Why are people nice?

[rca2000]

I think that is a LOT of it... if we cant get them or don't really want them or have room or money... we would rather SOMEONE who is "in the know", get things like CTC-5's, CT-100's, prewar sets, nice stereo amps, etc, than for them to end up as "fish tanks"(in the case of the TV sets), or even worse...meet a packer truck hopper, and then be buried forever!!

And another things is, we often look "hard and long" for our "prizes", so, when another one does come along, after we get one of some particular item ( Say, a CTC-5), that we can afford/and/or is somewhat local, BUT another collector ALSO wants one, MOST of us will then 'back off" and let the other guy have it. MOST, I say. Not too long ago, A 5 at an auction near Chicago I think DID cause some harsh words and accusations, between some members here...and that is unfortunate!! Friendships, especially real ones are MUCH too hard to come by---to risk ruining one over an old tv set, radio, stereo or such. As I said...better that SOMEONE get it, that will protect it...than a lot of harsh words, ruined friendships, or the worst...the "rumpke" treatment--for one of our prizes.

I am about to part with a few things I have,some parts and maybe a couple of sets, just sitting around...--that others here need or want more. After all, I have NOT really done much with them, and someone else NEEDS them, to get their sets running--or get their 'prize".

And BTW Sandy..don't EVER say"you will never own a CTC-5" I waited since I was 11 years old(after wasting a table model set back then), to get another one. They ALWAYS seemed to just"slip away" somehow..., either too far away, too expensive, too many problems, or someone else got them first...sometimes ALL of the above!! I even lost out on a blonde 5 special in 2004, and I did my BEST, to prevent it and some other old things, mostly in a big dumpster, --from disaster....but failed. Some old B1TCH would NOT let me take, or even BUY it, or the ctc-7 chassis and tube--and when I was a bit persistent about not leaving it in the dumpster, she threatened me with the pigs. At the time...I was with Circuit city and in uniform, and I could NOT do anymore....otherwise I WOULD have been more persistent!! I HOPE the 5 got a home...but I KNOW the 7 or 9 chassis and tube did NOT. I alerted others to the stuff in the dumpster...but it was just too late.

And since then...I lost out on one after another 5.....Till a couple of weeks ago. Now, my westcott, with a GREAT tube as far as I can tell, is in the garage, undergoing " gentle warming" to keep things fresh, and next month...when my mom and sis go on a short trip....the 5 will ALSO be taking a short trip...to the climate--controlled basement!!

So, don't give up Sandy...one WILL come your way, just hang in there. Mine was in the rural part of Illinois, not too far from Missouri. That is NOT a "big city area", either.

[Dave S]

I have lost track of the number of people who have gone way out of their way to help me over the years. It's usually impossible to pay them back, you just try to "pay forward" to someone else.