Don't go hunting for TV sets...

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...they will find you!

Saturday was one of those rare days when I was left to keep "bachelor's hall" as my grandfather used to say. Kim was gone for the morning so I just couldn't keep from making the rounds. Who knows what I might find? I hit an estate sale, the flea market, the junque store, an antique mall, even rode by that guys place where there is a garage full of tv sets, but as usual he wasn't home. I pulled in the yard at noon, empty handed, my head hung low.

I go inside and there is a message on the machine. My cousin wants me to come over and haul away 2 old tv sets that were in my great aunt's house. By the time I called they were gone...see, if I had just stayed home, the TV sets would have found me!

Anyway, I did get them yesterday. I didn't know what to expect. From the description I was thinking a typical mid-50s 21" console & maybe a Chromacolor II. I wasn't too far off the mark. Turned out to be a '53 RCA 21" console, not a cheap set. Has a warranty card on the back from when my aunt had a Silverama crt installed in '62. The other set is a '70 Zenith b/w console. Not real exciting-I wouldn't be surprised if it worked. I would be glad to pass either of these sets along to anyone willing to pick them up, though I'm not holding my breath! I have no idea what I'll ever do with them.

I also picked up an empty Grunow radio cabinet from the early 30s. This had been gutted, turned around against the wall & turned into a bookshelf. My cousin had no idea it was a radio. There was also a nice mid-50s RCA table radio that was in the kitchen. I wished I could have taken the appliances that were in there-a Westinghouse refrigerator, Hotpoint electric stove & Maytag wringer washer, all out of the 40s I would guess. He said he'd try to find a home for them somewhere.

I usually unload the truck before I think to snap a picture, so here you go guys, another Dodge pickup full of tv sets: