Braggin' box

[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.