Roundie Horror

[kx250rider]

Those situations are very frustrating. It's the same feeling as when I found a fairly clean late 40s RCA 10" console here in LA at an estate sale, and the executor's lawyer ordered that no old electronics be sold, touched, or moved since they "have cancer-causing agents", which could cause a lawsuit. I asked what they would do with the set, and the executor complained that the hazmat contractor was charging $6500.00 to remove the TV, an old fridge, and some paint from a shed. Greenies at their finest!!!! (And the lawyer's cronies must have made off with about as much of that estate as legally <or illegally> allowed).

Charles

[electroking]

Originally Posted by kx250rider

Those situations are very frustrating. It's the same feeling as when I found a fairly clean late 40s RCA 10" console here in LA at an estate sale, and the executor's lawyer ordered that no old electronics be sold, touched, or moved since they "have cancer-causing agents", which could cause a lawsuit. I asked what they would do with the set, and the executor complained that the hazmat contractor was charging $6500.00 to remove the TV, an old fridge, and some paint from a shed. Greenies at their finest!!!! (And the lawyer's cronies must have made off with about as much of that estate as legally <or illegally> allowed).

Charles

This story sounds even more disheartening than the original one, IMHO.
Time for a lawyer joke, actually a true story.

A friend of mine had an elder brother who was a lawyer. The lawyer
had an aging battery in his car, so my friend told him: 'I'm gonna lend
you my battery charger so you can get along until you have your battery
replaced'. My friend then proceeded to explain how to use the device,
and he connected the clips to the back of a wooden chair to explain
how it was done, specifying that the red one went to the (+) terminal
and the black one to the (-) terminal, and that he sould leave the
unit connected and powered up for a few hours.

Several days later, the lawyer called his brother to complain that the
charger had not worked to help him get the car started. 'What did
you do exactly', asked the brother. 'Well, I went into the kitchen,
hooked the two clips to the back of a wooden chair, ran the charger
for several hours. After that I went to the garage and attempted to
start the car, but nothing happened.'

May you guys get to the old TVs before the narrow-minded auctioneers,
lawyers and other PITAs.

[similost]

Originally Posted by electroking

This story sounds even more disheartening than the original one, IMHO.
Time for a lawyer joke, actually a true story.

Several days later, the lawyer called his brother to complain that the
charger had not worked to help him get the car started. 'What did
you do exactly', asked the brother. 'Well, I went into the kitchen,
hooked the two clips to the back of a wooden chair, ran the charger
for several hours. After that I went to the garage and attempted to
start the car, but nothing happened.'

Considering I work for a lot of lawyers, why oh why can I so easily believe this...