Tag Archives: television

Crystal Palace Fire

Posted on November 30, 2023 by Caryn

Every time there is a great event like the Olympics, the World’s Fair, or in this case, the Great Exhibition, a stunning new building or structure is built to house the event. The Crystal Palace was originally located in Hyde Park, London, England. It was a cast iron and plate glass structure, Continue reading →

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The True Stories Of History

Posted on October 26, 2021 by Caryn

My Aunt Sandy Pattan is the family history guru in the Byer family. As a child, she was sickly, and so spent a lot of time in bed. Being home from school, just Aunt Sandy and her mom, my grandma, Hattie Byer, gave them much time to sit and talk. Remember that while television did exist, Continue reading →

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Obscenity Ruling

Posted on June 24, 2020 by Caryn

I sometimes think that I am from a different era…one where people didn’t use so many obscenities. In reality, I am from that era, because on June 24, 1957, when I was just a 14 months old, Continue reading →

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As A Family

Posted on August 17, 2019 by Caryn

Every family struggles to find ways to do things together…not to mention the time to do so. Kids have their own activities, such as sports, dance, and other club and school activities. Continue reading →

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Dramatic Encounter

Posted on July 24, 2018 by Caryn

The debate between capitalism and communism is not new, and in fact has been going on for a long time. Possibly one of the strangest debates, known as the “kitchen debate” was between Vice President Nixon and Soviet leader Nikita … Continue reading →

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New Fangled Contraption

Posted on August 22, 2017 by Caryn

With yesterday’s eclipse, came a massive amount of videos and photos documenting the event. Before it was even over, people all over the world were able to view the event. NASA filmed it and posted it on their website…including the … Continue reading →

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Off The Grid

Posted on January 24, 2017 by Caryn

These days, lots of people have considered living off the grid. It’s almost the latest thing. Most of them really just want to do away with the bills that go along with being on the grid…water, electric, gas etc, but … Continue reading →

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Icing On The Cake

Posted on July 10, 2016 by Caryn

Few birthdays mark such a big change in one’s life as this one will for my husband, Bob Schulenberg. Bob had planned to retire in January of 2017, but with the offer of a severance package through the City of … Continue reading →

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New Fangled Gadget

Posted on March 25, 2016 by Caryn

Television was invented by a 21 year old man named Philo Taylor Farnsworth, and first successfully demonstrated in San Francisco on Sept. 7, 1927. It’s odd to think that my dad, Allen Spencer lived both before the invention of television … Continue reading →

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M*A*S*H

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Caryn

For years many Americans, myself included, were drawn into the Korean War, or at least one aspect of it, in the form of M*A*S*H, a popular television show about the way a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital was run…sort of. The … Continue reading →

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