[rca2000]

Well.... I decided to take the chance and go out there, knowing that the chance was 1 in4 at the best, that anything would still be there. SO, I removed both back seats from my chrysler minivan, and headed out, mapquest page in hand...

I get there, and what do I see? a bunch of tv sets sitting next to an old tv shop, BUT, there is ALSO a nasty-looking, hungry garbage truck there, also, with two men, constantly feeding the compactor our precious tv's. I tried to stop them, but the one guy said, "those are just a bunch of old, nasty tv's, and they pollute the enviroment.. You do not need them", as the compactor plate munched down on two roundie sets at once... I told the man"I came all of the way from Cncinnati ,Ohio, to get some of these sets, please let me have some of them.. :well, I'll tell you what, you can have one Knob, for your troubles. HA! HA! HA!"

MORE than enough to make a grown man cry, so I had to leave...




ALL DEPRESSED ENOUGH NOW????

Thought I would have a little fun with you all!!

NOW, for the "REAL STORY::"


I REALLY DID go out there, and figured there was only a small chance of getting anything.. After all, the post said "A couple of days ago, the sets were set out. " That probably means about monday or Tuesday ,or so, the chances were, the garbageman HAD come by then, BUT, since there was a holiday this week, MAYBE, they might not had been picked up yet, OR maybe, the garbageman just didn't want to load so many sets, and had left them...and Maybe, the rain hadn't ruined them yet... LOTS of maybes..


WELL! I DID NOT make a trip for nothing!! It DOES appear that the main garbage had been picked up(who knows what may had been in that garbage, probably a lot of nice parts, and such...) , BUT ALL of the tv sets were , and ARE still there!!(minus my load, of 4). I saw FIVE roundies altogether, including the forementioned zeniths' (as it appears, a PAIR of 1966 model 24nc31's, or simlar, and a '65 model or so, maybe a 24mc32 roundie), PLUS. there was a Silvertone(Sears) roundie, with cataracts, and an Admiral, roundie, probably the pull-out control model, as I did NOT see any external knobs) ..

SO, since I only had so much room, I decided that I would save the three Zenith roundies. (sadly ,NONE appear to be space command). AND, I also got a metal-cabinet Zenith color table model, 19" or so. That Is all I could carry in my van. I Had to leave the others.. There are TWO rectangular Zeniths, WITH motor tuning, and ONE, or BOTH of them is a SPACE COMMAND. There were SEVERAL of the Console and table model Zenith(And others) BW sets, but NONE of them looked like S.C. And several other rectangular color Zenith and other sets, including a channel-master.

I did not have a lot of time, and so,I grabbed as many of the knobs on the other sets, as I could, and then, I (Sadly) returned to Ohio. with the sets secured in my van, where they reside now...

It does NOT look like the sets will be picked up tomorrow, and maybe, Someone else can go and get some of the others sets(like the Admiral roundie, or the space command Zeniths(one DOES have a broken leg). As it is, I do NOT know WHERE I will stash these, but, I HAD to try, and save something.

SO, the three roundie Zeniths are safe, and will continue to be.. I MAY part with one or more of them, as long as I know they will go to a good home(AND NOT A MODERN CONVERSION PROJECT).