Does your interest in TVs rise and fall ?

[cwmoser]

I've thought about relocating to Florida.
What areas to you like for retired guys who like to tinker with
stuff rather than play golf and lounge around the country club?

Carl

[DavGoodlin]

Originally Posted by cwmoser

I've thought about relocating to Florida.
What areas to you like for retired guys who like to tinker with
stuff rather than play golf and lounge around the country club?

Carl

Carl, I think alot of vintage stuff moved to Florida along with owners in the 50s-60s, and was left there when they got too old to be so far from their kids again and moved back north.

ARC lists a vintage electronics club in FLORIDA
Jacksonville Antique Radio Soc.
www.jarsradioclub.com

. Maintaining a dry, bug-free space there would be a challenge, though.

I took a long break from electronics once I became a homeowner in 1988, and had to learn plumbing, roofing and everything else while keeping several vehicles roadworthy. At the time, a 1977 Magnavox Touch-tune T995 chassis set, Hi-fi VCR and audio equipment was all trouble-free. I still did install TV antennas though. as cable was not all over like it is now.

But I kept everything in a dry basement. It was not until a friend put me in the paper 14 years later that I got into it again. then I got all kinds of interesting offers and started repairing radios again.
Today, I look at my old Pontiacs (and do-lists in each) with resignation, which are surrounded by a TV-Radio collection now, and would rather engage in the only hobby I can afford.

[kvflyer]

Originally Posted by cwmoser

I've thought about relocating to Florida.
What areas to you like for retired guys who like to tinker with
stuff rather than play golf and lounge around the country club?

Carl

Hi Carl. I don't think that I will ever find stuff in Florida like the stuff in the Mid-Atlantic states. I don't play golf, don't intend to play golf but live in a golf course community. Prices of homes was not hard to take and I won't have to shovel snow any more. However I will hang the snow shovel on the wall in the garage.

Seriously, I got tired of cutting lots of grass and dealing with a long, long driveway when it snows. I figure since I am retired, if I have to, I can go to the location of any new "acquisitions". But most importantly, I need to do the stuff that I already have!!!

BTW, I bought in Nassau County, Florida, Fernandina Beach. It is in the most northeast portion of Florida. (Some like to call our location "South Georgia") Weather is great all year long albeit somewhat hot in the summer.