3:37 PM Fri, Feb 16, 2007 | Permalink
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Ready for the big announcement? Your TV is about to go blank. It won't work anymore. I can even tell you the date. February 17, 2009.
Before you panic, there are several things you need to know. First - this involves ANALOG television sets. Chances are, you have at least one of them - because they are in some 90% of homes in this country. Analog sets, are the more 'square' shaped televisions - compared to the newer DIGITAL set...
9:00 PM Thu, Feb 01, 2007 | Permalink
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There's a road near our house - that ends at the banks of the Tualatin river. I doubt it's on any maps, because it's just a short, dirt road. The neighborhood kids all know about it, though, because no one ever goes back there. There's even a locked gate, to keep vehicles out.
Lucky for me, Tim Schmidt had a key.
As fate would have it, Tim had been hired to do some electrical work - on a remote power station down that road ...
