Re: Festive vintage technology traditions/memories.
The 12 light Christmas Tree Set with one big single wire loop from bayonet plug and back would definitely be vintage now, but then (early '60s) it was just a few years old. The "chase the loose/dead bulb" routine was soon replaced by a systematic method involving taking out the first bulb at the hot end and poking in the holder with a neon tester and so on down the line until the set came on or a dead bulb was found and replaced.
Has anyone restarted the vintage Christmas lights thread yet?
Edit: I see it was killed off at the beginning of last year.....
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