Alex
Thanks! I can't wait to get Phyllis! As of now, I have 11 Mr. Poppets and now Phyllis will make 2 Sears H58's! I'll show you the difference between a Poppet and a Phyllis once I get her. Ha ha!
No, by tubes I meant clock radios. I prefer tubes, but do have a few transistors (solid state). I agree with you, old TV's are way better than flat screens! Sammy's sisters a few X-mas ago bought us a brand new 40" flat screen TV and before we had for a year there's lines on the screen! Sammy can fix it, but shouldn't have to, it's new! Because it was a gift, purchased by someone else, and from a different state, to try and return it to get another one was such a nightmare and his poor sister spent a whole week going back and forth with the company via phone; we said screw it and now just deal with it! I saw an episode on American Restoration where they took an old Philco Predicta TV, took the tube out and custom fit a small flat screen TV into it! Before I saw that episode, I wanted to do that! I told Sammy that when this stupid new TV dies, I want to custom fit a Philco! I love the old TV'S they're awesome! Thank God, Sammy has been into computers and electronics because he has about 20+ monitors and old nonworking TV'S in the basement that I take out the circuit boards and use the capacitors, diodes, transistors, and etc. for rebuilding/bringing life back into my old clock radios! I'll have to share a pic of all the circuit boards I have, it's insane!
I love old junk! Sammy finished rebuilding a V6 engine, but when he was first tearing it apart, I noticed that the camshaft was damaged, therefore making it unusable. I asked him what you do with it and he said throw it out, I couldn't bare to see it thrown away, so I decided to make a lamp out of it! One tool we don' have is a lathe, but our landlord does! So, I told him what I wanted to do and he wanted to hone it our for us! Also, he put a cool 1930's light socket on it too! BTW, he's just like us too! Ha Ha! I went to a garage sale about a month ago and bought a little metal tool box for $1.00. It was heavily rusted and the paint was wearing off, I felt sorry for it and am now restoring it! I painted it a pretty green blue color. I just have a few more touch ups and then it can be cleared! I didn't take before pics though! Oh well, it's gonna actually hold my vacuum miscellaneous for me!
We used to have an old Maytag washer that was avocado green, probably from the 1970's. It was beyond repair though. That's the first thing since I've known my husband that he didn't want to rebuild. It would've cost way too much! But, not all was lost, I had him remove the pretty front piece that had all the push buttons and indicators and am turning it into a shelf so it can hold my laundry soap! It was too pretty to throw away! So, it technically is still helping me with laundry! Ha Ha! Our washer and dryer are still considered old enough to work on, but are not vintage. I would like to some day get an old pair!
Great to keep hearing form you!!! 
-Michelle
