[mylife]

Have you ever heard Alan Weiner of WBCQ talk about that stuff from his childhood in NYC?

I love his old stories about dragging radar sets home to his horrified mother

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

No, never did. But the overall situation sounds incredibly familiar! I’ll check that site out, thanks! When my folks sold the house we lived in back then, there were 37 TV sets they had to throw out, plus all manner of other stuff I had built, plus boxes and boxes of tubes! When I think of how many TVs I dragged home from the garbage coming home after school, I can’t even imagine how I did it. Probably starting when I was maybe 9 years old, how the hell did I move 60 and 70 lb TV sets 3/4 mile? And I was a little guy too.

[Freedom4US]

For some reason, Moms don’t appreciate the craftsmanship of a good mil surplus boat anchor! It’s inexplicable. :)