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What Is Your Oldest Appliance Or Electric/electronic Device?

Discussion in 'Other Reminiscences' started by Corie Henson, Aug 7, 2016.

  1. Corie Henson

    Corie Henson Veteran Member
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    Gee, this thread looks like a treasure trove for antique collectors. I am reminded of our Radiowealth tv which has a big case that also serves as an all-around table top. But that was our first television at home circa 1970.

    Aside from our black and white tv, we have some bric-a-bracs of computer devices. The earliest CD burner is a big device that we still keep although we don't know if it would still work. Included in that box are the old AVR (automatic voltage regulator) and UPS (uninterrupted power supply) which is not working anymore due to dead battery. Maybe I have to rummage in our storage for I'm sure there are more.
     
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  2. Frank Sanoica

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    Back in 1980 in the Phoenix Tennis Ball Plant (Penn Athletics), my employer hired a new Electrician, a guy moved there from Milwaukee (Wisconsin). He had a dry sense of humor, but was GOOD in his trade, I determined when I showed him the control panel I was wiring up. As time went by, he being cognizant of my interest in firearms, he mentioned that he would like to obtain a Pistol. I happened to have an excellent gun for a newcomer like him, a Smith & Wesson Model 59 9mm Double Action Pistol. I brought it down to work one day, and we met clandestinely out in the parking lot, behind the trash dumpster. He admired and liked the gun; I wanted $300 for it. He suggested I consider trading it to him for a G.E. Microwave Oven, an already old 1976 model, though in excellent condition. It was a BIG one, top of the line offered by G.E. back then (this was in about 1982), had NO turntable, a "stirring fan", instead and he had hauled it to Phoenix from his home in Milwaukee.

    I did the trade. That microwave oven proved to be the very best one we had ever had. Huge cavity, ready to easily roast a 20 lb turkey, which it did, repeatedly, on holidays. I didn't miss the Smith & Wesson, and Bob was pleased with it.

    The real "kicker" here is that, the old microwave endured far longer than could have been expected. It followed us up to a cabin in the woods, 1983, when I was laid off, then back to the city, then out to Missouri to the old farmhouse, and finally, was sold in our auction when we left MO.

    I maintain, we should have kept her. Marvelous piece of technology, operating @ 35+ years old as well as when new!
    Frank
     
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