Estate Sale Finds in 2010!

[bgadow]

I went over to my friend's shop Saturday-all closed up, but still loaded with stuff. Lots of late model junkers that need to be hauled away and since I had a little space left in the truck I took 4 of them-all LCD. 2 they said were pure junk (and Emerson and a Sanyo, somewhat smaller) and so I just dropped them off at the dump. The other 2 I brought home to play with. #1 is a pretty decent 32" Sharp; the audio amp doesn't work-hook it up to your stereo and it your in business. This might end up in my living room, we'll see what the boss says. The other set is a 32" Toshiba, the screen works but the backlight only comes up for a second at turn-on then back off. I tinkered with it last night for about an hour but couldn't see anything obvious. Stuck it on freecycle and it's gone already.

[peverett]

Andy is correct, for some reason, basements are not common in Texas or Oklahoma(where I grew up). My aunt in Wichita, Kansas has one though.

Being in tornado alley, you would think basements would be common, but storm cellers(essentially small outside basements) are used instead.

One thing that is common in newer homes in Texas(much to one of my friends recent pain) is putting water pipes in attics. Not good when freezing weather arrives.

Of course, you may get lucky(or unlucky according to my wife) and find a TV shop in a small town where the owner has just about every TV left at his shop since 1946(+broken TVs from other shops). This happened to me several years ago and I am still recovering. I wish AudioKarma was around then-possibly I could have saved a few more sets.