How old is Grandpa???

**Nasty** · 3rd October 2008, 08:58

Originally Posted by Hitcher

Not true. The first working "television" was built in 1929. Television commercials were introduced in the USA in 1940.

The first ball-point pen was patented in 1888. Laslo Biro, the Hungarian whose name has been largely associated with these devices, took out his UK patent in 1938.

Taking a bit of poetic license for market penetration, "Grandpa" would be at least 75 years old.

Damn ... You take all that fun .. hehehe

**Daffyd** · 5th October 2008, 16:17

Originally Posted by Blue Babe

An awful lot happened in 15yrs then

I was born 15yrs earlier than the 59yr old. I remember the 1st black & white tv we got when we lived in Africa, Programs started at 5pm with the kids stuff, then the news at 6pm where all the kids had to sit quiet, or go to bed. The programs finished at 10pm.
I also remember our first telephone, big old cumbersome thing that sat on a round table by the door. You had to dial the numbers.

Young whippersnapper! We had to ask the silly bint in the telephone exchange to connect us with the other numbers. I was well on with my apprenticeship when our local automatic telephone exchange was installed.

Actually we must be about the same age.