JJ: How did you monitor your bets when we had channels 2-13?

**FourLengthsClear** · 03-12-11, 10:05 PM

Thankfully, it is a different world now.

I remember as a child standing just inside the door of the 'bookies shop' when my dad had a bet on a horse. The place was filled with cigarette smoke and the odds were posted by a man standing on a platform armed with a marker and a whiteboard. There were no pictures broadcast and you could hardly hear the radio commentary.

I am in the UK and aside from the World Cup, even live soccer was only broadcast 3 or 4 times a year back then.

**yisman** · 03-12-11, 10:10 PM

Originally posted by will2survive

No cable. Remember the first cable box? Had a bunch of buttons in a straight line with a lever. Knicks home games weren't televised. Only for people that lived in NYC. The games would be on the radio and the away games would be on channel 9(WOR), once a goddamn week. (tape delayed). I like the Rangers but the Islanders would be on channel 9 also. If the new generation only knew how it was. No updates on scores accept 976-1313

976-1313?

I like it now but I wouldn't change a thing. Not even the stupid rotary phones

You'd rather go back to not being able to watch games?

**will2survive** · 03-12-11, 10:15 PM

976-1313 was the phone number for score updates. It would count as local calls. My mother got a phone bill of 312 local calls and I knew it was me, I was young, I was shitting bricks. (she usually had 60 local calls per month. I wouldn't go back, I just think that the predominantly 35 and under crowd take technology for granted

**iceminers26** · 03-12-11, 10:15 PM

For scores, use to call Tell Me....man I am thankful for the Internet.

**yisman** · 03-12-11, 10:28 PM

^ I used to call tell me as well.

I just think that the predominantly 35 and under crowd take technology for granted

Of course they do, but now you're saying you wouldn't change a thing. So which way do you prefer it?

**Extra Innings** · 03-12-11, 10:41 PM

Originally posted by FourLengthsClear

Thankfully, it is a different world now.

I remember as a child standing just inside the door of the 'bookies shop' when my dad had a bet on a horse. The place was filled with cigarette smoke and the odds were posted by a man standing on a platform armed with a marker and a whiteboard. There were no pictures broadcast and you could hardly hear the radio commentary.

I am in the UK and aside from the World Cup, even live soccer was only broadcast 3 or 4 times a year back then.

Guess prior to that it was a black board and "chalk".

**FourLengthsClear** · 03-12-11, 10:47 PM

Originally posted by Extra Innings

Guess prior to that it was a black board and "chalk".

Yup

**jjgold** · 03-12-11, 10:57 PM

Sports pagers have been around for a long time

I was an original user of them

**THE HITMAN** · 03-13-11, 12:10 AM

Called the newspapers, some had a special phone # for periodic scores around the country

**clip1** · 03-13-11, 12:15 AM

1800 score phone sucked

**mav2112** · 03-13-11, 03:05 AM

I remember I would have a phone bill of $600 a month calling 1-900-dial it..........national sports.........for scores........unbelievable!!!