Re: OT

The Natural Philosopher <[email protected]>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc
Organization A little, after lunch
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 22/08/2026 20:40, rbowman wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Aug 2026 10:34:20 -0500, chrisv wrote:
> 
>> rbowman wrote:
>>
>>> The meet was a bit strange. Someone on reddit was looking for an old CRT
>>> TV and I had one I was happy to get rid of. No idea what they were going
>>> to do with it. It did have the RCA jacks for composite video so I
>>> suppose it would work with a vintage VCR or DVD player.
>>
>> Probably for retro gaming, with an old game console.  CRT TV's work
>> better than modern digital screens, for that.
> 
> That may be it. The kid who jumped out to get it looked like a younger
> teen with Mom driving the SUV.  Anyway it worked out well.
> 
> Years ago someone was looking for a Game Boy for the kid. I offered it to
> her to be told the kid wanted a current model, not obsolete old crap. I've
> learned over the years that beggars damn well can be choosers.
> 
Indeed. But they can also FOAD

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