I´m so sad

[Dave S]

Originally Posted by Captain Video

You americans are very lucky TV collectors.

Captain,

I certainly don't mean to gloat, but yeah, sometimes we don't realize just how lucky we are. We're like "fish in the water", especially here in the northeast, or maybe "shooting fish in a barrel" is the more appropriate metaphor. You don't realize it may be different elsewhere when growing up, 'cause we knew was what it was like here. I first realized how different things could be when I spoke with a collector in Hawaii a while back and he commented on how "you guys in the New York area just seem to trip over stuff" while virtually any collectible electronics has to be imported into Hawaii. And we do "trip over stuff". People are still glad to give this stuff away and they laugh at you behind your back as you're carting it away. And of course I can never say "no." Sometimes I feel like I'm literally drowing in "treasures." I only wish I got into this sooner, when people were still glad to be getting rid of the prewar stuff! We here really should be grateful and not take being in the birthplace of much of the US radio and TV industry for granted!
--Dave