My own Tower has fallen

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GNTLGNT

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...Hiya kids!.....as many of you know, I have been a Broadcaster for 36 years and counting...most with the studios here in Cambridge...well this morning, the original tower-put in place in 1948 was brought down....it had become structurally unsound and replaced by a new 100 foot taller "stick"...I watched the entire process with a sense of sadness as my old friend came to earth....I can't begin to fathom the amount of words and music I pumped through that piece of metal over 3 plus decades, and wanted to be on hand as an homage....fascinating to watch, but hurt my heart as well....I brought a piece of the old girl home with me-a side marker light that's been there since the start, and will always treasure it...may seem silly, but it has been part of nearly my whole life....
 

muskrat

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View attachment 11095 ...new tower on the left....

I imagine they'll just scrap the original, but...(and here's where that SKMB brain kicks in) what if, say, they just left it in some scrapyard, and sometime soon, it started broadcasting on its own--weird, freakish broadcasts of old twisted rockabilly and ominous false news threats, creating panic and madness and confusion--riots and death and murder...

Well, that's what went through my mind whilst reading the above. Sorry fer yer loss, big fella.
 

GNTLGNT

The idiot is IN
Jun 15, 2007
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I imagine they'll just scrap the original, but...(and here's where that SKMB brain kicks in) what if, say, they just left it in some scrapyard, and sometime soon, it started broadcasting on its own--weird, freakish broadcasts of old twisted rockabilly and ominous false news threats, creating panic and madness and confusion--riots and death and murder...

Well, that's what went through my mind whilst reading the above. Sorry fer yer loss, big fella.
...one of my buddies and I thought about-at the last instant-to go running toward the crane...screaming "STOP!!!, we're with the Anti-Tower Collapse Federation!!!".....
 

Neesy

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Cool souvenir - what is it they say? "the world has moved on"?

Not to detract from the gravity of your thread but (since I just saw a Minion movie last night), it made me think of this:

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Is it too late to grab two more? :m_bigwink:

(just kidding Scott - I hope I made you smile or laugh a bit :thumbs_up::adoration::love::laugh::suspect:

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