and thats why the world is in the shape its in. With so much crime. And the sad things and when we are old these kids are going to be running the show and I am so afraid of what things are going to be like. Anyways you keep up the good work and speaking the truth. You have a new fan.
Interesting. I was born 20 years before you, and I greatly appreciate today's technology, while appreciating that of the past. As someone significantly older than you, I can only say that you (and some others here) need to appreciate that the world changes, that technology changes, and that attitudes change as well. You might as well roll with it, because those who fight it always lose. I built my first simple computer in 1978. It wasn't all that much fun. I built a remote-control programmable robot in 1987, I still have it in a drawer here. I played with R/C cars in the eighties too. I've had a cellphone since around 1988. Yes, they were bigger back then. I've had a PC since 1995. I put my first website up in 1996. I've been on the road a lot for the last thirty years, and to me the cellphone is the greatest thing ever. I wouldn't be without one. I can control computers and file servers remotely with my $80 cellphone, I can watch my house from anywhere, play 20,000 songs through my car stereo, watch movies anywhere I want, buy anything I want from a thousand stores, and never get lost no matter where I am. How is this bad? I happen to think that's all pretty good. HD and digital TV are the best things ever, regardless of how cable companies like to rip you off. I have an ordinary antenna driving our three TVs, and we get around 30 channels here completely free. The rest we make up with Rokus, Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu. I also have a mint '62 B&W tube TV sitting enshrined in my office, and I'm working on some old tube radios from the 50's as a hobby. I've owned over 60 cars dating back to the 1950's and have worked on cars for over 40 years now. However fond I might be of the good things in the past, I don't sit around mired in it. Life is too short. As for your other remarks, seriously, if you need to whip your kids, you're doing it wrong. I never learned anything from a beating except how to avoid it. Punishment doesn't teach morality. Every kid I've ever met who was beaten by has parents ends up hating them. It' funny how when you talk to them, they remember all the times their dad beat them up, but never talk about anything good or fun they did together. People might forget the good times, but they never forget the bad ones. When you're old and sick, and your children ignore you and want nothing to do with you, you'll know why.
Ill keep it short and sweet. You said you were 20 years before me. Well you had less technology growing up than I did so thats why I feel you enjoy todays more than me. When I was growing up I had computers and video game systems like nintendo and sega. And TV was far more superior as I had the cable age when it first started. So i think that is why I feel the way I do because the technology I had was built better and lasted better than the what they have today. I mean I still use a Sony CRT TB from 1992. It still works great and I have had only 1 minor issue with the sound. I know someone who has been through 4 of todays modern TV's. I just wish kids would so more appreciation thats all. But I respect your opinion and do see why you would feel the way you do. Oh and as far as the whipping I mean its a hot topic. I was whiped and I think that toughened me up somewhat. But I do get it some people take it too far. And whether its wrong or right some generations its what they knew.
How do you figure? I had my own TV when I was 13. Color, too. Bought it myself with money I earned. I was fiddling with TVs, Stereos, CBs, radios, etc., ever since I was a teenager. There was no lack of technology.
I'm just a few years older than him and I can remember, especially when I was a young kid in the 70s and people just didn't think the same way, at least as through the eyes of a kid.
radiotvphononut - one of the most genuine UA-camrs around. He keeps it real. :-) I realize this is an oldish video, but I feel a slight urge to put my 2 cents in. When I was a kid growing up in the 70's, life was simple - no internet, no piracy, and socializing meant people actually met each other face to face. Phone conversations were more direct, no texting or nonsense smileys at the end of every message - plus people spoke proper English - none of this "leet speak" crap you see on some site and chat forums. Back then a colour TV and VCR were considered "luxuries" for many working class families (Australia didn't have any TV at all before 1956, and colour TV broadcasting/reception was introduced in early 1975). It was a big deal to watch a show in colour back then but an even bigger one to tape it. Vinyl LP records were all the rage too and many kids had a K-Tel record collection of their favourite groups and singers in their bedroom while their parents had Frank Sinatra, Neil Diamond, etc. as well as a few 78 rpm gramophone records from the 1940's and 50's in their loungeroom. No digital media back then. Nowadays people just download stuff straight to their phone or tablet or go on Facebook to chat with friends. Hardly anyone leaves their homes anymore. Just about everything is done "online".
I agree with every thing you said in this rant. I'm 63 now and I can remember back in the 50's and 60's we always had unlocked doors. Neighbours would knock and then come right in. Us kids used to run errands for the older neighbours and never expected anything more than a thank you. I don't know when it all went pear shaped but I agree 100% that most kids nowadays feel that they are owed a comfortable life with all the gadgets money can buy. Keep on ranting,
As a kid growing up in the '50s my parents and other older folks said much of the same thing you have said, so all this is nothing new. The main difference in my day and today is the fact that kids aren't taught respect or the value of their own character. The biggest thing to corrupt kid's minds in the '50s was "Rock 'n Roll"!
Thanks , man. It's good to see people who see others for what they really are now a days . Granted , I wasn't raised by grandparents, but I was taught all the same things you spoke of here. Amen, brother.
I couldn't agree more! I feel the same way you did and was raised the same too. I've got my fair share of swats when I got out of line. I also had to earn the money to by my 1st CD player. I mowed grass, cleaned up leaves, and help with maintenance around the house. I loved mowing the grass as a kid as I got to use the riding lawn mower which was a blast to use! We had two TVs, my parents had one in their room and the one in the living room. We watched TV and movies as a family and played Nintendo as a family. I could only watch so much of Saturday morning cartoons. If I wanted to watch more, I had to tape them as I had to do chores and my mom wanted me outside playing. I'm still using CRT TVs to this day as I am perfectly OK with picking them off the curb. ;-) I don't watch a lot of TV anyways and more so like to listen to music, especially when working. I find myself more and more listing to classical music these days. I did have to buy a smart phone, but that was for work as it was needed for me to do my job for the industry I am in.
Actually, '76. I'm guilty of complaining about stuff such as this to the point that people get tired of it. I recently posted a rant thread on one of the antique radio message boards about how people won't pay squat for something vintage that's been restored; yet, will buy all this modern chinese crap that won't last. People don't take into account the amount of time & money spent to fix something. Instead, it's, "you want 'how much' for that old thing"?
I had a really great neighbor that passed away just over a year ago. He and I were very good friends and I really miss him. He had an old Magnavox console that really only needed the controls cleaned and it would have been like new. I told his less than worthless son that if he would help me load it onto my trailer so I could get it up to my house I would clean it all up and get everything working as it should. He told me I could have it. I had already bought a replacement turntable for it before my friend passed away and it worked like factory new. He let a friend move into the house and one day I looked out my back door and that (*bleep) had the console out in the front yard and was sledge hammering it into little pieces! There was NOTHING really wrong with it but it wasn't modern enough for that (*bleep!). I haven't spoken to my friend's son since and probably never will again. That was so totally ignorant and all he had to do was just help me load it. That thing was one of the better models and it was too heavy for one person to lift. I see nothing good coming out of this younger generation but drugs, crime and grief.
I found an early 70's Zenith color CRT in my grandmother's basement, it's a shame that it had a bad tube and smoked whenever it was turned on. I had to throw it away, unfortunately.
That tv is so cool & I love watching Criminal Minds too. LOL Gee I would've bought that Magnavox stereo off you for $150 if I didn't live in another country.
This rant makes me sad. I believe I love retro machines, 8 tracks, reel to reel, VCR etc. because it reminds me of the past, as well as give me an understanding of how things work. (Didn't even need Google...hell, there was no Google, internet was still just a pure military endeavor) My dad and me were just talking the other day about how all electronics are really just thrown away units, nothing is repaired anymore. My dad was/is a DJ, Newscaster for local radio stations... All the stations where I live are owned by the same conglomeration all in the same room in the same building! But I learned so, so much from the two blind brother who were the engineers of said stations. To this day I was/am amazed by both these brothers. The cell phone....geez, I don't need nor want people being able to get a hold of me wherever, whenever they want. I actually saw an ad by a cell phone company showing off the new features of the phone.....a "with family/friends" mode...turn off the damn phone! SMH!
Only about 7 or 8 years ago, a phone was a phone; you hit the "on" button and either it had service or it didn't, but if it did, it usually worked. Now, all I hear when I'm around friends with smart phones is how the things are bogging down again and some app or another is hogging all the processor power or memory and the thing is getting too hot to touch. I've never liked the concept of "apps", in the old days of computing an app was an executable that only ran when you told it to; what's called an app now would have been considered a virus back then. So now, a night at the bar is watching someone's head buried in Facebook, collecting "friends", half of which (and I mean "which", not "whom") are contrived by one scammer or another, wondering why their "phones" can't get from one screen to the next in less than 5 minutes. Technology was supposed to make life easier, and it can sometimes, but a lot of people seem enslaved by it.
I think I'm a little older than you, but I completely agree with your sentiment. Like you, the only way I got my own TV in my room, was to get one out of the trash, and fix it. Same went for other things like bicycles, or even later a room air conditioner. Nothing was just given to me. Otherwise I had to work and make money to buy it, or do without. It kind of forces you to learn how to fix stuff, and learn the value of a dollar. I truly believe this kind of upbringing makes you a much better person.
I had wonderful parents growing up in the late 50s and 60s. They weren't like a lot parents these days who spoil their kids rotten. If I wanted something like a bike or a radio I had to earn it. I made my money by mowing and raking people's lawns. I washed people's cars. When I was 12 I took a paper route and made about $70 a month. I think the reason so many kids have bad attitudes today is because they're never held accountable and everything is handed to them. Their parents let them do what they want most of the time and they don't have structure. Kids need structure to their lives. We had dinner every night at 6 o'clock sharp and we all sat around the table. We didn't just respect our elders. We respected everybody.
***** Cool. I enjoyed reading your comment. Yes, those old rotary phones were heavy and built to last. I still have a beige one that my parents got in 1966. The last time I plugged it in and tested it out was about 2005. I DO remember the self-service tube testers with the pull out drawers filled with new tubes. Sounds like you're on the right track.
You have amazing wisdom for you age. There are folks out there my age that don't understand what you know. I learned tv and radio from my grandfather who had a GE dealership from 1937-1991 and worked until he was 100. My dad bought our first GE 23 inch color tv in 1967 and paid $700 for it.That is probably like $7000 today. I had a roundy 10 inch black and white set in my bedroom in the 1960's and all my friends at school thought we were rich. I personally replaced the flyback transformer in the color set in the early 1970's with my grandpa's help over the phone. You kept a set like that for 20 years because you made painful sacrifices in you budget to buy it, no one would think of throwing it away. My folks still have the old color set now working due to shorted power transformer primary downstairs. I got a replacement transformer for the set from my grandfather 20 years ago, but when I looked at the set the picture tube has a nasty cataract so I never finished it thinking it was too far gone. Since now I have learned from watching Shango066 vidieos that it could be repaired there is hope. I never went into the tv business, but went into electronic production doing circuit board alterations and replair and later building cable and wiring harness assemblies for airplanes. I am getting ready to retire from that and am setting up a shop in my home to restore old electronics. I am starting with a Magnovox Astrosonic console 1965 to learn on. Problem is it sounds so good now it is recapped I don't think I want to sell it. People need to learn to do basic things for themselves, the trades, soldering, wood working, welding, etc. College does not make you intelligent. I learned automotive from Chiltons manuals, refrigeration form Audels manual, electronics from every book in the library I could find. My grandfather was self taught. You are rare, are there others like you out there?
I remember when TVs didnot have UHF...I remember tuning it to the U position..I saw a snowy picture on it it was channel 39 nbc San Diego....it was weird to see a picture without the tuner...there was a thing that said Push for U ...it didn't move the station...it was strange anyway 😊
I really enjoying this ranting, my aunt & uncle raised me and they went through the great depression. I was taught to show respect and address adults and teachers as Mr or Mrs., something not done today. And I never misbehaved at school because I knew I'd be in trouble if the teacher sent me home with a note.
You are SO right in so much of what you say here. I'm also still living in the local area I grew up in during the 1960s (just about a mile or so from my old house), and it's become almost unrecognizable with all the over-development and yuppification through the years - with people having become more self-centered and "entitled" and much less friendly. Very sad indeed. Anyway, just wanted to thank you for keeping so many vintage electronics working. Expert repair people like yourself (and with your knowledge) should be considered national treasures. You are one of my favorite UA-cam channels, phononut.
Noticed your black & White TV The DTA Converter Box you is a Good converter... I fixed my problem hooked all my TV's to the outdoor antenna the picture looks so clear compared to cable TV I was not going to pay to rent any digital Boxes....
I was raised by older parents myself, and in much the same fashion. Didn't dare make trouble in school or with neighbors, because I knew that a good whippin' was waiting when I got home. Dinner at 5PM every night, Church on Sunday, Catechism on Mondays. That new style of "parenting" I saw even in the 80's in a mobile home park I lived in at the time. Just after dark I had come back from a jog, and was laying back on the porch from the steps, when I heard a noise. Sat up to see a neighbor''s teen boy trying to break into my brother's car. He saw me and ran. I went over to his parents house, told the dad what happened, and well, that was a big mistake, he cussed me out, called me a liar, and told me to get off his property. His son could do no wrong. But, I had the last laugh, his son is now spending life in prison for crimes as an adult.
I too like Older stuff, i'm still using my 1995 RCA 36' Inch i bought back in 95 and never had any issues with that yet, and i collect old radios too, i have a few here from the 40's to the 70's here, some play but one, the 1941 Sears silver tone needs to be redone. but all are good radios to me.
Hi Phono Nut, I hear ya. 3 year old video and I think it's even worse now. I was born in 1960, so I know what your talking about. My Family lived through the Depression, and, it made a lasting impact on them. If my Brother and I ( Identical Twin ) got a used bike for $20.00, that was really something. All our neighbors were for most of our life, no need to lock your doors. All I have is a Dumb Phone and it works good, until they change from 2G to 3 or 4G, then your old phone won't work, Trac Fone is still a good deal. Be good, C.
People, especially these young ones don't know good stuff when they see it. Yeah, those TV's would run once in a while, but I bet we had them longer than any TV you buy new today...things are not built to last anymore.
I'm 61yo. At age 8 my parents had a B&W Dumont console tv in a white grain cabinet. My Father had a "TV repair manual" where you compared the picture to a tv screen picture on the page. It recommended what tubes might be failing. He'd pull them out and I'd walk 3 blocks to our local Drugstore that had a tube tester machine. You read the tube number and brand on a chart, put the tube in the appropriate socket and hit the "test" button. An analog green,yellow,red scale with a needle indicated good, weak or replace. Then we went to Radio Shack or the Local Electronics Supply House and purchased the tube(s) needed. We watched that set until 1973 when my neighbor gave us his 2yo Philco console COLOR(!) tv and he bought a new one. At that early age I was building wooden go carts, fixing my bike and taking things apart. I had an old bakelite tube radio that needed a 50C5 tube and I tried replacing it with a 35W4. There was a blue arc and the glass envelope cracked all around and jumped up. I learned tubes aren't interchangeable. I married at age 22 for the 2nd time and my wife had both a tv and a phone in her room. I left home at age 20 having neither or a door. I've rebuilt or revived every vehicle I've ever owned since age 15 and I won't hesitate to repair anything.
Btyan, thanks for this video. I have to say I am in total agreement with all you have said. One of the reasons I am the person I am today is because my parents did not hand me everything I wanted. It didn't kill me and I am a better person for it. Here is a giant thumbs up from me!! :)
Is that sloped panel three dialer next to the TV a Thompson Neutrodyne? I agree with you about modern electronics, I don't know why it all has to be considered disposable. There is a depot that collects old electronics but that's all they do, they don't even attempt to sell or give it away, so much for reducing, reusing, and recycling. At least they leave some of it outside where people can and do take it away, I don't know whether that is intentional or because of indifference.
Analog was SO much better than this digital crap. At least with analog if the signal faded the picture didn't turn into a kazillion little squares and freeze up and the sound didn't turn into a choppy mess. You could also pick up enough of the weaker stations over the air that now are blocked because of signal strength. I am older than radiotvphononut but he is right on my wavelength with what he says. I wish there really was a time machine because I ache for the America I grew up in and HATE this crap that we have to live with daily in a wimpy limp wristed society where every body is so butt hurt over everything you aren't even allowed to question anything for fear of being sued.
Hey radiotvphononut. When I was a kid & growing up, my parents always taught me right from wrong. Back during at least most if not all of my years in school, I was in a Special Ed class as one of my classes. The teachers I had there taught me what was appropriate & what was inappropriate. One big thing which mostly at least a couple different Special Ed teachers had about me was the fact of me hugging & kissing the girls someplace I shouldn't be doing them at. I've learned that was an absolute no no. But, I don't do very much of it now like I used to.
Mark Covington Poor parenting is one of the factors why we got a bunch of troubled children now but the other half of the equation is marriage and i got to say the North American divorce rate today is infuriating almost no one takes marriage serious anymore to show how far down in the dumps today society really is, what happens when you get a divorce with a child in the middle he or she is then left lift the live with a broken family half the time without the original father figure or mother figure in the picture that's not fair to the child and like could mess he or she up behaviorally, in some cases living part of their childhood with grandparents to help prevent the child from becoming like that.
It's so sad the way the kids act now, but we can't punish them or the politcally correct police come after us. I recall years ago on the railway a kid spraying graffiti all over a station, his father was amazed when we caught his brat vandalising the property. And outraged too. Back then the Transit Police could give the little bastard a good going over. But too many think it's their god given right to do exactly as they please and to hell with everyone else. As for my neighbourhood, it's exactly the same here, I don't now know any of the neighbours, except the sweet old couple downstairs who remember when it was a half decent place. No-one helps anyone any more here. Though I'll always help the old couple downstairs. They're really nice, "old school" people. Apart from them, and my wife, who was raised in the Old South ways, I'd trust nobody in my street now. Like you, everything I own was paid for by ME, no-one else.
If that were my parents, They would have forced me to clean it up after one of them tore my behind up. My dad would have been angry with me, and my mom would have taken his side. That was me in my growing up days.
If I were to graffiti something my parents would turn my ass inside out! Also I would be glad to have that TV in my bedroom. I still use a 78' Zenith System 3 for over the air tv and I record on VHS.
When we bought our property here in 1959 I was 2 years old and everybody knew everybody and 1970s they started building these apartments and cheap houses since then the neighborhood has gone to crap now I'm the oldest one here been here forever and people don't like that that's too bad I know exactly what you're saying thanks for the rant I love your rants
This is why I love the 80's era were I was a kid, no addictive internet video games, kids are well behaved, simple things make us happy back then and no spoiled brats
LOL, we had arcades, Ataris, and Nintendos in the 80's, in case you forgot. Kids were well behaved? What planet were you living on? Kids were never well-behaved, and never will be. THEY'RE KIDS.
"my kid would never do that, I told them not to" Possibly the MOST common line I would hear when working in customer service for a major cell phone provider. The "Parent" would then DEMAND that we credit the account and then refuse to change the plan to fix the problem.
My first colour TV was a mid 1970s Zenith I paid $10 for, I ended up trading it a few years later for a radio, mainly because there wasn't anything worth watching on it over the air. It had a problem with the tint, the fellow who I traded it to fixed it and said it was a loose board in the back.
I am from 1994 and when I was 10 years old I walked around the streets looking for TVs and radios in the trash to dismantle and see what was inside, when I was 15 I knew how to do electrical installation with the tips I learned from my father. I was raised by my grandparents and learned to respect them. Today all the electronics that I have was bought with the money I earn working a lot from my friends has everything that they have because they won from their parents. Another thing is about the musical taste I like old music and sometimes I become a joke because of that
I AGREE with you about everything you have to say! Kids nowadays are spoiled BRATS, modern junk SUX and you are SO RIGHT about cell phones! Where I work, you go to the break room or lunch room & there's almost NEVER anyone talking, they're all thumbing at their stupid smartphones and NO ONE talks! I just sit there and feel like there's nobody else there as everyone's got their noses in their phones!
I'm only 17, but I still feel for everything your saying. Ive only ever had one phone and I never intend on getting a new one. I have a 1965 magnavox stereo console that was given to me a couple years back and ive used it every day since, because you just can't find any good music nowadays. All the good music I like is stuck on the shellac disks they were made on. Been collecting every vintage CRT set I can find, and have had to work hard for all the money I spent to get them. The only problem is in Delaware, its hard to find vintage sets for a good price. (I prefer sets from the mid 1950s to the early 1980s all the ones near me are flatscreens or are from the 1940s... Theyre cool, but not very practical) if people give me old tech I'm glad to get it and display it on my shelf. Its sad how ungrateful some kids are. Its sad to see all the Ewaste lots with all those televisions I would love but people just didnt think anyone would want them. I would say so much more but this is getting long. I feel for you man, and just know there's at least one kid who appreciates these things.
I agree with you 100% on how parents protect their children's reckless actions and attitudes. I was born in 1949, and I respect the fact that I had my butt beat when I needed it. It made me respect others, their property and gave me a sense of morals to keep me out of jail. When I retired, I retired from Law Enforcement. I've never had a ticket.
The people of today do not care all a care about is what they want And also the problem now is Wen kids see things Advertised On TV Or social media they wanted When I was 13 years old I would working in a radio repair shop It was actually a hobby to start off with Until the owner of the shop at me if I would work for him Are you to work there every night I came home from School and I enjoyed it so much I dont think kids are allowed to do that these days We learned the hard way but when I think about it it was not all that hard really because you got a chance in Life at that time And I am Sure it will made me a better person And also won out what your video it brings back memories for me From when I was 13 years old
Well, I still have old CRT TVs, one is an ancient Sony, from the late 60's, the other's a Toshiba, with stereo sound. I still have VCRs, cassette recorders, reel-to-reels,, 8-tracks, and record players, some with tubes, or valves. My fridge is from the 70's, old vacuum cleaners from the 30's to the present. I don't have a cellphone. Load of rubbish. Like too much of this "new tech". As for kids now, don't get me started on that ! Glad I have happy memories of the old days, next door neighbors are a lovely old couple, they have keys to my place and us to theirs. The others aren't worth a spit in the wind.
I'd like to get some LCD TV's to flip; but, the problem is, the ones I actually get have major problems and the rest are owned by people who think they're worth big $ (even if non-working). I'm also a little afraid to sell working ones b/c it would be just like some idiot to drop it, crack the panel, and then bring it back to me demanding a refund because it "won't work".
Great rant, one of the best! I agree totally and we're from the same generation, I'll be 40 this next Christmas time. I remember when they paddled in schools and parents disciplined at home, behavior sure was better. We are generation X and I think we were the last generation that had any sense. I remember years ago adults calling us names and whatever but it wasn't true, it was to be for the ones after us! I teach college and the kids today are horrible, they have no respect for authority.
I love your Rants and your UA-cam Do you have a Zenith Cobra Matic record changer? I want one so bad I have plans to build my own record player around one of those changes that's something that could be shipped but I think
CRT TVs with VHS integrated go for $80-200 still! (even the tiny 9" ones) I was a bit shocked to find this out, and good 4-head VCRs still fetch a high price if they have the remote. Tech has changed, but you can still flip LCD flat panels for a great profit if you know how to repair them :)
I’m 17 and I don’t like the new technology I’m still using a iPhone 7 Plus I’m got gonna buy a new phone just because it has a bit of age on it. I was raised with strict parents I didn’t have internet or cable i had Analog tv that’s all I had
I hate LCD's and flat screens. I don't even like digital tuning. I like CRT's, and rotary tuners. I feel so much more in control of the tuning and I can obtain the picture I want. Also, I just LOVE the wood grain all the old ones have.
Some noteworthy stories I have were a bunch of kids were standing up on the tool box that's on the back of my dads truck playing with toy guns shooting at my grandmas phone line. My dad was the one that made them come down. We discovered a dent on the top of the truck a few days ago. A bunch of friends and relatives gathered after grandma burial, a grandparent told one's dad they needed disciplined. He said it was mom's turn. Telling my dad was enough to get something done when I was growing up.
Very well said. I'm 40 and things sure have changed in the last 25 years. I remember going to the junk and thrift stores from 1988 to 1994 or so and finding great stuff. Now it's all overpriced crap that's not worth owning. I don't see how the parents afford to buy all this stuff for themselves and their children but I suspect they're in debt up to their eyeballs
bassblaster505 Gaming That's the way to do. You appreciate your stuff more when you have to work for it. The only thing my parents ever bought me was food and clothes and maybe a few toys for Christmas. I used to mow people's lawns. Wash people's cars and when I was 12 I took a 70 customer paper route that earned me about $70 a month. That was a lot for a kid in those days.
It's fun repairing old things. The stuff they make today is disposable. I fixed CRT TVs for years but these new flat screens are beyond my repair knowledge. When people ask me to fix them I tell them to throw them away and buy a new one.
I like vintage audio and was raised the old fashioned way. I would buy that console stereo if I lived close. I am 15 years old and live in Lafayette, Indiana. I would never buy a crosley. I make fun of them when ever I am at target.
A few years ago, some of the neighborhood punk kids were shooting fireworks at an elderly neighbor's house. He politely to stop and their mother went off on him, saying, "My kids can do any GD thing they want to".
My grandparents played a big part in my upbringing too. There was a couple of other things I learned from them being older folks, one was that you made do or learned to fix something if it stopped working or got worn out, and another was that in the long run its better to be straight with people rather than try to be a big guy. If I was left on a desert island I might just survive, even without game shows or mcdoonalds. People are changing and not for the best.
I have a Sears console TV, it's either a RCA or Sharp, I forget which on...from 1983, still works, good picture and stereo sound. Don't use it because it needs demagnetized... Don't think lightening struck it, maybe static in the air, I remember a loud thunder clap the next day, the individual colors were diagonally across the screen, red, yellow, etc. Watched it up until 2011, cabinet looks good, gonna convert it to a TV stand.
Haven't seen a video from you in a while. I hope all is well. BTW I need a turntable, do you have any for sale? My daughter bought me a crosley plastic thing from china. She meant well.
I remember living with my grandparents when my mother and father were away. When my grandfather showed me that belt you know you were in trouble or when my grandmother showed you that wooden spoon you know you were in trouble. It hurts but it got me back in line. And when my parents came back, my father used to always had that same belt. Boy did I stop acting up after a good beating. My teachers used to be allowed to spank us too. But now today kids are out of control.
PS. You and Shango are my absolute favourite You Tubers ever. Thanks for wonderful entertainment.
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They don't realise how brilliant they are! Better than Hollywood or BBC. Their time will come (probably)....(maybe).
I was one of those shithead kids that wanted the latest Nintendos and cell phones, but then I started to appreciate what I had. And I am now into vintage stuff from the 70s. I like to find them and recap them.
@radiotvphononut As a 29 year old woman, I totally agree! I have a flatscreen TV and an iPhone that I had to work my butt off to pay for. My little stereo (record player, radio, CD) was given to me as a gift a couple years ago. I still have my old video games. I don't really like to go out and buy the newest thing when what I already have works fine! Most of what I have I either bought myself new or used or it's hand-me-down. That is a really nice console! I would love to have something like that someday! I love to collect electronics.
I'm 56 years old now. When I was a kid, I got the things i wanted from my parents if they could afford it. Mainly it was for Christmas and my birthday. I had to work my ass off around the house and have good grades. I was expected to do what I was told and respect my elders. I never got into trouble and never talked back to my parents. Today it's just terrible how things are.
Well, I'm to the age where I'm really not worried too much about finding a GF/wife. I suppose if a down-to-Earth person comes along who can accept me for who I am; then, maybe I'll give it a go. However, most of what's in my area are self-centered spoiled brats who are only interested in hanging with "cool" guys. I find it funny when some of them are all the time talking about wanting a good man; but, most of them wouldn't recognize an actual good man if one was standing in front of them.
You have point about that one,they say they want a good guys,but they jump in with the first narcissistic brat they see.
I might be a modern teenager (18 years old) myself but I can't agree more enough. Kids these days are just greedy people who get up to no good and try to act all cool. Some students at the high school I went to thought I was weird because I liked vintage electronics, steam locomotives, planes, and listen to classic 50s to 80s music. Instead of this modern rap garbage most kids these days listen to...
Love all your videos I started on tvs and radio in the 1970s when I was a kid a lots changed I finally went to work with the power company I have 7 more years hope I make it every thing you said is so true
I was adopted and came up hard kids today have no idea
Trouble is we don't fit in today having been raised the old school way. My doctor is very beautiful but the reason I like her is she's old school and has good values. I was raised by an aunt and uncle that went through the Great depression they were honest hard working people. They didn't look to Gov for a handout.
If i made A "rant" video like this it would be the same,almost word for word . There are many kindred spirits like us who have knowledge and wisdom to see through the propaganda of endless consumerism. Those who really know the concept of QUALITY highly value it ; not only in material things but in their relationships with others.
I really enjoy your videos.When I was a boy I had to walk to school 5 miles uphill both ways and couldn't afford a single shoe for my feet in snow a foot deep. These kids nowadays don't know what tough times is..LOL.
My brothers and I shared 1 shoe.
Completely AGREE. It needs to be said.
I like the essence of great Dignity and Integrity, and Honesty Trustworthy in this mans nature and that as well as in his parents too. Great successes to you MR. radiotvphononut.
Great rant and I agree 100% with you. We live in a "want instantly " society and replace with the new within a couple of months. Especially smartphones. and now flat screen TV's.
I have one flat screen and 6 CRT's in daily use as well 3 VHS VCR's. For audio I use often reel to reel for the warm analogue sound.
a lot of kids cant fix anything today, i knew how to use a screw driver at 6 years old
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I can assure that things like phones and such are built to not even be fixable and aren't even built with interchangeable parts. You try to open a Samsung Note 4 to replace the damaged USB port, there's a 50% you'll damage or even brick the phone.
I can attest this because I'm typing this on a damaged Note 4. I tried to replace the USB port on it. It was at the brink of a come a full brick because in order to replace the USB port, I had to melt the adhesive with a heat gun in order to remove the LCD screen. Which is the most dangerous thing you can do to a phone. In so much that there's a 75% you'll brick the phone if you're not extra careful.
Stuff back then, even older generation smart phones were built to be easily repairable. Nowadays, if you don't send anything to specialist and try to fix anything yourself, it will probably break on you.
I know this is a very old comment, apologies for responding to it. But at the age of 4, I disassembled the family's point and shoot camera. It used multiple types of screwdrivers and I somehow figured out how to work them. At the age of 7, I began soldering!
@@presario4255 I agree. There are a lot of things in a household which can be fixed easily when broken. The parents have to make an example to follow though. I think it's generally a good idea to give kids the feeling that they can do something, that they have skills which are of worth. From my experience a lot of kids only act up when they're bored - and that's nothing surprising. A lot of adults wouldn't do anything different, and we cannot expect our kids to do what we cannot.
The absolute worst thing you can do is using violence to force your kids into obeying senseles rules. That's Pavlovian Conditioning and will generate mindless drones, not responsible adults.
When I was young, I knew how to change a bulb in a light fixture.
@@arvark4105 The mobile phone I have(and the one I had immediately before this one) has a battery that cannot be replaced. Bugger!
You and me grew up and think a lot alike. Our neighborhood is like yours now too where
the older people have moved out or died and new people are rather keep to themselves.
I try to know all the ones around me that want to know me and we still do help each other
out when we can, my neighbor has a basement so he can expect me to be banging on his
door if a tornado is coming or if I have an emergency or need a hand, and the same back.
I still live in the same area I was born. High Point, NC used to be the furniture and sock
capital of the world. Then everything was sold out to foreign companies. We barely hang
on to our furniture industry here now. And of course social media is the reason for the
biggest change in relationships by far and we have a government that seeks to divide and
conquer us now it seems like. I was into fixing TV's and stuff as a kid and really anything
else. We never threw anything away unless it was an absolute hopeless cause. If we
could fix it or have it fixed, we would. But now there is no electronic parts stores, or radio shacks,
so I have to deal with E bay. People don't much care for the electronic relics anymore,
but I rescue my share of electronics both given to me, brought to me, or I find on the road side
and I'll probably never stop as long as it comes to me and I can get the parts. I also like to
work on old lawn care items. One thing I've learned in the 30 or so years I been working
on stuff is that my electronics teacher was right, you never stop learning, and once
you think you seen it all, you ain't..... LOL I've learned a lot watching you and Shango.
You guys are just awesome at diagnosis and are not afraid to tackle anything and give it
your best shot. Continue your great work buddy! Big fan here!
Cheers 🍻... Al Cox
One thing you mentioned, the neighbors having each others house key. I do remember that in my grandmothers neighborhood back in the 70s.
I really see where you are coming from. I was born in 1957. Thanks for sharing your rant.
I like your videos, you would be a great friend to have. Thank you for your wisdom and your hobby, and your time. I'm just a fan.
radiophonotvnut...thanks for all of your videos I enjoy them very much...and I also agree with you on your rantings!
I know this is an old video but I must comment. This guy right here is spot on. I am from his generation. I was born in 1982, and I believe you were born in 1977. And everything you said in this video is amazing. I am so sick of this materialistic generation. I mean every few months they go out and replace a product they have with the one they are getting rid of still work. Its a damn shame and I get the argument "its my money and I do what I want" but with all the problems going on in this damn world for people to just throw away money should be outlawed.
And these products coming out today are made like shit. They break so easily. And its so sad that the American standard of quality products is dying. Everything has to come from China. And its always so cheap.
I dont need an internet connected device 24/7. A phone was meant to make calls and not to be used for the damn internet and games etc. I have the same type of cell phone that you show in this video. I paid 5 dollars for it and I spend 10 dollars a month on 300 talk minutes and thats all I need.
And dont get me started on these TV's. I am sick of all these flat screen Plasma/LCD TV's with this so called HD, and these TV's coming with all these damn Applications and Internet. ITS A JOKE. Its a damn TELEVISION. It was meant to WATCH. Not to play games on or search the internet. I understand the Applications for viewing Movies and TV thats fine. But all that other shit is not needed. And the HD thing to me depends on the eyes of the person watching. I have my old CRT TV and I tried to look at an HD TV with the HD Signal and my eyes could not tell any difference. I can see the same on both sets and I am perfectly happy with the CRT. I am sick of these stations making the pictures have the black bars at the top and bottom. I paid for 32 inches and I want to see the entire screen. It should be illegal. And I have COX Cable. And I have had it since I was 18 years old. And I have always had the Basic Cable and I have been happy with it. I dont need 1000 channels. I like the programs I watch and Basic is fine. WELL They are ending Basic Cable. They are going all digital. They are forcing me and others to go to the Digital TV Package Level 1. They are forcing me to pay for more channels that I do not want. And they are making us have these digital Mini Boxes to hook to the TV to be able to get a signal. The box you have to rent. And if you have a CRT TV as I do the picture is going to be in a square in the center of the picture. What a damn shame. And I get that I do not have to have Cox BUT in the area I live in its the best option. Its a damn scam.
I too was raised by my grandma and that is where I get my old school values from. I presume thats where you get yours from too. And when it comes to discipline you cant even whip a kid today without going to jail. When I was a kid and I did wrong my grandma would whip me with a belt or the worst make me go outside to the tree and pick a switch. And that made me not want to do wrong again because I i did not want to get whipped. But you cant even punish kids today so they go and run wild and cause ruckus and thats why the world is in the shape its in. With so much crime. And the sad things and when we are old these kids are going to be running the show and I am so afraid of what things are going to be like.
Anyways you keep up the good work and speaking the truth. You have a new fan.
Interesting. I was born 20 years before you, and I greatly appreciate today's technology, while appreciating that of the past. As someone significantly older than you, I can only say that you (and some others here) need to appreciate that the world changes, that technology changes, and that attitudes change as well. You might as well roll with it, because those who fight it always lose. I built my first simple computer in 1978. It wasn't all that much fun. I built a remote-control programmable robot in 1987, I still have it in a drawer here. I played with R/C cars in the eighties too. I've had a cellphone since around 1988. Yes, they were bigger back then. I've had a PC since 1995. I put my first website up in 1996. I've been on the road a lot for the last thirty years, and to me the cellphone is the greatest thing ever. I wouldn't be without one. I can control computers and file servers remotely with my $80 cellphone, I can watch my house from anywhere, play 20,000 songs through my car stereo, watch movies anywhere I want, buy anything I want from a thousand stores, and never get lost no matter where I am. How is this bad? I happen to think that's all pretty good. HD and digital TV are the best things ever, regardless of how cable companies like to rip you off. I have an ordinary antenna driving our three TVs, and we get around 30 channels here completely free. The rest we make up with Rokus, Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu. I also have a mint '62 B&W tube TV sitting enshrined in my office, and I'm working on some old tube radios from the 50's as a hobby. I've owned over 60 cars dating back to the 1950's and have worked on cars for over 40 years now. However fond I might be of the good things in the past, I don't sit around mired in it. Life is too short.
As for your other remarks, seriously, if you need to whip your kids, you're doing it wrong. I never learned anything from a beating except how to avoid it. Punishment doesn't teach morality. Every kid I've ever met who was beaten by has parents ends up hating them. It' funny how when you talk to them, they remember all the times their dad beat them up, but never talk about anything good or fun they did together. People might forget the good times, but they never forget the bad ones. When you're old and sick, and your children ignore you and want nothing to do with you, you'll know why.
Ill keep it short and sweet. You said you were 20 years before me. Well you had less technology growing up than I did so thats why I feel you enjoy todays more than me. When I was growing up I had computers and video game systems like nintendo and sega. And TV was far more superior as I had the cable age when it first started. So i think that is why I feel the way I do because the technology I had was built better and lasted better than the what they have today. I mean I still use a Sony CRT TB from 1992. It still works great and I have had only 1 minor issue with the sound. I know someone who has been through 4 of todays modern TV's. I just wish kids would so more appreciation thats all. But I respect your opinion and do see why you would feel the way you do. Oh and as far as the whipping I mean its a hot topic. I was whiped and I think that toughened me up somewhat. But I do get it some people take it too far. And whether its wrong or right some generations its what they knew.
How do you figure? I had my own TV when I was 13. Color, too. Bought it myself with money I earned. I was fiddling with TVs, Stereos, CBs, radios, etc., ever since I was a teenager. There was no lack of technology.
Guyonearth, your full of SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm just a few years older than him and I can remember, especially when I was a young kid in the 70s and people just didn't think the same way, at least as through the eyes of a kid.
radiotvphononut - one of the most genuine UA-camrs around. He keeps it real. :-)
I realize this is an oldish video, but I feel a slight urge to put my 2 cents in.
When I was a kid growing up in the 70's, life was simple - no internet, no piracy, and socializing meant people actually met each other face to face. Phone conversations were more direct, no texting or nonsense smileys at the end of every message - plus people spoke proper English - none of this "leet speak" crap you see on some site and chat forums. Back then a colour TV and VCR were considered "luxuries" for many working class families (Australia didn't have any TV at all before 1956, and colour TV broadcasting/reception was introduced in early 1975). It was a big deal to watch a show in colour back then but an even bigger one to tape it. Vinyl LP records were all the rage too and many kids had a K-Tel record collection of their favourite groups and singers in their bedroom while their parents had Frank Sinatra, Neil Diamond, etc. as well as a few 78 rpm gramophone records from the 1940's and 50's in their loungeroom. No digital media back then.
Nowadays people just download stuff straight to their phone or tablet or go on Facebook to chat with friends. Hardly anyone leaves their homes anymore. Just about everything is done "online".
At 52 years old, not ONE thing I could add. VERY well stated my friend!
I used to think all this stuff you repair was garbage. Thanks to you, I'm collecting all of it now.
I agree with every thing you said in this rant. I'm 63 now and I can remember back in the 50's and 60's we always had unlocked doors. Neighbours would knock and then come right in.
Us kids used to run errands for the older neighbours and never expected anything more than a thank you. I don't know when it all went pear shaped but I agree 100% that most kids nowadays feel that they are owed a comfortable life with all the gadgets money can buy. Keep on ranting,
As a kid growing up in the '50s my parents and other older folks said much of the same thing you have said, so all this is nothing new. The main difference in my day and today is the fact that kids aren't taught respect or the value of their own character. The biggest thing to corrupt kid's minds in the '50s was "Rock 'n Roll"!
Thanks , man. It's good to see people who see others for what they really are now a days . Granted , I wasn't raised by grandparents, but I was taught all the same things you spoke of here. Amen, brother.
Great rant,couldn't of said it better myself.
I couldn't agree more! I feel the same way you did and was raised the same too. I've got my fair share of swats when I got out of line. I also had to earn the money to by my 1st CD player. I mowed grass, cleaned up leaves, and help with maintenance around the house. I loved mowing the grass as a kid as I got to use the riding lawn mower which was a blast to use! We had two TVs, my parents had one in their room and the one in the living room. We watched TV and movies as a family and played Nintendo as a family. I could only watch so much of Saturday morning cartoons. If I wanted to watch more, I had to tape them as I had to do chores and my mom wanted me outside playing. I'm still using CRT TVs to this day as I am perfectly OK with picking them off the curb. ;-) I don't watch a lot of TV anyways and more so like to listen to music, especially when working. I find myself more and more listing to classical music these days. I did have to buy a smart phone, but that was for work as it was needed for me to do my job for the industry I am in.
Actually, '76. I'm guilty of complaining about stuff such as this to the point that people get tired of it. I recently posted a rant thread on one of the antique radio message boards about how people won't pay squat for something vintage that's been restored; yet, will buy all this modern chinese crap that won't last. People don't take into account the amount of time & money spent to fix something. Instead, it's, "you want 'how much' for that old thing"?
I had a really great neighbor that passed away just over a year ago. He and I were very good friends and I really miss him. He had an old Magnavox console that really only needed the controls cleaned and it would have been like new. I told his less than worthless son that if he would help me load it onto my trailer so I could get it up to my house I would clean it all up and get everything working as it should. He told me I could have it. I had already bought a replacement turntable for it before my friend passed away and it worked like factory new. He let a friend move into the house and one day I looked out my back door and that (*bleep) had the console out in the front yard and was sledge hammering it into little pieces! There was NOTHING really wrong with it but it wasn't modern enough for that (*bleep!). I haven't spoken to my friend's son since and probably never will again. That was so totally ignorant and all he had to do was just help me load it. That thing was one of the better models and it was too heavy for one person to lift. I see nothing good coming out of this younger generation but drugs, crime and grief.
I found an early 70's Zenith color CRT in my grandmother's basement, it's a shame that it had a bad tube and smoked whenever it was turned on. I had to throw it away, unfortunately.
That tv is so cool & I love watching Criminal Minds too. LOL
Gee I would've bought that Magnavox stereo off you for $150 if I didn't live in another country.
This rant makes me sad. I believe I love retro machines, 8 tracks, reel to reel, VCR etc. because it reminds me of the past, as well as give me an understanding of how things work. (Didn't even need Google...hell, there was no Google, internet was still just a pure military endeavor)
My dad and me were just talking the other day about how all electronics are really just thrown away units, nothing is repaired anymore. My dad was/is a DJ, Newscaster for local radio stations... All the stations where I live are owned by the same conglomeration all in the same room in the same building! But I learned so, so much from the two blind brother who were the engineers of said stations. To this day I was/am amazed by both these brothers.
The cell phone....geez, I don't need nor want people being able to get a hold of me wherever, whenever they want. I actually saw an ad by a cell phone company showing off the new features of the phone.....a "with family/friends" mode...turn off the damn phone! SMH!
You have the wisdom of a sage...very profound insight!
Only about 7 or 8 years ago, a phone was a phone; you hit the "on" button and either it had service or it didn't, but if it did, it usually worked. Now, all I hear when I'm around friends with smart phones is how the things are bogging down again and some app or another is hogging all the processor power or memory and the thing is getting too hot to touch. I've never liked the concept of "apps", in the old days of computing an app was an executable that only ran when you told it to; what's called an app now would have been considered a virus back then. So now, a night at the bar is watching someone's head buried in Facebook, collecting "friends", half of which (and I mean "which", not "whom") are contrived by one scammer or another, wondering why their "phones" can't get from one screen to the next in less than 5 minutes. Technology was supposed to make life easier, and it can sometimes, but a lot of people seem enslaved by it.
I think I'm a little older than you, but I completely agree with your sentiment. Like you, the only way I got my own TV in my room, was to get one out of the trash, and fix it. Same went for other things like bicycles, or even later a room air conditioner. Nothing was just given to me. Otherwise I had to work and make money to buy it, or do without.
It kind of forces you to learn how to fix stuff, and learn the value of a dollar. I truly believe this kind of upbringing makes you a much better person.
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The 2nd part of the rant at the end was some of the realest talk I've heard in awhile. I think the same way about these things.
I had wonderful parents growing up in the late 50s and 60s. They weren't like a lot parents these days who spoil their kids rotten. If I wanted something like a bike or a radio I had to earn it. I made my money by mowing and raking people's lawns. I washed people's cars. When I was 12 I took a paper route and made about $70 a month. I think the reason so many kids have bad attitudes today is because they're never held accountable and everything is handed to them. Their parents let them do what they want most of the time and they don't have structure. Kids need structure to their lives. We had dinner every night at 6 o'clock sharp and we all sat around the table. We didn't just respect our elders. We respected everybody.
***** Cool. I enjoyed reading your comment. Yes, those old rotary phones were heavy and built to last. I still have a beige one that my parents got in 1966. The last time I plugged it in and tested it out was about 2005. I DO remember the self-service tube testers with the pull out drawers filled with new tubes. Sounds like you're on the right track.
You have amazing wisdom for you age. There are folks out there my age that don't understand what you know. I learned tv and radio from my grandfather who had a GE dealership from 1937-1991 and worked until he was 100. My dad bought our first GE 23 inch color tv in 1967 and paid $700 for it.That is probably like $7000 today. I had a roundy 10 inch black and white set in my bedroom in the 1960's and all my friends at school thought we were rich. I personally replaced the flyback transformer in the color set in the early 1970's with my grandpa's help over the phone. You kept a set like that for 20 years because you made painful sacrifices in you budget to buy it, no one would think of throwing it away.
My folks still have the old color set now working due to shorted power transformer primary downstairs. I got a replacement transformer for the set from my grandfather 20 years ago, but when I looked at the set the picture tube has a nasty cataract so I never finished it thinking it was too far gone. Since now I have learned from watching Shango066 vidieos that it could be repaired there is hope.
I never went into the tv business, but went into electronic production doing circuit board alterations and replair and later building cable and wiring harness assemblies for airplanes. I am getting ready to retire from that and am setting up a shop in my home to restore old electronics. I am starting with a Magnovox Astrosonic console 1965 to learn on. Problem is it sounds so good now it is recapped I don't think I want to sell it.
People need to learn to do basic things for themselves, the trades, soldering, wood working, welding, etc. College does not make you intelligent. I learned automotive from Chiltons manuals, refrigeration form Audels manual, electronics from every book in the library I could find. My grandfather was self taught.
You are rare, are there others like you out there?
My very sentiments exactly ... BRAVO !!!
I remember when TVs didnot have UHF...I remember tuning it to the U position..I saw a snowy picture on it it was channel 39 nbc San Diego....it was weird to see a picture without the tuner...there was a thing that said Push for U ...it didn't move the station...it was strange anyway 😊
I picked up that same Magnavox the other day off of the street and it works it has the amplifier on the left turntable on the right
I really enjoying this ranting, my aunt & uncle raised me and they went through the great depression. I was taught to show respect and address adults and teachers as Mr or Mrs., something not done today. And I never misbehaved at school because I knew I'd be in trouble if the teacher sent me home with a note.
You are SO right in so much of what you say here. I'm also still living in the local area I grew up in during the 1960s (just about a mile or so from my old house), and it's become almost unrecognizable with all the over-development and yuppification through the years - with people having become more self-centered and "entitled" and much less friendly. Very sad indeed.
Anyway, just wanted to thank you for keeping so many vintage electronics working. Expert repair people like yourself (and with your knowledge) should be considered national treasures. You are one of my favorite UA-cam channels, phononut.
Noticed your black & White TV
The DTA Converter Box you is a
Good converter... I fixed my problem hooked all my TV's to the outdoor antenna the picture looks so clear compared to cable TV I was not going to pay to rent any digital Boxes....
Put a Crosley name plate and made in China sticker on the back of that Magnavox console phono. It will sell overnight
I was raised by older parents myself, and in much the same fashion. Didn't dare make trouble in school or with neighbors, because I knew that a good whippin' was waiting when I got home. Dinner at 5PM every night, Church on Sunday, Catechism on Mondays. That new style of "parenting" I saw even in the 80's in a mobile home park I lived in at the time. Just after dark I had come back from a jog, and was laying back on the porch from the steps, when I heard a noise. Sat up to see a neighbor''s teen boy trying to break into my brother's car. He saw me and ran. I went over to his parents house, told the dad what happened, and well, that was a big mistake, he cussed me out, called me a liar, and told me to get off his property. His son could do no wrong. But, I had the last laugh, his son is now spending life in prison for crimes as an adult.
I too like Older stuff, i'm still using my 1995 RCA 36' Inch i bought back in 95 and never had any issues with that yet, and i collect old radios too, i have a few here from the 40's to the 70's here, some play but one, the 1941 Sears silver tone needs to be redone. but all are good radios to me.
Hi Phono Nut, I hear ya. 3 year old video and I think it's even worse now. I was born in 1960, so I know what your talking about. My Family lived through the Depression, and, it made a lasting impact on them. If my Brother and I ( Identical Twin ) got a used bike for $20.00, that was really something. All our neighbors were for most of our life, no need to lock your doors. All I have is a Dumb Phone and it works good, until they change from 2G to 3 or 4G, then your old phone won't work, Trac Fone is still a good deal. Be good, C.
Yeah, I was born in 1954. Hell, we didn't have color TV till 1971.
People, especially these young ones don't know good stuff when they see it. Yeah, those TV's would run once in a while, but I bet we had them longer than any TV you buy new today...things are not built to last anymore.
I share a lot of your stuff because you are a modern day technology profit brother thank you so much
I'm 61yo. At age 8 my parents had a B&W Dumont console tv in a white grain cabinet. My Father had a "TV repair manual" where you compared the picture to a tv screen picture on the page. It recommended what tubes might be failing. He'd pull them out and I'd walk 3 blocks to our local Drugstore that had a tube tester machine. You read the tube number and brand on a chart, put the tube in the appropriate socket and hit the "test" button. An analog green,yellow,red scale with a needle indicated good, weak or replace. Then we went to Radio Shack or the Local Electronics Supply House and purchased the tube(s) needed. We watched that set until 1973 when my neighbor gave us his 2yo Philco console COLOR(!) tv and he bought a new one. At that early age I was building wooden go carts, fixing my bike and taking things apart. I had an old bakelite tube radio that needed a 50C5 tube and I tried replacing it with a 35W4. There was a blue arc and the glass envelope cracked all around and jumped up. I learned tubes aren't interchangeable. I married at age 22 for the 2nd time and my wife had both a tv and a phone in her room. I left home at age 20 having neither or a door. I've rebuilt or revived every vehicle I've ever owned since age 15 and I won't hesitate to repair anything.
Btyan, thanks for this video. I have to say I am in total agreement with all you have said. One of the reasons I am the person I am today is because my parents did not hand me everything I wanted. It didn't kill me and I am a better person for it. Here is a giant thumbs up from me!! :)
That Magnavox record player is awesome, I would totally want it.
can't find much old TV's anymore ;-(
Is that sloped panel three dialer next to the TV a Thompson Neutrodyne? I agree with you about modern electronics, I don't know why it all has to be considered disposable. There is a depot that collects old electronics but that's all they do, they don't even attempt to sell or give it away, so much for reducing, reusing, and recycling. At least they leave some of it outside where people can and do take it away, I don't know whether that is intentional or because of indifference.
Remaining on topic of video: would you want analog to come back
Analog was SO much better than this digital crap. At least with analog if the signal faded the picture didn't turn into a kazillion little squares and freeze up and the sound didn't turn into a choppy mess. You could also pick up enough of the weaker stations over the air that now are blocked because of signal strength. I am older than radiotvphononut but he is right on my wavelength with what he says. I wish there really was a time machine because I ache for the America I grew up in and HATE this crap that we have to live with daily in a wimpy limp wristed society where every body is so butt hurt over everything you aren't even allowed to question anything for fear of being sued.
Hey radiotvphononut.
When I was a kid & growing up, my parents always taught me right from wrong. Back during at least most if not all of my years in school, I was in a Special Ed class as one of my classes. The teachers I had there taught me what was appropriate & what was inappropriate. One big thing which mostly at least a couple different Special Ed teachers had about me was the fact of me hugging & kissing the girls someplace I shouldn't be doing them at. I've learned that was an absolute no no. But, I don't do very much of it now like I used to.
Mark Covington Poor parenting is one of the factors why we got a bunch of troubled children now but the other half of the equation is marriage and i got to say the North American divorce rate today is infuriating almost no one takes marriage serious anymore to show how far down in the dumps today society really is, what happens when you get a divorce with a child in the middle he or she is then left lift the live with a broken family half the time without the original father figure or mother figure in the picture that's not fair to the child and like could mess he or she up behaviorally, in some cases living part of their childhood with grandparents to help prevent the child from becoming like that.
It's so sad the way the kids act now, but we can't punish them or the politcally correct police come after us. I recall years ago on the railway a kid spraying graffiti all over a station, his father was amazed when we caught his brat vandalising the property. And outraged too. Back then the Transit Police could give the little bastard a good going over. But too many think it's their god given right to do exactly as they please and to hell with everyone else. As for my neighbourhood, it's exactly the same here, I don't now know any of the neighbours, except the sweet old couple downstairs who remember when it was a half decent place. No-one helps anyone any more here. Though I'll always help the old couple downstairs. They're really nice, "old school" people. Apart from them, and my wife, who was raised in the Old South ways, I'd trust nobody in my street now. Like you, everything I own was paid for by ME, no-one else.
If that were my parents, They would have forced me to clean it up after one of them tore my behind up. My dad would have been angry with me, and my mom would have taken his side. That was me in my growing up days.
If I were to graffiti something my parents would turn my ass inside out! Also I would be glad to have that TV in my bedroom. I still use a 78' Zenith System 3 for over the air tv and I record on VHS.
youre a very smart man.......
When we bought our property here in 1959 I was 2 years old and everybody knew everybody and 1970s they started building these apartments and cheap houses since then the neighborhood has gone to crap now I'm the oldest one here been here forever and people don't like that that's too bad I know exactly what you're saying thanks for the rant I love your rants
Amen to everything you said. Great video.
This is why I love the 80's era were I was a kid, no addictive internet video games, kids are well behaved, simple things make us happy back then and no spoiled brats
+rene kenshin Wasn't great for everyone. Trust me on this.
+rene kenshin Nostalgia is a blinding you.
LOL, we had arcades, Ataris, and Nintendos in the 80's, in case you forgot. Kids were well behaved? What planet were you living on? Kids were never well-behaved, and never will be. THEY'RE KIDS.
***** Not all were raised the same, truth is, a lot of kids today die of young age due to modern technology, poor kids
rene kenshin Like you would know anything about how I was raised. It's the kids from the "perfect" families that cause the most trouble.
"my kid would never do that, I told them not to" Possibly the MOST common line I would hear when working in customer service for a major cell phone provider. The "Parent" would then DEMAND that we credit the account and then refuse to change the plan to fix the problem.
Excellent video so true
I wish I had been able to at least experience the 1950's and 1960's.
2:12 Some years later, people don’t even want a normal flat screen tv. Nowadays if it is not a 4K UHD smart tv, they don’t want it.
My first colour TV was a mid 1970s Zenith I paid $10 for, I ended up trading it a few years later for a radio, mainly because there wasn't anything worth watching on it over the air. It had a problem with the tint, the fellow who I traded it to fixed it and said it was a loose board in the back.
I am from 1994 and when I was 10 years old I walked around the streets looking for TVs and radios in the trash to dismantle and see what was inside, when I was 15 I knew how to do electrical installation with the tips I learned from my father. I was raised by my grandparents and learned to respect them. Today all the electronics that I have was bought with the money I earn working a lot from my friends has everything that they have because they won from their parents. Another thing is about the musical taste I like old music and sometimes I become a joke because of that
I got my grandfather's old zenith radio he bought new about 1941 I wish you could get it playing .
I AGREE with you about everything you have to say! Kids nowadays are spoiled BRATS, modern junk SUX and you are SO RIGHT about cell phones! Where I work, you go to the break room or lunch room & there's almost NEVER anyone talking, they're all thumbing at their stupid smartphones and NO ONE talks! I just sit there and feel like there's nobody else there as everyone's got their noses in their phones!
I'm only 17, but I still feel for everything your saying. Ive only ever had one phone and I never intend on getting a new one. I have a 1965 magnavox stereo console that was given to me a couple years back and ive used it every day since, because you just can't find any good music nowadays. All the good music I like is stuck on the shellac disks they were made on. Been collecting every vintage CRT set I can find, and have had to work hard for all the money I spent to get them. The only problem is in Delaware, its hard to find vintage sets for a good price. (I prefer sets from the mid 1950s to the early 1980s all the ones near me are flatscreens or are from the 1940s... Theyre cool, but not very practical) if people give me old tech I'm glad to get it and display it on my shelf. Its sad how ungrateful some kids are. Its sad to see all the Ewaste lots with all those televisions I would love but people just didnt think anyone would want them. I would say so much more but this is getting long. I feel for you man, and just know there's at least one kid who appreciates these things.
I agree with you 100% on how parents protect their children's reckless actions and attitudes. I was born in 1949, and I respect the fact that I had my butt beat when I needed it. It made me respect others, their property and gave me a sense of morals to keep me out of jail. When I retired, I retired from Law Enforcement. I've never had a ticket.
The people of today do not care all a care about is what they want And also the problem now is Wen kids see things Advertised On TV Or social media they wanted When I was 13 years old I would working in a radio repair shop It was actually a hobby to start off with Until the owner of the shop at me if I would work for him Are you to work there every night I came home from School and I enjoyed it so much I dont think kids are allowed to do that these days We learned the hard way but when I think about it it was not all that hard really because you got a chance in Life at that time And I am Sure it will made me a better person And also won out what your video it brings back memories for me From when I was 13 years old
enjoy your rants, you should do more
Well, I still have old CRT TVs, one is an ancient Sony, from the late 60's, the other's a Toshiba, with stereo sound. I still have VCRs, cassette recorders, reel-to-reels,, 8-tracks, and record players, some with tubes, or valves. My fridge is from the 70's, old vacuum cleaners from the 30's to the present. I don't have a cellphone. Load of rubbish. Like too much of this "new tech". As for kids now, don't get me started on that ! Glad I have happy memories of the old days, next door neighbors are a lovely old couple, they have keys to my place and us to theirs. The others aren't worth a spit in the wind.
I'd like to get some LCD TV's to flip; but, the problem is, the ones I actually get have major problems and the rest are owned by people who think they're worth big $ (even if non-working). I'm also a little afraid to sell working ones b/c it would be just like some idiot to drop it, crack the panel, and then bring it back to me demanding a refund because it "won't work".
Great rant, one of the best! I agree totally and we're from the same generation, I'll be 40 this next Christmas time. I remember when they paddled in schools and parents disciplined at home, behavior sure was better. We are generation X and I think we were the last generation that had any sense. I remember years ago adults calling us names and whatever but it wasn't true, it was to be for the ones after us! I teach college and the kids today are horrible, they have no respect for authority.
I love your Rants and your UA-cam Do you have a Zenith Cobra Matic record changer? I want one so bad I have plans to build my own record player around one of those changes that's something that could be shipped but I think
I was born in 1948.....think of how I see the world!! The world has gone nuts!
Preach it, brother! :)
CRT TVs with VHS integrated go for $80-200 still! (even the tiny 9" ones)
I was a bit shocked to find this out, and good 4-head VCRs still fetch a high price if they have the remote.
Tech has changed, but you can still flip LCD flat panels for a great profit if you know how to repair them :)
Junknology not technology nowadays
crapnology
I am in my mid 30s and don’t think I have to get the latest new toys
I’m 17 and I don’t like the new technology I’m still using a iPhone 7 Plus I’m got gonna buy a new phone just because it has a bit of age on it. I was raised with strict parents I didn’t have internet or cable i had Analog tv that’s all I had
You are the modern day Will Rogers. Telling it like it is.
We like your videos!
I hate LCD's and flat screens. I don't even like digital tuning. I like CRT's, and rotary tuners. I feel so much more in control of the tuning and I can obtain the picture I want. Also, I just LOVE the wood grain all the old ones have.
Some noteworthy stories I have were a bunch of kids were standing up on the tool box that's on the back of my dads truck playing with toy guns shooting at my grandmas phone line. My dad was the one that made them come down. We discovered a dent on the top of the truck a few days ago. A bunch of friends and relatives gathered after grandma burial, a grandparent told one's dad they needed disciplined. He said it was mom's turn. Telling my dad was enough to get something done when I was growing up.
Very well said. I'm 40 and things sure have changed in the last 25 years. I remember going to the junk and thrift stores from 1988 to 1994 or so and finding great stuff. Now it's all overpriced crap that's not worth owning. I don't see how the parents afford to buy all this stuff for themselves and their children but I suspect they're in debt up to their eyeballs
lol im 14 and i just love old tech like CRT TVs and tube electronics, ive been working my ass off saving up to get my own computer
bassblaster505 Gaming That's the way to do. You appreciate your stuff more when you have to work for it. The only thing my parents ever bought me was food and clothes and maybe a few toys for Christmas. I used to mow people's lawns. Wash people's cars and when I was 12 I took a 70 customer paper route that earned me about $70 a month. That was a lot for a kid in those days.
Well I'm 16 now but I also collect, Repair and restore vintage audio gear. Like pioneer technics and fisher.
It's fun repairing old things. The stuff they make today is disposable. I fixed CRT TVs for years but these new flat screens are beyond my repair knowledge. When people ask me to fix them I tell them to throw them away and buy a new one.
That's a late 80's model its like a tank un till one of the STK-0050 modules go pop.
i meant late 70's but got auto-corrected.
i own an SX-636 that i rebuilt about 2 weeks ago
I use to get the belt or jug cord if I did what those kids did that you were talking about.
I like vintage audio and was raised the old fashioned way. I would buy that console stereo if I lived close. I am 15 years old and live in Lafayette, Indiana. I would never buy a crosley. I make fun of them when ever I am at target.
A few years ago, some of the neighborhood punk kids were shooting fireworks at an elderly neighbor's house. He politely to stop and their mother went off on him, saying, "My kids can do any GD thing they want to".
Hey if you have that GE color TV still, I’m happy to buy it off you
I think your rant is globally first world relative,I'm on the west coast of Australia,different continent,different country and I agree with you 100%.
As a famous person once siad, the key to a good marriage is that the two participants need to "share the same reality"
My grandparents played a big part in my upbringing too.
There was a couple of other things I learned from them being older folks, one was that you made do or learned to fix something if it stopped working or got worn out, and another was that in the long run its better to be straight with people rather than try to be a big guy.
If I was left on a desert island I might just survive, even without game shows or mcdoonalds.
People are changing and not for the best.
I have a Sears console TV, it's either a RCA or Sharp, I forget which on...from 1983, still works, good picture and stereo sound. Don't use it because it needs demagnetized... Don't think lightening struck it, maybe static in the air, I remember a loud thunder clap the next day, the individual colors were diagonally across the screen, red, yellow, etc. Watched it up until 2011, cabinet looks good, gonna convert it to a TV stand.
Lol, this was one of the best rant videos you did yet ! :)
Yeah , you go !
You are right on everything you ranted about. The country is in a down spin to no good.
Haven't seen a video from you in a while. I hope all is well. BTW I need a turntable, do you have any for sale? My daughter bought me a crosley plastic thing from china. She meant well.
It's always good to vent.
I remember living with my grandparents when my mother and father were away. When my grandfather showed me that belt you know you were in trouble or when my grandmother showed you that wooden spoon you know you were in trouble. It hurts but it got me back in line. And when my parents came back, my father used to always had that same belt. Boy did I stop acting up after a good beating. My teachers used to be allowed to spank us too. But now today kids are out of control.