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Originally Posted by Jeffhs
I would pick up old radios and televisions on trash day; many of these sets had literally nothing wrong with them except one or more loose or dead tubes.
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It is interesting to learn that the throw-it-away mentality is not just from the 1990s or the 21st century. In Chicago in the 1970s, we would often find furniture or other items but I did not yet know electronics enough to drag home any TVs hoping I could fix one.
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I mentioned in another post to a different thread that the remote on-off switches on a very long cord can be used for TV power switching, although I don't think these switches are available anymore except, perhaps, in thrift stores or at flea markets.
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I often see these cords for sale at Christmas time, intended to let you turn your tree lights off and on without crawling under or behind the tree.