Got a widescreen high-def CRT with a HDMI socket for a dollar outta Goodwill a few years ago, had some magnetic problems, I went "Eh, I'll fix that and play some games on it," and dear Fedi I WILDLY overestimated my energy and inclination to fix monitors all day at work and then come home and fix a monitor.
Anyway I bought a fine working 4:3 TV to plug my #gameDad into via a HDMI->Component box and all is well, leaving me with this ugly widescreen Samsung sitting in my basement being neither use nor ornament. So I post it to the local retro gaming group, no takers. Eventually I stick it on Craigslist and after all of Pittsburgh shrugged at it, I've got one guy bouncing in his chair and writing me excited emails about how it's a three hour drive but he can set off as soon as he gets out of work and can he give me some money to hold it until 6 tonight and the old adage about trash and treasure REALLY shows its sharpness in this kinda situation
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