# Without saying your age, what's something from your childhood that a younger person wouldn't understand? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 25, 2021, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-saying-your-age-whats-something-from-your-childhood-that-a-younger-person-wouldnt-understand/953138 "2021-10-25T01:08:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1429
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2022, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-saying-your-age-whats-something-from-your-childhood-that-a-younger-person-wouldnt-understand/953138/1429 "2022-09-28T10:33:02Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > Back in 1960s-70s, my grandmother’s Zenith TV had an ultrasonic remote like that, and the non-channel button turned it on or off and cycled the volume: soft, medium, loud, off. Hah! Although I thought it was a Zenith, I was wrong. I found the exact model remote she had. It was an Admiral. When I learned that Zenith used tuning forks, not whistles, I began to doubt myself. I’m pleased to see I’m not going crazy. (Or, at least, that _this_ is not evidence of it.) [https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-1960s-magnavox-phantom-tv-455118231](https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-1960s-magnavox-phantom-tv-455118231) --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-saying-your-age-whats-something-from-your-childhood-that-a-younger-person-wouldnt-understand/953138)._