At 08:57 AM 3/21/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>
>At a recent garge sale I happen to see an item
>(SB-200) painted with familar Heathkit green paint
>hidden underneath a pile of old pillow covers. I
>asked the old lady if the amplifer was for sale and
>she said it was not an amplifier but an old radio.
>Well not wanting to get into an argument with
>someone's grandmother I said ok but asked her if it
>worked. She said the last time she listened to it it
>worked ok but didn't play as loud as it used to. She
>was a few tubes short of a matched set!! Well now I
>was speechless and suspious I was being messed with.
>To make a long story short I asked her what she wanted
>for the radio. Well she said it was old and painted
>an ugly color but should be worth 20 to 30 dollars at
>least. I paid her $25.00 for the old radio that
>looked remarkably like an old Heathkit SB-200. Got it
>home and couldn't find any obvious problems with the
>"amplifier". I will clean it up and install the
>Harbach mods and Mr. Measures' parasistic supressors
>before I fire it up.
>
>By the way I flet guilty so I went back over to her
>house and gave her another $25.00. SB-200 total=
>$50.00. I hope it's not a sin to take advantage of an
>old woman like this!!
it is and you should.
73
>73,
>Bill
>
>
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