# My Old Monitor (Dec'd) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 28, 2007, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-old-monitor-decd/394014 "2007-02-28T13:28:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-old-monitor-decd/394014/1 "2007-02-28T13:28:36Z")
Quite a while back I bought a flat screen 19" monitor 'cos my old one was a bloody dinosaur and took up most of my work station. I tried to GIVE the old one away, It was in perfect working order but not a soul wanted it. 😕 not even my pals who have farting little 15" jobs I phoned the recycling people and they wouldn’t collect and I couldn’t lift the bugger…sooooo… Today I took it apart. Holy crap what a job that is, screws everywhere and no matter how many I unscrewed the blasted thing just wouldn’t come apart. A lump hammer solved the problem in about 10 minutes, reduced the bastard to a mangled heap of plastic and other assorted components. 4 bin liners later it had been taken to the recycling plant and I’m knackered…I’m getting to old for all this exercise ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-old-monitor-decd/394014/2 "2007-02-28T13:59:00Z")
I have had a lot of success in getting old monitors, as small as 15" CRTs to either seniors or churches. Next time you have such a problem inquire among any seniors you know that live in senior communities. If you know anyone active in their church you can make the same inquiries. I have had over 20 monitors get reused instead of recycled through either my father or one of my co-workers that is very involved in her church programs. Jim ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-old-monitor-decd/394014/3 "2007-02-28T16:23:48Z")
My basement has become a dumping ground for old monitors. I seem to be everyone’s go-to person for both giving and receiving monitors. Too bad we don’t live closer chowder, I would have taken it. I owe you one anyway 😛 Up until a couple weeks ago I had TWELVE monitors in my basement - not to mention the three in service upstairs here. I gave 7 of them to the local school district. My mom works there so I only had to load them into her car and the IT guys removed them - and I get a receipt from the schools for $25 apiece for tax deduction. One went to my boyfriend’s buddy and the other 4 are still here for backup. I’m expecting to get a new CRT for my collection (one of my old ones coming back to me) shortly as my aunt just got a new flat screen. I tell ya - if you’ve got the room, having a huge cache of CRTs is not such a bad thing. It doesn’t make you any money or anything but it’s nice to be able to help folks out who need monitors in a pinch.