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I've restored many of those German/European radios for customers over the decades. And I hated every one of them! They're SO over-complicated in their chassis design, and difficult to work on. Naturally, I charged a hefty fee for that work. The worst ones were those large Saba monster sets with...

Last year, I decided to use an AA5 tube chassis from a Motorola that had a damaged bakelite case. I did my magic on the chassis, some modifications and enhancements, custom round dial with LED illumination, larger speaker, etc., and got to work in the garage woodshop to make a cute "antique...

Mike, my RCA phono that is pictured was originally blonde, but had substanial wear and stains to the blonde finish, so, I decided to finish it in satin black. And those gold color legs are removable so it can be used as a "tabletop" style player. I actually have it set up as a bedside table...

Since I live alone now, I've learned how to do relatively simple "One Pot" dinners, along with microwaving additional things like side dishes. I just like to keep things simple, with less to clean up later. That's one reason that I hardly use my dishwasher.

That radio has a 6-tube chassis, so it's capable of picking up distant Shortwave as well as AM stations easily from far away. I suspect that your friend hasn't done a proper alignment on it, or hasn't checked for any out-of-tolerance parts such as resistors, and capacitors. OR - it's got some...

And they even picked on my Turkey Hill ice cream! ...shaved off a few ounces and raised the price!

True story... I once went to a party at a friend's condo. Typical bunch of drunks and pot smoking going on. I passed out on the sofa all boozed up, and woke the next morning. The first thing I saw was white foam coming out of the kitchen doorway. Apparently, one of the drunks at the party...

When I got the house in 2005, one of the first things I did was to clean the fridge. Cleaned the coils, and pulled the fan motor as a pro-active measure, and re-lubed it to prevent wear. It's been quiet since then, and so is the freezer fan.

I never cared much for Tide. It always generated a lot of suds which I figured would not rinse out of the wash. A few times it even foamed up and out of the lid. Especially when I used my Kenmore portable, with that high-speed agitator. I prefer low-sudsing detergent.

About Ivory Soap...... Believe it not, I'm 72 now, but still remember when my grandmom would bathe me in her kitchen sink when I was only 2 years old. My parents lived up on the 3rd floor of her big house before they got a home of our own. I can still visualize staring up at the sink faucet...

Ya beat me to it!.... the mention of dust clogging the coils! People buy these fridges, and DON'T MAINTAIN THEM! It's described in the Owner's Manual, but those manuals are not read anyway. They plug it in, and forget it, it's too much trouble to be bothered with that nasty dust buildup. They'd...

We're ALL getting old babe! We deal with it as best as we can.

They're quite popular, have it restored though.

This is a 1957ish RCA Victor compact consolette that I modified years ago. The record changer is from a 1963 stereo console, the cabinet was repainted satin black, and the mono tube amp was custom designed by me, along with the triple speakers on the front panel. The thing KICKS butt for its size.

The big white radio with the glare on its dial and 4 knobs, is a Panasonic 740 tube set - excellent sounding set. The clock radio to its right is a rare pink 1950's GE clock radio, I've seen it going for $199 on auction sites.

Third shelf down last radio far right - is a 4 band am/fm/mb/vhf Emerson portable that I picked up at a flea market. Fourth shelf last one on the far right - is an RCA Victor am/fm transistor model. - I use it daily for background music in my home office, where those shelves are mounted at. To...

Just don't try to do your dishes in a wringer washer, because those wringers are hell on fine china. 😄

Tom, I can certainly understand your views of that type of behavior. People get SO wrapped up in that tiny screen, they ignore everything around them. One thing about that "addiction" that's beneficial to me is..... It's a VISABLE addiction. Unlike someone who does drugs, or is an alcoholic, who...

While it's a known fact that resistors in old equipment do tend to drift out of tolerences, and affect performance, a good repair tech will go over them during the restoration and replace any deemed faulty. It only takes a short time to do this procedure, but the benefits and reliability are...

Well good! Skynet or A.I. can access my soiled boxer briefs and scrub them clean. 😦 😦😦😦