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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

Oct 2025

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 Oct 2025 OP

The first television station started in 1928. BBC began in 1936. Ms. Toad Oct 2025 #1

Google tells me that TV news broadcasts began in 1939. yardwork Oct 2025 #5

BBC says its broadcasts started in 1936. Ms. Toad Oct 2025 #7

Google is often wrong. yardwork Oct 2025 #8

If it's the AI summary that appears at the top of Google - Ms. Toad Oct 2025 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author tinrobot Oct 2025 #11

Um, BBC suspended its television broadcasts in1939, for the duration of World War II Brother Buzz Oct 2025 #6

I was responding to the assertion that there weren't television stations around in 1940 Ms. Toad Oct 2025 #9

How many television sets do you suspect were around in 1939? Brother Buzz Oct 2025 #12

You're off by a factor of 10. Ms. Toad Oct 2025 #13

You're right, of course. However, MineralMan Oct 2025 #25

Cool! n/t Ms. Toad Oct 2025 #26

So it's still an anachronism. ananda Oct 2025 #15

Don't forget Ely Culbertson jcboon Oct 2025 #23

OMG. That is amazing! ananda Oct 2025 #24

Thank you. ananda Oct 2025 #14

I likewise despise anachronisms PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2025 #2

Your comment about men's wedding rings is not even remotely true NoRethugFriends Oct 2025 #3

In what way not true? PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2025 #18

I don't think that's true. yardwork Oct 2025 #4

Just go back and look at old TV shows, movies, photos of celebrities. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2025 #19

I'm basing my thought on personal memories. yardwork Oct 2025 #20

Do a little research. Became common in early 1950s NoRethugFriends Oct 2025 #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 Oct 2025 #16

I don't dislike the show generally. ananda Oct 2025 #17

I've tried JustAnotherGen Oct 2025 #21

I like it fine. ananda Oct 2025 #27