Radio Russ' 12-Step Program for Radio Addicts

 

As a result of cabin fever and too much coffee, I came up with this 12 step program just for us radio nuts, with apologies to the serious 12-step programs. No offense intended because I know how important groups like AA and DA are in helping addicts in recovery. 

            12-Step Program for Radio Addicts

1. We admitted we were powerless over Radios, that our lives had become unmanageable without a radio in every room.

2. Came to believe that finding a Radio better than anything in our inventory could restore us to sanity.

3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the acquisition and care of Radios as we understood how to interpret the Specifications thereof.

4. Made a searching and fearless inventory of our radio collection.

5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to many other human beings on the Internet the exact nature of our addiction.

6. Were entirely ready to have eBay remove all those radios defective of sensitivity or tonal quality.

7. Humbly asked Grundig, Sangean and Tivoli to remove their shortcomings in their product lines.

8. Made a list of all our Radios we had neglected, and became willing to install fresh batteries in them all.

9. Made direct current or AC adapters available to such Radios wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.

10. Continued to take personal inventory of the performance of our collection and when we were wrong promptly admitted it on the internet forums.

11. Sought through reading reviews to improve our conscious contact of new models coming out as we understood the press releases, praying only for a 30-day free trial from a Manufacturer's Rep.

12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to Radio Addicts, and to practice these principles in all our purchases and Internet postings.

Comments

[Andreas]

Good news: There are a gazillion stations in the World Radio TV Handbook. But you don't need a separate radio for each station... ;)

[Angelo]

E-Bay 110490339023
This is why I love old "real" radios by "real" manufacturers.
Somehow, I doubt that 30 years from now, anything made today by "Tecsun" or "Redsun" will fetch over $1000.00.