[Tubejunke]

I sometimes wonder just how many of us TV people, or just plain realistic and frugal people like Jeff and myself are married. I sort of hate it that most women aren't exactly turned on by a bachelor with a house full of vintage stuff. THEN there is that needle in a haystack that I meet here and there who love old stuff, maybe not TVs, but a woman that likes ANYTHING old (besides men) is cool with me; then again I am not getting any younger.

I think I would be hard pressed to get ANY woman to watch my first generation Dragnet DVD on my 1950ish RCA TC-127 with me! I know that this is far from my original Sears Medallist II topic. It came to mind as I recently met a younger woman at the college that I am attending while re-inventing myself due to the Free Trade Act. I was sort of worried about what her opinion might be of a man with a single level home that contains around 14 TV sets!?!?! Really IMO, TV and radio collecting is no more strange than any other "collectable." Really collecting ANYTHING other than money is sort of a sign of eccentricity when you think about it. TVs just take a LOT of room and probably seem strange when people see them stacked one on top of the other in desperate attempts to save space.

I would venture to say that this is a hobby that a man might want to take up once he has bagged a "keeper", and a home with a garage AND a basement. I think the ideal match for an old TV guy would be a woman who collects refrigerator magnets or maybe salt shakers...........