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20. I'm basing my thought on personal memories.

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #19)

Mon Oct 13, 2025, 12:17 PM

16 hrs ago

TV and movies are an artificial world. My father, uncles, and neighbors all wore wedding bands in the 1960s. Maybe it varied geographically or culturally.

There used to be a lot of jokes about married men taking off their wedding bands in bars and getting caught by telltale lack of a tan on their ring fingers.

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Atlantic Crossing and anachronisms. [View all] ananda Sunday OP

The first television station started in 1928. BBC began in 1936. Ms. Toad Sunday #1

Google tells me that TV news broadcasts began in 1939. yardwork Sunday #5

BBC says its broadcasts started in 1936. Ms. Toad Sunday #7

Google is often wrong. yardwork Sunday #8

If it's the AI summary that appears at the top of Google - Ms. Toad Sunday #10

This message was self-deleted by its author tinrobot Sunday #11

Um, BBC suspended its television broadcasts in1939, for the duration of World War II Brother Buzz Sunday #6

I was responding to the assertion that there weren't television stations around in 1940 Ms. Toad Sunday #9

How many television sets do you suspect were around in 1939? Brother Buzz Sunday #12

You're off by a factor of 10. Ms. Toad Sunday #13

You're right, of course. However, MineralMan 14 hrs ago #25

Cool! n/t Ms. Toad 10 hrs ago #26

So it's still an anachronism. ananda Yesterday #15

Don't forget Ely Culbertson jcboon 15 hrs ago #23

OMG. That is amazing! ananda 15 hrs ago #24

Thank you. ananda Yesterday #14

I likewise despise anachronisms PoindexterOglethorpe Sunday #2

Your comment about men's wedding rings is not even remotely true NoRethugFriends Sunday #3

In what way not true? PoindexterOglethorpe 17 hrs ago #18

I don't think that's true. yardwork Sunday #4

Just go back and look at old TV shows, movies, photos of celebrities. PoindexterOglethorpe 17 hrs ago #19

I'm basing my thought on personal memories. yardwork 16 hrs ago #20

Do a little research. Became common in early 1950s NoRethugFriends 16 hrs ago #22

I didn't like it, either, but only got a couple of episodes in before I decided it was not for me. Silver Gaia 23 hrs ago #16

I don't dislike the show generally. ananda 19 hrs ago #17

I've tried JustAnotherGen 16 hrs ago #21

I like it fine. ananda 6 hrs ago #27