Away for a few days

Hello everybody,
I want you to know that I've gone away to my grandparents home, in another city, between the mountains.

It's really nice here, but I won't be able to post any serious content, because I don't have access to my collection or a computer.

I'll only be gone until the 15th of July.

In other news, I've been exploring my grandparents attic, and I found two TVs from the 1970s. They're both pretty much broken... Especially the one on the right.

These TVs used vacuum tubes, which I haven't really covered in my CRT Televisions post from two days ago, because they're not that important in TVs, in my opinion. I might cover them if I ever get my hands on a vacuum tube radio. (which I probably will)

Oh, and also, one of my mother's brothers told me that an old Sega Mega Drive might be hiding somewhere in this attic... I will definitely make a post about it, if I find it.

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