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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 427030" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Back in the mid 70s I lived in a place that had exactly such a hook-up to the TV. The owner was forever fiddling with it to make it cut out sooner (so the tenants would have to put in more money). The TV was coin in the slot, the only phone in the place was a private pay phone, the laundry (which was a shambles, the machines rarely worked) was coin in the slot too. </p><p></p><p>We had a rule with the TV - whoever paid the piper called the tune. So whoever put the money in, got to say what we watched. I could never afford to put money in, I would just watch whatever was on. Or nothing.</p><p></p><p>It was a horrible place. But it did teach me a lot; notably, how low you can go in this world to get a roof over your head.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 427030, member: 1991"] Back in the mid 70s I lived in a place that had exactly such a hook-up to the TV. The owner was forever fiddling with it to make it cut out sooner (so the tenants would have to put in more money). The TV was coin in the slot, the only phone in the place was a private pay phone, the laundry (which was a shambles, the machines rarely worked) was coin in the slot too. We had a rule with the TV - whoever paid the piper called the tune. So whoever put the money in, got to say what we watched. I could never afford to put money in, I would just watch whatever was on. Or nothing. It was a horrible place. But it did teach me a lot; notably, how low you can go in this world to get a roof over your head. Marg [/QUOTE]
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