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With plasma televisions and high definition channels, it’s no wonder we spend so much time in front of the screen. Now, I happen to be in that category referred as “seniors” and I do watch the boob tube quite often. Anyway, for those of my generation who were children when television was in its infancy, we had the opportunity to witness many firsts. At the age of 7, I had only seen color at the movies, but color television? Never! Then our neighbors got a color television set, the first any of us had ever seen. That night the television was unveiled to the neighborhood. Everyone crowded into that one small living room and waited. The cabinet looked like any other we’d seen, but it all changed when Mr. B. proudly twisted the many knobs on the set. We waited until the screen came into focus. Everyone moaned –– it was in black and white! “Just wait,” Mr. B. said, “not all stations broadcast in color but something will happen...
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