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Article #624824Re: OT: 1958 a day in the life of a TV repairman
From: Peter Flass
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 21:58
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 21:58
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Andreas Kohlbach <a...@spamfence.net> wrote: > On Wed, 11 Jul 2018 14:01:41 -0700 (PDT), hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote: >> >> Today, we take for granted maintenance free TV sets. > > You throw them away if broken. ;-) > >> But in the old days, sets needed regular service, and many men made a >> living as TV repairman. >> >> A LIFE ad by RCA goes into detail. >> >> https://books.google.com/books?id=PlYEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&dq=life%20breck&pg=PA7#v=onepage&q&f=false > Another once-good career that has gone the way of the iceman. -- Pete
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