Story Friday December 31, 2021

[ProfessorTomoe 1,308]

11 hours ago, mlooney said:

...or what, is Farnsworth?

About $15 in modern US dollars.

[mlooney 3,417]

2 hours ago, ProfessorTomoe said:

About $15 in modern US dollars.

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[mlooney 3,417]

6 hours ago, Pharaoh RutinTutin said:

 

Dr Philo Farnsworth was the genius who invented electronic television

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKM4MNrB25o

Dr Dean Farnsworth developed a test for colorblindness as a Commander in the US Navy during WWII and it is still used today

Farnsworth is an unincorporated town in Texas and a Ghost Town in Indiana

Farnsworth Peak in Utah is not too far from Salt Lake and is notable for the number of television and radio transmitter towers on its slopes

But did any of them say "Good News"?  That seems to be the context that name was used in.

[Darth Fluffy 302]

7 hours ago, ProfessorTomoe said:

About $15 in modern US dollars.

Buying the Farn is when you're only half dead.

[mlooney 3,417]

2 hours ago, Darth Fluffy said:

Buying the Farn is when you're only half dead.

Shouldn't that be 3/4 dead?

[Darth Fluffy 302]

3 hours ago, mlooney said:

Shouldn't that be 3/4 dead?

Sure, why not. or 7/8, since you have half of the m.

[mlooney 3,417]

Oh, good point.