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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;midas1, post: 1217814, member: 21309&quot;]Air conditioning - I don&#039;t remember when we got our first AC.&nbsp; I do remember going with my family to the local park to sleep on the grass because it was too hot to sleep indoors.</p><p>There would be lots of families in the park on very hot nights.&nbsp; And remember spending all day Saturday at the movies watching cartoons, newsreels and a cowboy movie because it was the only air conditioned place available to kids. </p><p><br /></p><p>Somebody mentioned vacuum tubes.&nbsp; When I had the following tube on display I would put a little vacuum tube about 1&quot; tall on the base. it really made the 12&quot; tube look pretty big. </p><p>It was awarded on October 31, 1928.</p><p>A few years ago, somebody told me the tube is getting valuable. Who would&#039;ve thought that. </p><p>I started collecting tube radios some years ago.&nbsp; When I listen to them now they have nice mellow analog sound that takes me back decades.&nbsp; </p><p>I&#039;m not a big band person but I listen to them and search the dial for old shows on those old radios.&nbsp; Go figure.</p><p>[ATTACH]129236.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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