Braggin' box

[wa2ise]

Originally Posted by Celt

"But the neighbors will think they got the new color television and not us!!!"

(Abner rolls eyes)

If I was Abner, I'd say "No problem, I'll invite the neighbors over to watch the Superb owl on our new set"....

[W3XWT]

Originally Posted by holmesuser01

I know what happened to the RCA. It attempted to set the wall behind it on fire one afternoon. The service company said they could have it back to us in about 5 days, and my mom replied that it wasn't coming back to OUR house, ever!!!

Reminds me of a story my dentist told me... when he was a kid, they were living in Whittier, and had a Zenith color set which caught fire one Sunday night. We're talking flames, smoke, mom ready to call the fire department, etc. My dentist, along with one brother and their father unplugged the set and hauled it out into the front yard. It sat there smoking into the next day. That afternoon, my dentist and his brother decided bring the set back into the house "just to see what would happen". Of course they did this before their father came home from work and while their mother was out. They plugged in the set and... it worked fine! By this time, their sister and other brother were home from school. When their parents got home, they saw the TV missing from the front yard and thought it had been stolen! When the parents came in, they first smelled the TV and then heard it! My dentist and his brother first caught hell for bringing the set back in. But, after some thorough cleaning and deodorizing, the set lasted another 10-12 years with no further failures! Oh yes, you're probably wondering what became of my dentist's brother? He's now one of the most renowned M.D.'s in Orange County...

[holmesuser01]

Originally Posted by W3XWT

Reminds me of a story my dentist told me... when he was a kid, they were living in Whittier, and had a Zenith color set which caught fire one Sunday night. We're talking flames, smoke, mom ready to call the fire department, etc. My dentist, along with one brother and their father unplugged the set and hauled it out into the front yard. It sat there smoking into the next day. That afternoon, my dentist and his brother decided bring the set back into the house "just to see what would happen". Of course they did this before their father came home from work and while their mother was out. They plugged in the set and... it worked fine! By this time, their sister and other brother were home from school. When their parents got home, they saw the TV missing from the front yard and thought it had been stolen! When the parents came in, they first smelled the TV and then heard it! My dentist and his brother first caught hell for bringing the set back in. But, after some thorough cleaning and deodorizing, the set lasted another 10-12 years with no further failures! Oh yes, you're probably wondering what became of my dentist's brother? He's now one of the most renowned M.D.'s in Orange County...

The automatic degaussing glo-bar resistor fried, and somehow cooked some chassis wiring under it. Fire shot up and around the back of the set and caused black streaks on the wallboard. I didn't blame mom for not wanting it back in the house. The Motorola that replaced it? Well, it had its own interesting history.... 3 CRT's in 5 years.

[NowhereMan 1966]

Originally Posted by W3XWT

Reminds me of a story my dentist told me... when he was a kid, they were living in Whittier, and had a Zenith color set which caught fire one Sunday night. We're talking flames, smoke, mom ready to call the fire department, etc. My dentist, along with one brother and their father unplugged the set and hauled it out into the front yard. It sat there smoking into the next day. That afternoon, my dentist and his brother decided bring the set back into the house "just to see what would happen". Of course they did this before their father came home from work and while their mother was out. They plugged in the set and... it worked fine! By this time, their sister and other brother were home from school. When their parents got home, they saw the TV missing from the front yard and thought it had been stolen! When the parents came in, they first smelled the TV and then heard it! My dentist and his brother first caught hell for bringing the set back in. But, after some thorough cleaning and deodorizing, the set lasted another 10-12 years with no further failures! Oh yes, you're probably wondering what became of my dentist's brother? He's now one of the most renowned M.D.'s in Orange County...

We had a similar story when I was 2 years old. We had a 1959 Philco black and white console and while watching the 1968 Democratic Convention, Mom nudged my father and said, "I see a flickering light on the wall." My dad said, "I don't see anything." Well, she checked it out and the Philco had a small fire inside. She unplugged it and had it fixed and it worked after that.