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The scariest NON-implosion story I have is this: In 1980, my brother and I had bought a big inventory of tubes (not CRTs) from a surplus store that closed down in Chicago, and we were offering various early radio tubes for maybe $3 each in local ads. So, we made a few radio and TV collector friends. One time a couple of them came to our house for a few tubes, and they were driving an old Suburban (with no back seat installed), and the entire area behind the (front) seat was PILED with loose CRTs! I mean, not a layer face down but at least two, maybe three layers of them at all angles, mostly probably 21-inch B&W ones. I just shuddered to think of what would have happened if they had hit a bump on the road or had had to hit the brakes hard.
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Chris
Quote from another forum: "(Antique TV collecting) always seemed to me to be a fringe hobby that only weirdos did."
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