I always wondered how much my old apartment in San Francisco would go for once I finally moved my rent controlled ass out of it. And now I know. It astonishes me that anyone would pay that kind of rent for a small and rather drafty apartment of less than five hundred square feet. But at least it has a garbage disposal now.
I’m happy for my old landlord and all, but jeez…
I ran across this oddity from thirty years ago while scanning things for work yesterday, and thought it might be entertaining in light of the recent DTV switch. In 1979, the Triad got its first commercial UHF station (there had been a PBS station on channel 26 for some time, but apparently no one cared) and they placed ads showing the uninformed masses how to get the signal. Sound familiar?
I love strange old technologies like these, especially when they’re suddenly back in demand. Those UHF loop antennae are hot items again, since most TV stations in the digital era are broadcasting in the UHF band, even though their “virtual” channel numbers have not changed.