Telamon wrote:
Well, I guess this makes me an old timer as I used to be that TV
repairman in the early 80's. Tube sets, solid state and hybrids of the
two were the fare of the day.

Ah, yer still a kid. I started full-time in 1967. Transistors were for
UHF tuners.

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If John McCain gets the 2008 Republican Presidential nomination,
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