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Archive for February, 2009

The Lost Art of T.V. Repair

Saturday, February 21st, 2009

Looking at Ed Sidorski’s classic photo “t.v. repair school” makes me really appreciate how fast technology has changed (click on the link above and you can enjoy the photo too). I wonder what the young people in that photo would have made of the new-fangled electronics that dominate our lives today. Do you remember getting your first color television? Or your first video cassette recorder? Do your children (and grandkids) even have a clue what you’re talking about when you tell them about it? Let us know. And while you’re at it, why not share your photos of “antique” electronics? It would be interesting to see if we had any of the same “stuff”.

Who do you love?

Saturday, February 14th, 2009

It is the month of love again, and we are going to ask the same question we did last year: If you could receive a Valentine from anyone at all, living or dead, real or fictional, who would it be? Or, if you could send a Valentine to anyone at all, living or dead, real or fictional, who would receive it?