I made it
 

I registered here because SVHS posted my picture of the Minolta Video System MV-500S to a thread here. :thmbsp:

I already recognize a couple of usernames here, maybe someone recognizes me too (and doesn't log out forever :no: )

:D

GET OUT of this INSIDIOUS, ridiculous pastime while you still can...You'll see a cyoot little AA5 radio playing happily away in an Aunty-Que store... It'll TALK to you, coax you into toting it home. & all will be fine & dandy for awhile. Next thing you know, you'll decide that its LONELY, & will so proceed to find it a buddy. Then if 2 are nice 3 would be even better, & before long you'll have l'il radios starin' back at you from every horizontal space in yr house. Then. one day, you'll spot an early Sony 5-303 TV shinin' its "Love Light" on you... Or mebbe an early sixties RCA or Zenith Roundie COLOR Set diggin' its claws into yer back... Face it Buster, you're HOOKED, there's NO HOPE for you....

Congrats on getting into to our exclusive club of crazy electronics collectors.

Hmmmmmpf...I AIN'T Crazy, I just SMELL that way....-S.Geiger, Chief Bull-Goose Looney around here....

Welcome to VK!

Welcome to our madness. Sandy pretty much sums it up in his first post. Enjoy. There is alway room for another odd bird like the rest of us.

Oh, absolutely. This really IS a wonderful hobby, the folks involved are basically Second to None, & will likely always go the extra miles to help each other out. Some of us are quite obviously Deranged, but in a pretty harmless way. But DO be careful-I am reminded of a story from years back, before there was a separate VK, we were still the bastard stepchildren of AK. Seems these 2 intrepid collectors found a high end type radio/console in a barn. It may have been an E.H. Scott, Zenith Stratosphere, or some other high tube count exotica. Anyhoo, they loaded it in their van, & headed back to town. Pretty soon, they noticed a LOT of rather angry Waspers sharing the van... They stopped, looked in the back of the set, & encountered a GINORMOUS nest, who were NOT happy about being disturbed.. I think they stopped at a store & got a can of Raid, & took care of the waspers,, & maybe only got popped a time or 2 apiece, but STILL made for a harrowing experience. I've never had a "Live" nest in any of my finds, but I HAVE run acrost a few "Last Years' nests, so the threat is real. As Sgt Phil Esterhouse (Michael Conrad) used to intone on "Hill Street Blues"-"Let's be CAREFUL out there..."

I fear it is too late for me, I may be stuck here forever.

Just remember to keep yr hands, feet, & nose away from access points when you pass by my Cage when you pass by. Might be a good idea to keep a large, heavy Sharp Stick at arm's length w/you as well...Likely would be a Good Idea to always identify yrself as being from AK/VK, or you could be mistakenly identified as a nice young man from Old Indio, who wants to "Help" me by Lowering my Eenterest Rates, Pay off my Stoodent Loans, or Extend the Warranty on my Car... Last several of those who have come by have met with VERY Foul Ends, been Terminated w/Extreme Prejudice....Mbwahahahahaha...(Grin)

I have learned that suppressing that may be the most harmful thing we can do.

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A bright shiney button?!

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