Got one for $15?
J. C. O'Connell wrote: > My God, this is the HDTV era for 8 years > already! Get yourself > a good HDTV and get free DVDS ( they look > way better on a progressive scan HDTV > than any analog 4x3 set can ) from the > library. You dont know what you're missing, > especailly if you can appreciate good > imaging/cinematography and being a photographer already kinda > proves that. > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > graywolf > Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 12:16 PM > To: PDML > Subject: It's snowing in hell --OT > > > Graywolf got a new pet, a television. There it was sitting in the thrift > > store looking all sad and abandoned, so he paid $15 + tax to spring it. > It sulked at first shutting itself off after less than an hour, and > graywolf thought he was going to have to turn it out on the streets. But > > a thorough cleaning, wasn't filthy but 25 years of dust on its circuit > boards mostly came off and a night to get used to its new home, and it > seems to be working nicely. > > Like any new pet graywolf is going to have to buy it some things, a > remote, and a longer cable as the one he has is not long enough to > tether it to the splitter and he has to change back and forth between it > > and the modem in the mean time. And later a VCR so graywolf can watch > movies from the local public library. Maybe an upgrade in cable service. > > This could be a very expensive pet. > > OH? The breed? Magnavox 27in stereo console. By its tag it was born > early in 1983 and cost $539.97 ($849.95 list). Does that make it an > antique, or just an old TV? > > One would think the thing would take up a lot of space, but actually > instead of taking up space it provides a table to place things like the > DVD player and the Epson printer on. > > Anyway as the subject line implies graywolf buying a TV is a very rare > occurrence, it has only happened twice in 63 years. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
