14 Mar
2007
14 Mar
'07
12:50 p.m.
On 14 Mar 2007 at 14:03, Jules Richardson wrote:
> I remember at one place I lived there was sort of
an unofficial
dumping ground
for old cars, TVs, washing machines etc. a couple of
miles down the road
amongst some woodland - lots of times friends and I used to cycle down there
with whatever tools we could borrow and just take stuff apart....
I used to prowl the alleys around home picking up old TVs and radios
to scavenge for parts. The power transformers from some of the old
TVs were things of beauty. Older radios were always greeted with
glee (this was before the All-American 5 became common in the trash
stream).
Cheers,
Chuck