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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Sat Feb 18, 2017, 11:34 AM Feb 2017

So easy a woman can use it

I recently cut off my cable and bought a ‘Leaf’ over the air antenna.
One TV channel I'm enjoying a lot is “Buzzr”. A lot of it’s programming are old game shows, many from the 1950‘s such as ‘What’s My Line’, etc.

As interesting as the shows are the old TV commercials used on the shows, some of which wouldn’t go over well today.

One ad I saw today (on a 1957 ‘I’ve Got A Secret’ show) had a woman showing a new model Polaroid camera, saying:

“This new Polaroid camera is so easy, even a woman can use it.
If you can boil water, you can take pictures with this camera.”

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So easy a woman can use it (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Feb 2017 OP
LOL! I thought you meant the Leaf was so easy to use even a woman could use it. FrankfurtCat Feb 2017 #1
I bought the 50 mile range with amplifier left-of-center2012 Feb 2017 #2
I have some kind of over the air antenna.....10 years ago..20 bucks.. Stuart G Feb 2017 #3

FrankfurtCat

(1,213 posts)
1. LOL! I thought you meant the Leaf was so easy to use even a woman could use it.
Sat Feb 18, 2017, 11:57 AM
Feb 2017

You got my attention because I have tried three different indoor TV antennae in the last month and none of them worked! I will give the Leaf a try-thanks for the heads-up!

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
2. I bought the 50 mile range with amplifier
Sat Feb 18, 2017, 12:35 PM
Feb 2017

$60 at Walmart.
Gets me 49 stations in Albuquerque, which includes shopping, religious, and Spanish.
But I get all the local including 3 PBS, two movie stations, two true crime. Plenty to watch.
I do need reposition it from window to wall for best reception but I save $100 a month from cable.

Stuart G

(38,436 posts)
3. I have some kind of over the air antenna.....10 years ago..20 bucks..
Sat Feb 18, 2017, 02:27 PM
Feb 2017

ran a wire from the basement to my second floor bedroom..hooked it up..and now I get about all the stations I need..(of course no cable stations or others like MSNBC or CNN...but)...

I get about 40 stations..plenty to watch..but I don't watch it...NOW...if I want a movie...I know this one is hard to believe............but....it is a 4 minute ride to the library where they have hundreds of films..new ones, old ones and middle aged films...

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