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   / Are you this old? #221  
I'm a gen x'er who watched lots of reruns.
 
   / Are you this old? #222  
In the olden days, everyone could do arithmetic. 25 cents a gallon was 4 gallons for a dollar. Duh. $0.239 was 4.26 gallons for a dollar, call it 4 gallons and a quart. If you are really old you can remember when people did arithmetic.
The problem is that we learned how to do arithmetic. The kids now have to learn Math and it so much more difficult.:rolleyes:
 
   / Are you this old? #223  
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Bruce
 
   / Are you this old? #225  
I still run a linear equation when I am handling money. If I want to pull money from my retirement account, and know it will be taxed in two different brackets, how much do I have to withdraw for the purchase and tax bill, and how much is it going to cost me in lost earnings? One simple equation, two minutes. Algebra was trivial. Deriving trig identities was tougher.
 
   / Are you this old? #226  
Try googling an octopus furnace, which is the more common version.
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True hypocausts went out of fashion with the Romans and the abandonment of child (slave) labor to sweep between the support pillars. A version of it was used in traditional Korean homes until fairly recently. Like hydroponic in floor heat, it is very efficient.

All the best,

Peter
Rented a house when I was young - we always called that a gravity feed furnace. Made to burn coal, but many were converted to gas.
 
   / Are you this old? #228  
I was aware of WLS, but they didn't come in very well here in northern New England. "The" station when I was in high school (mid 60s) was WKBW from Buffalo, with WPTR (Albany) and WBZ (Boston) as alternative choices. WBZ came in during the day too. Way better than our crappy local station.

Actually, even into the 80s a lot of the econoboxes had only 10 or 11 gallon tanks, so they wouldn't take much more than $10 worth, so that doesn't go as far back as you'd think. Then again, I'm in my 70s so the 80s were fairly recent history .
O remember filling up my first car (65 Belair), giving the teller a 20$ bill and getting change back.

Can't do that with my wifes little Buick which has a 10 gallon tank.
 
   / Are you this old? #229  
Fond memories of picking up WLS all over the Midwest. On calm nights driving, it was fun to see how far away you could tune in.

Thanks for the memories!

All the best,

Peter
 
   / Are you this old? #230  
When I was in college in El Paso in the 60’s, we would pick up a radio station from Del Rio Texas that played the best music but their programming could be all over the place. In reality their transmitter was in Mexico and who know how many watts they broadcast.

But my best memory was their ad for “ Genuine autographed pictures of Jesus Christ”. Hmmm…
 

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