28" CRT telly fallen on floor. Is it salvagable?
 

"Bill" wrote in message
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In message , Graham.
writes

Not sure that you understand the significance so I'll explain.
Every Granada venue had to display a portrait of PT Barnum
in much the same way as these days Company's display
their Mission and Vision statements I suppose Barnum
represented showmanship and perhaps a commitment to
customer service, anyway, we all thought it was ********.
The plastic Red Indian was a promotional give-away by
Red Arrow Services the forerunner of GTVR.
Occasionally you would see one proudly displayed
on a set you went to repair.

As I said I never drove a Husky, but the guys who did
were still talking about them years later.
Apparently you needed to put a slab of concrete
in the front to balance the load


Hi Graham,
it rang a bell but I was not fully aware, sorry did not mean to
offend though.:-)
I can well understand the need for the concrete, all the weight was at
the back even when unloaded.

Non taken Bill, I was being intentionally cryptic to see if anyone
remembered.

--
Graham.

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28" CRT telly fallen on floor. Is it salvagable?
 

When I was in the TV trade thats the way we used to transport them in
estate cars and Vans either face down on the seats or on very large
chunks of foam rubber...

Same here - always face down on foam in the back of the trusty Avenger
estate we all used - later replaced by a Cavalier estate.

With me it was Vauxhall Vivas followed by Chevettes, Maestros then Astras
and I'm sure there was a Mini Metro (I kid you not) in there somewhere
when the company was strapped for cash. Oh, and before the Vivas it was
Hillman Huskies but that was before my time.
So the quiz question is, who did I work for?


No idea I'm afraid, but my list is worryingly similar.

The gearbox went west on one of the Avengers during an overtaking move on
the A40 - tricky.

I worked for another company for a while who had Metro 1.3 vans - they only
good thing about them is that they were faster than the Escort 1.1 vans we
also had!
When diesel engines became more common, a Maestro 2.0 Perkins was added.
This sounded like it was going faster, but did have a fair bit more shove
than anything we'd had before - and a five speed gearbox.

I rack up my miles in a car these days, and rarely drive any of our vans.
When I do it strikes me how quick and refined the current favourite Vauxhall
1.7 CDTi's are, and they're fitted with air conditioning. The current
drivers don't have my muscles though as they have power steering!

28" CRT telly fallen on floor. Is it salvagable?
 

"Doctor D" wrote in message
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When I was in the TV trade thats the way we used to transport them in
estate cars and Vans either face down on the seats or on very large
chunks of foam rubber...

Same here - always face down on foam in the back of the trusty Avenger
estate we all used - later replaced by a Cavalier estate.

With me it was Vauxhall Vivas followed by Chevettes, Maestros then Astras
and I'm sure there was a Mini Metro (I kid you not) in there somewhere
when the company was strapped for cash. Oh, and before the Vivas it was
Hillman Huskies but that was before my time.
So the quiz question is, who did I work for?


No idea I'm afraid, but my list is worryingly similar.

The gearbox went west on one of the Avengers during an overtaking move on
the A40 - tricky.

I worked for another company for a while who had Metro 1.3 vans - they
only good thing about them is that they were faster than the Escort 1.1
vans we also had!
When diesel engines became more common, a Maestro 2.0 Perkins was added.
This sounded like it was going faster, but did have a fair bit more shove
than anything we'd had before - and a five speed gearbox.

I rack up my miles in a car these days, and rarely drive any of our vans.
When I do it strikes me how quick and refined the current favourite
Vauxhall 1.7 CDTi's are, and they're fitted with air conditioning. The
current drivers don't have my muscles though as they have power steering!


I'm not 100% sure, but I don't think those Huskys even had a heater.
My first Viva has a mechanical windscreen washer, I thought the
electric one on the next one I got was great.
--
Graham.

%Profound_observation%

28" CRT telly fallen on floor. Is it salvagable?
 

"Graham." wrote in message
...

Not sure that you understand the significance so I'll explain.
Every Granada venue had to display a portrait of PT Barnum
in much the same way as these days Company's display
their Mission and Vision statements I suppose Barnum
represented showmanship and perhaps a commitment to
customer service, anyway, we all thought it was ********.

Maybe it's because Granada thought, "There's a sucker born every minute."

--
Max Demian