FOR SALE — RADIO EQUIPMENT
Heathkit receiver, working when stored. Tubes included. Picks up ordinary stations plus faint speech at 3:33 AM. $45 or trade for reliable lawn mower.
EL-0317HOW TO READ THIS RECOVERY
These listings were transcribed from paper notices, community newsletters and a damaged 5¼-inch disk marked MCN CLASSIFIEDS / DO NOT ERASE. Telephone numbers have been replaced with fictional 555 exchanges. Listing codes and wording are retained.
WANTED — OSCILLOSCOPE
College instructor seeks dual-trace scope, 20 MHz or better. Cosmetic condition unimportant. Must not drift exactly thirty-three seconds per hour.
EL-0330KIDD’S RADIO & REPAIR
Television, stereo, CB and household electronics. Honest estimates. Mobile service available. Ask about community-night rates. Please describe any humming before bringing equipment inside.
SV-1701OHM DEPOT SURPLUS COUNTER
Resistors, wire, switches, cabinet hardware and discontinued parts. Saturday bins priced by the handful. No returns on sealed government cartons.
EL-0824WANTED — POLAROID FILM
Student photographer needs SX-70 film, expired acceptable. Will pay cash. Particularly interested in batches producing halos around electrical equipment.
PH-0116FREE — CONSOLE TELEVISION
Heavy. Walnut cabinet. Picture rolls until 11:38 PM, then becomes unusually clear. You haul. Bring four people, not three.
EL-1138WXPO 6/7 VIEWER NOTICE
Late-night imported comedy episodes air from the Red Mountain station without local edit cuts. Full television and radio schedules appear in the MCCN program guide.
TV-0607FOUND — ORANGE CAT
Large orange tabby appeared behind community workshop wearing no collar. Friendly, opinionated, left during telephone call. Photograph available but came out gray.
LF-0347LOST — GRAY CAT
May answer to WHODINI, WUT, or nothing. Last seen near electrical transformer. Do not approach with a running tape recorder. Reward offered.
LF-0311FOUND — BRASS CALENDAR PARTS
Small gears and date wheels found in coat pocket after Co-op meeting. Owner may claim by identifying the year displayed before mechanism stopped.
LF-0033MISSING — BOX OF BORROWER CARDS
Archive cards covering 1947–1961. Last signed out by A. Diminuto. Return anonymously to reading-room slot. No questions.
LF-1111COMMUNITY LISTENING GROUP
For residents troubled by persistent low-frequency sound, appliance hum or radio voices beneath regular programming. Monday evenings. No recording devices.
NT-0203ROOM FOR RENT
Furnished attic room, private entrance, near bus line. Quiet tenant preferred. Rent reduced for anyone able to explain why unplugged wall intercom occasionally announces school closings.
RE-0717TYPING & MIMEOGRAPHING
Newsletters, church programs, technical notes and discreet circulars. Carbon copies available. Client names never retained. Purple ink surcharge applies.
SV-0606PERSONAL
To the woman at the Winn-Dixie pay phone who told me not to take the black sedan home: you were right. Please contact box 703.
PE-0703NOTICE TO MEMBERS
Anyone receiving correspondence from the Wellness Assessment and Technical Compliance Headquarters should bring the envelope, unopened, to the Tuesday legal clinic.
NT-WATCHWANTED — SIX MARSHMALLOW SHAPES
Collector seeks orange star, yellow moon, green four-leaf clover, blue diamond, pink heart and purple horseshoe. No substitutions. Especially no rainbows.
WT-0606EDITOR’S MARGIN NOTE
The first digits of selected listing codes were circled in the paper copy. The circles may be damage, bookkeeping, or somebody with too much time and a red pencil.