The conversation at home somehow strayed on to the new HDTV test card featuring Myleene Klass. Despite appreciating the finer points of Myleene, Robbie was quite vocal in defence of the 1967 version with the girl and the clown. I suppose it is a bit sad to get nostalgic about a test card, but maybe we are not exactly the most usual household!
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Prompted by our conversation about the test card Sam and Laura decided to tell me about TV in the 'olden days'. According to Sam his teacher told him that in the days before Star Treck they used to play the national anthem at bedtime, then TV would close downand there would be a blank screen with a white dot in the middle with one long bleeeeeep to tell you to switch the TV off. He was particularly appalled by the knowledge that they didn't have remote controls in those days and people had to walk to the TV to change channels. He looked at me with a mixture of incredulity and disgust as he told me that they didn't even have breakfast TV! I find it rather alarming that I lived through Sam's 'olden days', yet he treats it as ancient history filed away in his mind somewhere close to the Stone Age!
Robbie was late home tonight, so he hasn't had much opportunity to get into trouble (yet!) last night his capacity to fall asleep got him into trouble so he is trying to be a little more alert tonight.
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