[jcassity]

funeral home (Clements-Wilcox Funeral Home) contacted this am,,, wtg for a return call so they can look up any local family member phone number and connect me with them. to be brutally honest, the woman sounded rather inconvenienced by my story and i am not confident i will get a call back.

Pawn shop in California contacted (orange pawn shop in orange california),, they are within a complicated window of less than 24hrs remaining on the bid and they have several bidders.,, however there are ways around this. the owner of the pawn shop did not sound too heavily impacted by the story of this radio and the prior owner or his service

in the meantime i am attempting to gain access to this set, repair and send to the family at no charge.

somebody has to give 2 cents

ive learned an important lesson here that reinforces the insults i have heard verbally come out of peoples face holes,,, that is..
"veterans think they are entitled". the two contacts i made today leave me feeling like this sad attitude is more of a reality than what i would have previously believed.