mayken4now
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Robert! Are you Ok? We are watching this on TV and are thinking of you and yours!
Steve
Steve
Tornadoes in Minnapolis
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southernmdgeguy
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I was just going to post this, heard it is in a town called Roseville, and moving southwest? Hope everyone in the path has heard the news and taken cover.
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Robert, hope everything is OK and you, Neal & Gladys STAY SAFE! If the tornado comes your way, go in the basement! Probably wouldn't be a bad idea to strap yourself to the Whirlpool Combo either...
Thanks for Everyone's Concern!
Hi Guys, no we are just fine. The tornado sirens have now stopped ringing now so we are up from the basement. Apparently a tornado touched down in the northeastern Metro suburb of Roseville, but at first reports it appears that it caused very little damage as it wasn't on the ground very long. Its still raining but it suppose to clear and we're going to see our first breath of fall thankfully tomorrow. It was almost 90 degress again today, but its suppose to be 47 Friday morning. YAY, I can't wait. By this time of year I am so ready for cool temperatures I could just scream!
Hi Guys, no we are just fine. The tornado sirens have now stopped ringing now so we are up from the basement. Apparently a tornado touched down in the northeastern Metro suburb of Roseville, but at first reports it appears that it caused very little damage as it wasn't on the ground very long. Its still raining but it suppose to clear and we're going to see our first breath of fall thankfully tomorrow. It was almost 90 degress again today, but its suppose to be 47 Friday morning. YAY, I can't wait. By this time of year I am so ready for cool temperatures I could just scream!
I think we're all a little on edge
with the weather.
My sister, brother-in-law, and nieces live in a Minneapolis suburb called Richfield, and they're ok.
In fact, I got off the phone with them just now, and they hadn't heard of the Roseville tornado.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
with the weather.
My sister, brother-in-law, and nieces live in a Minneapolis suburb called Richfield, and they're ok.
In fact, I got off the phone with them just now, and they hadn't heard of the Roseville tornado.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
southernmdgeguy
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GLAD TO HEAR IT!
Thanks for letting us know, we are all edgy with the weather these days! I know what you mean about fall weather, been in the 90's for so long, and over a month with no rain here.
Thanks for letting us know, we are all edgy with the weather these days! I know what you mean about fall weather, been in the 90's for so long, and over a month with no rain here.
And Now
My 1953 Sparton TV being worked on this evening on my bench shows a safe landing at LAX for the Jet Blue Plane in trouble. YAY!!!
My 1953 Sparton TV being worked on this evening on my bench shows a safe landing at LAX for the Jet Blue Plane in trouble. YAY!!!
Unimatic:Was looking at the picture from your Spartan of the scene of the airliner making the emerg landing in LAX-and thought of this-when the all digital broadcasts begin-How will old TV fans watch their sets-Get the HDTV converter-or a modulator for your DVD player-you could then watch old movies and TV shows recorded on DVD's thru the set.-Just a thought-when the day comes that the analog TV broadcast bands will be shut down-probably another year or so before this happens.The FCC is pushing stations to convert to digital.The low band VHF band-channels 2-5 are to be auctioned off.I enjoyed working on some of the transmitters that would broadcast to those sets-RCA,GE,Sarkes-Tarzian.S-T now makes rectifiers and semiconductor products.They used to build TV transmitters.
mayken4now
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THANKS BE TO GOD! All is well in Minneapolis!
Sorry I spelled it wrong on the subject drift!! LOL, I cannont type worth a suds lock!
Ok good to all and lets keep in touch with our Texas friends.
Steve
Sorry I spelled it wrong on the subject drift!! LOL, I cannont type worth a suds lock!
Ok good to all and lets keep in touch with our Texas friends.
Steve
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NEWS
Before I watched TV News (from NewsChannel4 in New York) about the Jet Blue Airline's trouble!
Where was the airline from?
-- Peter
Before I watched TV News (from NewsChannel4 in New York) about the Jet Blue Airline's trouble!
Where was the airline from?
-- Peter
Rex the picture you are seeing on the '53 is actually from a Digital Cable broadcast. If you have cable the box acts as a converter. But for the most part I use my vintage TV's to watch vintage TV shows on DVD, which I run through a RF Modulator to the vintage TV. Works great.
Notice that with the rounded corners of a vintage TV tube the modern graphics of CNN get cut off at the edges! In 1953 there was no such thing as a text scroll at the bottom, nor were there logos at the very edges. Today's sets have square corner screens where all this extra info fits into to.
Notice that with the rounded corners of a vintage TV tube the modern graphics of CNN get cut off at the edges! In 1953 there was no such thing as a text scroll at the bottom, nor were there logos at the very edges. Today's sets have square corner screens where all this extra info fits into to.
What a night
I just watched that very plane touch down then I came up here to check the posts as I now see Rita is a CAT 5! And Uni gets slapped with tornadic weather. A very active end of summer.
Everything I own is crossed for the gulf coast!
I just watched that very plane touch down then I came up here to check the posts as I now see Rita is a CAT 5! And Uni gets slapped with tornadic weather. A very active end of summer.
Everything I own is crossed for the gulf coast!
Text scrolls and graphics.
I despise text scrolls, and most of the graphics are so corny they make me want to change the channel. Maybe I should get me one of them vintage TV's ;-)
Glad to hear you weren't affected by the twister. That's one thing about the midwest I decidedly don't miss.
I despise text scrolls, and most of the graphics are so corny they make me want to change the channel. Maybe I should get me one of them vintage TV's ;-)
Glad to hear you weren't affected by the twister. That's one thing about the midwest I decidedly don't miss.
spiraclean
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Glad your safe
Hi Robert,
I am glad to hear your safe I did not realize there had been tornadoes in Minneapolis till I read this thread.
Your Sparton TV is cool; can you still get tubes (Thermionic Valves) for it? You sure are talented being able to restore old TV's as well as appliances.
All the best.
Hugh
Hi Robert,
I am glad to hear your safe I did not realize there had been tornadoes in Minneapolis till I read this thread.
Your Sparton TV is cool; can you still get tubes (Thermionic Valves) for it? You sure are talented being able to restore old TV's as well as appliances.
All the best.
Hugh
Glad you went to the basement, Robert. I was on the phone with a friend who lives in NE Minneapolis at the University/Broadway intersection. He was on his front porch and I could hear the wind come up over the phone! He said "I'll call back later. I'm going to the basement, now!" Things looked ugly in the SW corner of the state, but no action. We received a spritz and that was it---not bad, considering the sky was that scary gray-green and it was hot and humid...
estatesale_gary
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Large trees down in Golden Valley
Hi All - I live directly west of Downtown Minneapolis and our area got hit pretty hard. Jason and I lost our huge Norway maple tree that was in our front yard (boo-hoo). It was BIG...split in half. It missed the house by about 5 feet. A few homes up the street have trees on their roof...many uprooted trees (including our neighbor across the street). The damage was far worse in the northern suburbs (probably 15 miles north and west of us). I just talked to one of my co-workers and he's going to need a new roof, new siding, several new windows. Apparently, his neighbors deck is in his driveway! It was crazy!
Hi All - I live directly west of Downtown Minneapolis and our area got hit pretty hard. Jason and I lost our huge Norway maple tree that was in our front yard (boo-hoo). It was BIG...split in half. It missed the house by about 5 feet. A few homes up the street have trees on their roof...many uprooted trees (including our neighbor across the street). The damage was far worse in the northern suburbs (probably 15 miles north and west of us). I just talked to one of my co-workers and he's going to need a new roof, new siding, several new windows. Apparently, his neighbors deck is in his driveway! It was crazy!
Glad all is well there.
Maybe we should get Greg one of those vintage sets so that when Anderson Cooper comes on, he'll roll off the screen and onto the living room floor.
Maybe we should get Greg one of those vintage sets so that when Anderson Cooper comes on, he'll roll off the screen and onto the living room floor.
