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Old 10-27-2019, 07:10 AM
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Couldn't find a TV this weekend
But I found this. It has been sitting out there for years. This is how Ma Bell treats her children. Might be the last one still standing.
Surprised it hasn't been carted off by the Mexicans to recycling. Its located in a kind of bad area (Mexican gangs and drugs) off Buford Hwy in Norcross near Atlanta.
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Old 10-30-2019, 06:40 AM
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I would be rescuing these tvs
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Old 10-30-2019, 03:02 PM
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I would be rescuing these tvs
I understand how you feel.

But.

The people who take these pictures along with myself have ONE rule.

"Take only pictures, leave only footprints".

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If you are caught leaving an abandoned building with a TV in your hands your facing TWO charges:

Trespassing & Theft...
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Old 11-09-2019, 11:54 AM
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A WORTHY addition to a "Tallest motel Demolitions in Amurrica" thread...Feeling VERY "John DeLancie/Q" right now...
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Old 11-09-2019, 12:55 PM
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Wait, what is that?
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Old 11-10-2019, 12:55 AM
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Tag on it says IBM....Based on size and age I'd guess punch card reader.
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Old 11-10-2019, 03:39 AM
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Close. It's the magnetic card unit for an IBM Executive Typewriter. Basically a Selectric with a device that could read or write to magnetic 80 column cards for record keeping or templating.

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Old 11-10-2019, 08:04 AM
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The TV's look like GE tube models. Might be worth contacting the owner of the property to rescue these.
You can go to the county tax records office to determine who the owner is.
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Old 11-16-2019, 05:20 PM
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2 My parents had...
What are the odds? 2 TVs the same as my parents had in the 60s...
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Old 11-16-2019, 05:29 PM
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Old 11-16-2019, 05:36 PM
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Old 11-19-2019, 04:57 PM
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In North America I think...
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Old 11-22-2019, 08:18 PM
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Ill guess Scotland, where some hooligans may still live...love that set-top yagi in 4th pic, makes most other indoor antennas look silly and ineffective
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Old 11-22-2019, 08:58 PM
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Anybody else kinda getting a good case of the Creeps from what Hawkwind posted last day or 2 ?!? Somethin' JUST ain't RIGHT in these pics...
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Old 12-02-2019, 03:53 PM
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the Finland picture looks like the tv sets fell through the roof
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