Where is everyone from?

[rcaman]

born and raised in mississippi 7 miles from alabama 20 from tennessee

[bgadow]

rcaman, my uncle lives in Okalona, which I guess isn't too awful far from you. My Dad just got back from there. Before leaving the airport at Philly they paid $50 for breakfast someplace. A couple days letter he had a much bigger & better breakfast in Mississippi for $2.

I live in Federalsburg, Md., a little town of around 2,000 a stones throw from the Delaware line. I grew up about 10 miles away near the smaller town of Preston. I suspect I'll live my whole life here, assuming it doesn't get too overdeveloped.

[Charlie]

Charlie--> Born in Port Arthur, Texas. Live in Nederland, Texas. The two are right next to each other... about 90 miles east of Houston.

Currently, as of this post, I am in Texas City on board the ship I work on. Hey... there's a big hole in the gound here where someone had a boo-boo at the refinery!

[Sandy G]

They seem to enjoy doing that in Texas City. 1947...Now... maybe you ought not tarry too long there, Charlie...-Sandy G.

[Pete Deksnis]

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Raised in Philadelphia / Wilkes-Barre, PA / Atlantic City, NJ / Plymouth Meeting, PA / Bethlehem, PA.

Lived at least one year or more in: Clear, Alaska (65 mi s/w of Fairbanks) / New York, NY / Barnegat, NJ / Eatontown, NJ / Oakhurst, NJ / Blue Ridge Summit, PA / Long Branch, NJ / Wanamassa, NJ / Toms River, NJ / and Asbury Park, NJ, where I’ve lived now for ten years, longer by far than anywhere else. Maybe that makes me the oldest guy here at 65?

[Steve D.]

Hey Pete,

That witness protection program can be hell. I was born in Pasadena, Ca. and raised in Hollywood. As a youngster in Hollywood/L.A. there was always plenty of TV (seven stations by the early 50's). Got our first set in 1949, an Admiral 10" console. I was always driving my folks nuts, as a teen in the 60's, by climbing on the roof and installing bigger antennas to fill in the blanks on the tv dial. Meaning the San Diego stations 100+ miles to the south.


-Steve D.

[charliesheen]

born in west los angeles right in the middle of everything,10 mins away from hollywood,15 mins away from the beach,lax,and downtown.in desoto tx right now for school.the first tv i remember us having was my grandmothers 1955 capeheart b/w set,dad got a zenith when i was 6,lasted 15 years.im most likely the youngest member of the group (22),but i remember KCOP ch 13 now UPN,because my grandmother use to shop at the bargain circus across the street from the station,and she took me on their little tour of the studio once a year there.

charlie sheen

[polaraman]

Polaraman: Born in Berwick Pennsylvania. Raised in Carlisle PA. Spent my early 20's in Hagerstown MD. Joing the Army and all hell broke loose. El Paso TX, Denver CO, Pirmasens Germany, Denver CO, Mentor OH, San Antonio TX, and now Columbus GA. (Fort Benning)

[Tony V]

Hi Oldtvman,
I was born and raised here in Waynesboro, VA. I havent lived more than a 15 mile radius since being on my own. Its a small town that still has alot of those small town qualities that you dont see anymore and rests literally at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Patsy Cline was born 30 miles north of here in Elkton and the Statler Brothers and President Woodrow Wilson are from the next town over in Staunton, VA. The University of Virginia is located 30 miles east of here in Charlottesville and was designed by President Thomas Jefferson who lived nearby at Monticello. Theres alot of history around here both interesting and mondain but a very nice place to live.

I've been tinkering with tvs, radios and record players since i was a pup and credit that for keeping me out of trouble while everybody else was out cow tipping and frog giggin' I lost interest in them for awhile when i discovered i liked cars too and could work on them (is actually my trade today) and only got back into old electronics when parts became available again on the internet and forums like this were created. I wouldnt trade any of it for the world.

I also wanted to welcome you to the forum! These are some of the greatest guys and gals around and hope you enjoy your stay!
-Tony

[Sandy G]

Waynesboro/Afton Mountain ! Lovely place ! Ever go up to Swannanoa ? That place kinda blew me away 1st time I saw it..I went to school at Univ. of Richmond.-Sandy G.

i'm from los angeles but now reside in fresno, california. i'm 44 and have been into old tv's since the late '80's. at one time i had about 20 of them, virtually all color from the '60's and earlier. i sold all of them over the years the last being a '50's metal tube rca color (i'm thinking ctc-10) and a 1949 b/w admiral console. my fiancee will allow me to only have 1 (one) vintage set in the future and i'm looking for that ultra rare one for next to nothing at that elusive estate sale. it'll happen!

[Tony V]

Sandy,
Swannanoah is within eyesight of my house and yes its really neat. It looks like something you would see in Europe. They are in the process of raising funds for it now to revamp it as its fell into disrepair the past few years from the hurricanes and such we've had here. We also have an old Victorian hotel here in Waynesboro that reminds you alot like the hotel in the movie The Shining. It looks spooky in a way but neat at the same time and definately the largest old building i've ever seen.
-Tony

[ceebee23]

well I am from melbourne, australia ...not florida ...melbourne is a little city of 4 million...lol .....and of course we use the PALG 625/50 standard and are moving to 1080i/720P HD standards on digital.

as for old tvs ...well colour didn't really arrive until 1974 and so the oldest sets here are from then ...and as my mate on this board, Troy, has found ..there are no roundies here ...well we will keep looking ...we know color tests were conducted in the 60s so there may be one in somewhere!!!

and here in my hovel I keep my Beta VCR and PAL CED disc untis in working order!

[peverett]

From St. Louis (Oklahoma, not Missouri), an oil boom town of around 175 people today. Living in Buda, Texas now. This is town next to Austin, Texas where I design integrated circuits for a living. As we have a center in Adelaide, I deal with some of ceebee23s fairly distant mates in my work.

Learned to work on and enjoy tube type televisions while in college. To support my education, I worked at a couple of TV shops.

As with Charlie and Polaraman, I have cleaned out an old TV shop and still have a garage and storage building full of stuff.

My wife says to ask-Any one want any TVS?

Jody

[yagosaga]

From Brunswick, Lower Saxony in Germany. Brunswick is the city of Henry the Lion with an 800 year old cathedral, founded by Henry.

http://www.braunschweig.de/english/c...ons/index.html

I was born in 1960. Since 1973 I'm fixing old tv's. I grew up in the western part of Germany, living near the former border to the G.D.R.. In the south we can see the Harz. A mountain full of old tales of witchcraft and mystery. Here is a photo of the village where I was born (just 20 miles away from Braunschweig):

http://bs.cyty.com/menschen/e-etzold/img/elbe.jpg