re: #327 Bagua

In those days no one had air-conditioning and radio was The entertainment, walk along a busy street during a popular show like the Lone Ranger and you could hear the show playing in the streets as well as everyone had their windows open and the same show on the radio.

There would have to be an etiquette for this sort of eavesdropping.

Here is a link to someone’s memories from those days talking about this.

The olden days of radio

That’s another possibility. She says it as though everyone will know what she means, and adds no other information about whatever the heck this is.

I was wondering if it could be some extremely prototypical form of TV, but what was in existence in the 30s wouldn’t have been in homes, would it? I know there was some broadcasting going on the 30s, but…