Cheryl wrote:
>Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>> It's hard for me to believe how big my monitor used to be
>> and how much room it took up on my desk.
>
>I have an old 17" monitor that I can't even lift. It's staying put
>downstairs until someone either takes it to a recycle place or someone
>wants it. Works fine, it's just too heavy.

Try lifting my 36" Sony, it weighs 207 pounds. It got electricuted
during a lightening storm and would only turn on occasionally and then
after a couple minutes cut off. Sony wanted me to ship it to their
repair shop in Florida, R U Nutz! I managed to lift it off its stand
onto a blanket on the floor and dragged to the next room where it sat
for six months. Meanwhile I bought the 55" Vizio. One day I went to
try the Sony and amazingly it turned on and played perfectly, it took
that long for the charge in its built in spike arrestor to bleed out,
least that's what I was told by the cable tv tech. I offered it to a
few people but the cheapo *******s would only take it if I delivered
it... I decided to keep it, it plays well and has an excellent picture
for a flat screen crt. It cost $2,200 ten years ago, when flat panels
first came out and a small one cost $10,000.

>My cats used to love old monitors. They could sit on them and stay warm.

Peachie:
http://i49.tinypic.com/30sygp4.jpg