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11-25-2006, 07:01 PM
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Idiot fishtanker!!!
I say we all email him and threaten his tank!!!!
 http://cgi.ebay.com/Antique-Televisi...QQcmdZViewItem polaraman 
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11-25-2006, 07:44 PM
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Ugh.
 I was just about to post this, but I was busy trying to dig up this old thread here, where it was asked if anyone has actually ever seen a fish-tanked tv: http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/sho...ight=fish+tank I've had this Emerson console for sale on Craigslist for a long time, finally someone e-mails me saying how much they wanted it but something about the e-mail just said fish-tank to me, so I deleted it. Now this set is blocking my front door, and I would like nothing more than to give it away free to anyone who will preserve it, but I had to turn down $40 for it last week just because I thought it might become a fish tank or dog bed some other screwy object. 
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11-25-2006, 08:34 PM
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Been there, done that
The fish tank thing that is. Twenty five years ago, the set was shot and the cab was some nice looking mahogany. since I liked fish and wood better than busted TVs, my choice was obvious. Now I know better, but old TVs still don't get the juices pumping like old audio gear 
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11-25-2006, 10:44 PM
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I emailed him to ask if he still had the insides from that TV, and got this response.
--------------- I have the speaker to this one and will have to look to see if I kept the rest. I have another antique tv in the garage that is still in one piece. If you are interested I will email you the model and you can get out your dumbass wallet and make a bid. ---------------
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11-25-2006, 11:17 PM
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This guy's either a douchebag, a prick, or probably both. But IF you really want the set, give him a call, find out what it is, and make a lowball offer. Heck, if He told me he had an old console stereo with Scott and JBL stuff in it, I'd probably offer him $50 for it 
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11-25-2006, 11:30 PM
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11-26-2006, 08:11 AM
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OK everybody. Let's tell this (pick adjective of your choice) what we think. 1....2....3....
THHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHH!
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11-26-2006, 02:53 PM
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11-26-2006, 08:40 PM
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Where I come from, this guy would be caled a ---k head!!!!!!!!!!!
I saw that tank earlier, and it made me sicker than I already was.   
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11-27-2006, 01:22 AM
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Well, maybe I provoked him just a little. My email to him suggested that a complete television might be worth more (to some people anyway) than a dumbass fish tank.
I later invited him to send me the make & model of the other TV in his garage. It's located on the wrong coast for me, but you never know.
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11-27-2006, 06:10 PM
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i am very very glad it wasn't a CT-100...
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11-27-2006, 07:34 PM
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Oh, my. The other TV in his garage is a Dumont RA105 Teleset.
http://www.tvhistory.tv/1949-DuMont-RA105.JPG I gather that the RA105 came in both console and tabletop cabinets. I don't know if this one is a console tv/radio/phono like the one pictured above, or a tabletop. Keen looking set, either way. This dude is located in NY state. Safe shipping from there to my crib in WA state would probably run around $500. And I'm on a strict no-more-consoles diet until I finish restoring my CTC-11 and find a place to put it. If anyone in the NY area is interested, I would recommend contacting him through the original eBay link and innocently asking whether he has any more old TVs lying around the place. I don't care that much about the Sylvania, but the DuMont seems like too nice a set to be made into an aquarium -- and then possibly junked when the aquarium doesn't sell. Phil Nelson
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07-20-2007, 12:48 AM
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Another one lost in Atlanta. A really cool loking set destroyed by the unknowing!!!!
Real 1960’s TV converted into 10 gallon fishtank. Dazzle your friends and family with this customized jewel! Could also be a terrarium. Check out the mod Jetsons legs! Everything works great. Includes: vintage television stand, 10 gallon fishtank with lid, channel knobs wired to control interior case lights – so cool, fishnet, suction hose, chemicals for water/testing chemicals, air filter pump, tropical fish food and NYC backdrop. Dimensions are 20.5 D x 23 W x 37 H. polaraman
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