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My dad always had a radio tuned to a local country station playing lowly in the garage, 24/7. The thing never turned off. He passed in 2016, and now the radio
by Pyrodogg 3y ago
My dad always had a radio tuned to a local country station playing lowly in the garage, 24/7. The thing never turned off.
He passed in 2016, and now the radio plays away situated on a workbench in my brothers garage. It gets turned up when someone is actually working out there, but only turned down and not off when they retire to the house.
As I recall this, I remember it wasn't even just the most recent model. Repairing radios wasn't his thing so eventually they'd get replaced when broken, but I can recall at least two distinct radios over the years so I really think he'd been doing that for quite many years.
- willcipriano 3y agoA fitting tribute. Sort of like Kennedy's eternal flame. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_Eternal_Flame https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_Eternal_Flam...
- squokko 3y agoNot turning it off is one of the reasons it's lasted this long. One of the most common causes of electronics failure is thermal stressing from powering down and up.
- quesera 3y agoNot sure if it applies to your dad's garage, but "low volume audio source" is sometimes used as a strategy to repel varmints. It does not work very well in my garage, but nothing does.