Which came first: the radio as a radio or the radio as a paint drop cloth?

Can I tell a stroy about Thomas Edison?

:Which came first: the radio as a radio or the radio as a paint drop cloth?
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:Can I tell a stroy about Thomas Edison?

Del: Any fool knows that the painters covered everything with drop cloths and then uncovered the radio because the music was muffled while they were painting with the radio covered. (;>)
Lewis

:Which came first: the radio as a radio or the radio as a paint drop cloth?
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:Can I tell a stroy about Thomas Edison?

Or better yet - the radio that has become a virtual "artist's" canvas - catalins painted over with exterior house paint and a brush, rare tombstones with added floral designs and archetectural details - even decopaged pictures of pinup girls. It almost matches the feeling of seeing that once-in-a-lifetime radio from across the flea market floor - only to find it has been gutted to make a liquor cabinet - or worse - retrofitted with a transistor 'radio'.....
So Del, what's your Edison story???