Is there a such thing as a reliable tube color TV?

[Kamakiri]

Originally Posted by KV-1926R

Picture of one of the XL-100s please.

Women and their lack of appreciation for anything other than the newest crap. If I were to marry, mine would have to at least have to accept the presence of all my old stuff and buy all this worthless gadgetry out of her own money, which means I'll probably never marry, haha.

My wife is amazing. She even picked out the 1941 Chambers stove in our kitchen . But for watching hockey games and other stuff, she'd rather go with a new set. Tradeoffs, yanno?

I will say that she never complains about anything I do or buy. We realize in each other that life is all about doing the things that make you come alive.....and this stuff makes me come alive. For her, it's road trips, good restaurants, and family....so we do that stuff too

Here's a REALLY old shot of one of them, when it was doing duty in my kids' room in a place I lived briefly during a divorce. I ended up getting the house back

[Jon A.]

Originally Posted by Kamakiri

My wife is amazing. She even picked out the 1941 Chambers stove in our kitchen . But for watching hockey games and other stuff, she'd rather go with a new set. Tradeoffs, yanno?

I will say that she never complains about anything I do or buy. We realize in each other that life is all about doing the things that make you come alive.....and this stuff makes me come alive. For her, it's road trips, good restaurants, and family....so we do that stuff too

Here's a REALLY old shot of one of them, when it was doing duty in my kids' room in a place I lived briefly during a divorce. I ended up getting the house back

Sounds pretty good. A woman liking hockey seems rather unusual though, as does a man *not* liking sports (me). Seems like you scored a pretty good one that time. Old appliances are good too. Things I want are rarely found in stores.

Guys whose wives force them out of or severely limit their space-taking hobbies, that I have a problem with.

Good on you in regards to the house.

Originally Posted by etype2

I still have my Sony KV 1722 purchased in 1973. Only a very minor purity problem in the upper left corner which is not always visible. No service calls on that one either, 40 years of reliable operation.

My '87 Trinitron has the same sort of problem. Trouble with those though, if any semiconductors go, good luck finding a replacement, they have to be OEM.

[Sandy G]

[QUOTE=Kamakiri;3082162]My wife is amazing.

I will say that she never complains about anything I do or buy. We realize in each other that life is all about doing the things that make you come alive.....and this stuff makes me come alive. For her, it's road trips, good restaurants, and family....so we do that stuff too

Best thing I ever did was get hitched...But the WORST thing my wife ever did was get hitched-After all, she got stuck w/Moi....(grin) In all seriousness, Lauriann says I gave her something she never had-a HOME. She was an Army brat, lived a pretty nomadic existence. The stuff I've grown up w/& have had all my life-Going into shops, & they know you, knowing people on the street, not being concerned about talking to strangers, she never had that. I never thought much about it, but I guess if you never knew that, it IS a big deal.