Then after the 11:00 o’clock news it was lights out.
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I had one for my shoe shine chair and for selling wagonloads of cold drinks to tourist types. That $7,000 that I invested back when turned into about $500,000 a few years ago. 
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Yep, I remember the “test patterns”. Each item had a specific purpose - indicating a if a particular “adjustment” had to be made so a “correct & proper picture” could be viewed by the customer. Test patterns were used by both the TV Station Engineers and the “TV Repair-man” who would actually come out to your house!
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Yep, I had one too Larry. I delivered the morning paper and then also delivered the evening paper right after school. The coin dispenser made it easier on payment day!
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I know, I know!!!
It’s the thingy you place between you’re crotch to keep scalding coffee from bringing lawsuits!!!
Actually, a tin ashtray to use if you didn’t stub your smoke out in an undercooked egg McMuffin…
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Had one of these for my cleveland Plain Dealer route, picked up my papers at 3;30 am had to be delivered before 6 am
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every saturday !
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This way as well.
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You beat me to it…I was just going to ask did anybody else get impatient with the cap pistols and just use a hammer… 
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My mom worked many years at the Plain Dealer, right up until they moved to Tiedeman Road.
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My best friend’s mother always required the “pleasantries”. Hello, this is Brian. How are you? May I please speak with Jimmy? Thank you.
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We were not allowed to use the phone at my house. My Dad “may” get a call! We had to go to the corner and use the pay phone to talk to our friends.
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