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Arbeit macht das Rundfunk süß......und der Rücken weh.
Chuck: Richtig, aber das Radio kein Spiel

Morzh: Was mal wieder? Ich spiele alle tag

Ok enough of that, lol. I'm only getting a little of most of this and translating the rest, Icon_mrgreen
was Ich sage alle tage
gehet ohne frucht vorbei.....Icon_smile
LOL, All days past without fruit?
You mean fear? Icon_lol

Alles, was ich zu tun habe ist die Wiederherstellung der Funk Gehause und dann wieder zusammen. Dies wird Radio Nummer 2
No, this means really "what I say all day goes in one ear and gets from another and nothing stays in between" (literally yes, goes fruitless).

Those are slightly modified words from Kaffeekantate by J.S. Bach where the father, Herr Schlendrian tries to get his daughter Liesgen who is addicted to coffee to give it up.

Was ich immer alle Tage
Meiner Tochter Liesgen sage
Gehet ohne Frucht vorbei
DONE!DONE!DONE!DONE!DONE!DONE!DONE!DONE!DONE!DONE!DONE!DONE!DONE!DONE!DONE!DONE!DONE!DONE!DONE!DONE!DONE!DONE!DONE!DONE!DONE!DONE!DONE!DONE!DONE!DONE!DONE!DONE!DONE!DONE!DONE!DONE!DONE!DONE!DONE!DONE!

7 months and the first radio I ever bought is complete! My first console too. 14 veneer patches, 16 cabinet gluings, new dial, new bezel, new glass, new tubes, new caps, new resistors, new finish,new grill cloth thanks to Kenny! and here she is.

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She is sexy!
That looks beautiful! Congratulations on a nice job.

Tom
Looks Amazing!!
Great job! You have saved another from the Kutztown Cabinet bonfire...
I hate to ask this but is there really a bonfire of radio cabinets??

I dont think I want to know the answer.. Icon_e_surprisedIcon_e_surprised
Absolutely beautiful job.

Which product did you use to fill the grain?
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