In my small town I happened to see the old gentleman who lived by his appliance/TV store (long closed), and asked him if he would happen to have any old rubes from his business days. And this is the sad part,he said "Why, yes I had stock worth about $3000 left , but sold them to a guy in Prague (a smaller nearby town) for....are you ready . . . . . ... ................ for $600!?!
My heart nearly broke.
As an aside, if I had only known as a youngster, I would have stocked up on Sylvania tubes when they had a factory here in Shawnee!
_________________ "The only problem with being retired is you never get a day off"
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