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Originally Posted by ctc17
I would have to admit I am guilty of destroying my share of sets. I usually cut them up and take them to the cabins for heat wood. Very few, if any all tube sets though.
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You're not guilty. I've thrown out literally thousands of what we now would consider vintage or collectible TVs. Living in Los Angeles at the time, I had to "make them fit" in the trash cans. I never took pleasure in doing that, but I couldn't just let trash pile up either. I would receive maybe a dump truck load of old TVs; perhaps 50 or 75 sets. I'd have to go through and pick a few worthwhile, and I'd remove all usable parts & knobs from the rest, bust the neck off the tube for safety, and fit them into the dumpster.
There's a major difference between disposing of junk, and taking pleasure in watching or causing destruction; whether value is present or not. I compare it to swatting flies to eliminate indoor health hazards, vs. deliberately hurting or killing outdoor bugs which pose no nuisance. I never understood why (particularly teenage kids) get off on doing those things. I guess it's the inverse of the pleasure I get from pulling something out of the trash, and making it nice and useful again. Or maybe it's because I already know what a restored and working CT-100 or DuMont 30" Royal Sovereign looks like when on fire. I had the "pleasure" of seeing all that when my house burned down in 1988.
Charles