Sarah Got a Gun...
 

On May 5, 10:26*am, "Don White" wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message

...
On May 5, 8:47 am, wrote:

On May 5, 8:55 am, Richard Casady wrote:

On Mon, 04 May 2009 22:33:53 -0400, HK wrote:
Or maybe the Alaskan bimbo will be satisfied shooting wolves from
helicopters.

I wish she would bring her helo to Des Moines and do a search and
destroy on an obnoxious and dangerous pest found in over abundence.
Deer.

Casady

She should bring it to Maryland and do a search and destroy on an
obnoxious but cowardly pest, Krausii Liesallthetimeus...

Eh, I wouldn't go to that extreme, but I hit one with my Dad's Lincoln
and there was about 1400.$ worth of damage, then a month and a half
later I hit another ... Same amount.

They would have been better off being hit by a Beowulf, with a .50
than a Lincoln Town Car with a 4.6.

************************************************** ********

Were you driving the speed limit both times?

Actually Don, i was standing on the brakes when i finally saw them.

What had happened is i was doing about 55 on flat open road at night,
of course. Then here comes some car with the blue-welding headlights,
that will blind you even in daylight. the second he went past, i hit
my brights,a nd there were two standing in the middle of the road. I
slammed on the brakes (anti-lock) but too late. BAM! I got one while
the other took off.

The second time it was dusk when you're headlights are all but
worthless. North of my house is a wooded area where the highway goes
in between. U saw what was going to happen. with a pickup coming
toward me, we were getting ready to cross paths,and two deer decided
to cross the road in front of him. the driver his his brakes to no
avail and BANG! blew it over in front of me. I was slowing down ut
still I hardly had time to react. BANG! st-e-e-e-rike two!

Even though the Lincoln is a '95 I have comprehensive, but I don't
think I'll turn this one in because it's old enough the ins. co. isn't
really interested in fixing it anyhow. Plus, I find out my insurance
co. likes to raise rates on a multiple claim on one vehicle. So I'll
drive it with half the grill gone and find one (and various other
pieces in the junk yard in the near future, and put it together
myself gradually. Then take it to the body shop and have the parts
painted to match.

Sarah Got a Gun...
 

On Tue, 5 May 2009 18:12:20 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On May 5, 7:52*pm, "Eisboch" wrote:
* Soon, PC boards will lose their copper conductors, replaced by
modulated LEDs and fiber optics. * The size of products will continue to
shrink and become even more powerful.

Eisboch


And constantly more reliable, advanced, and cheaper.

And, fortunately, ROHS is in effect so the world's ground water and
air aren't distributing heavy metals and other toxic carcinogens.

Sarah Got a Gun...
 

On May 5, 10:50*am, HK wrote:
Tim wrote:
On May 5, 8:47 am, wrote:
On May 5, 8:55 am, Richard Casady wrote:

On Mon, 04 May 2009 22:33:53 -0400, HK wrote:
Or maybe the Alaskan bimbo will be satisfied shooting wolves from
helicopters.
I wish she would bring her helo to Des Moines and do a search and
destroy on an obnoxious and dangerous pest found in over abundence.
Deer.
Casady
She should bring it to Maryland and do a search and destroy on an
obnoxious but cowardly pest, Krausii Liesallthetimeus...

Eh, I wouldn't go to that extreme, but I hit one with my Dad's Lincoln
and there was about 1400.$ worth of damage, then a month and a half
later I hit another ... Same amount.

They would have been better off being hit by a Beowulf, with a .50
than a Lincoln Town Car with a 4.6.

Well, since Palin doesn't have much to do, perhaps the folks in your
community can ask her to come on down for an aerial deer hunt. I'd be in
favor of that only if the deer hunters wore antlers and deer coats. :)

Of course you would, Harry.

Sarah Got a Gun...
 

wrote:
On Tue, 05 May 2009 20:31:24 -0400, HK wrote:

Nobody fixes laser printers now. They are throw away things. This was
the old IBM 3800, about 18 feet long with the burster with a 3'
diameter PC drum and a 3.2KW fuser that moved 3 feet of paper a
second, printed, trimmed, bursted and stacked.
The lizard was unhappy when one was broke and frantic when it was 2.

18' long? Holy schitt!


This is a picture of one without the burster.
http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/hi...year_1976.html
That adds 5' to the end. There was also the roll feed that added a few
feet to the other end. It used a big roll of paper instead of the fan
fold box.
When they use box paper they used 3600 sheet boxes of paper instead of
the standard 2400 sheet box regular mainframe printers used.
The printer was solid as a rock, the burster sucked.


Thanks. I've never seen anything like that!

Sarah Got a Gun...
 

Tim wrote:
On May 5, 10:50 am, HK wrote:
Tim wrote:
On May 5, 8:47 am, wrote:
On May 5, 8:55 am, Richard Casady wrote:
On Mon, 04 May 2009 22:33:53 -0400, HK wrote:
Or maybe the Alaskan bimbo will be satisfied shooting wolves from
helicopters.
I wish she would bring her helo to Des Moines and do a search and
destroy on an obnoxious and dangerous pest found in over abundence.
Deer.
Casady
She should bring it to Maryland and do a search and destroy on an
obnoxious but cowardly pest, Krausii Liesallthetimeus...
Eh, I wouldn't go to that extreme, but I hit one with my Dad's Lincoln
and there was about 1400.$ worth of damage, then a month and a half
later I hit another ... Same amount.
They would have been better off being hit by a Beowulf, with a .50
than a Lincoln Town Car with a 4.6.
Well, since Palin doesn't have much to do, perhaps the folks in your
community can ask her to come on down for an aerial deer hunt. I'd be in
favor of that only if the deer hunters wore antlers and deer coats. :)

Of course you would, Harry.


Absolutely. Fair is fair. I've been bitten by enough fish and hooked
myself often enough to appreciate the "other side" even more. A few
thousand more sport hunters shot every year will only improve the breed.

Sarah Got a Gun...
 

On Tue, 05 May 2009 21:56:58 -0400, HK wrote:

wrote:
On Tue, 05 May 2009 20:31:24 -0400, HK wrote:

Nobody fixes laser printers now. They are throw away things. This was
the old IBM 3800, about 18 feet long with the burster with a 3'
diameter PC drum and a 3.2KW fuser that moved 3 feet of paper a
second, printed, trimmed, bursted and stacked.
The lizard was unhappy when one was broke and frantic when it was 2.

18' long? Holy schitt!


This is a picture of one without the burster.
http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/hi...year_1976.html
That adds 5' to the end. There was also the roll feed that added a few
feet to the other end. It used a big roll of paper instead of the fan
fold box.
When they use box paper they used 3600 sheet boxes of paper instead of
the standard 2400 sheet box regular mainframe printers used.
The printer was solid as a rock, the burster sucked.


Thanks. I've never seen anything like that!

Expect Bernie Madoff had one.

Sarah Got a Gun...
 

On May 4, 9:33*pm, HK wrote:
Sarah Palin honored by NRA with special Alaska-themed assault rifle

WASHINGTON - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was bashed for her pricey wardrobe,
but now she's getting a lethal accessory.

The National Rifle Association Foundation will present Sen. John
McCain's ill-fated running mate with a military-style assault weapon
next week.

The all-white "Alaskan Hunter" - fashionable until Labor Day - is the
civilian version of a modified M-4 rifle carried by U.S. troops overseas.

Alaska's feisty Republican governor, who is weighing a potential 2012
presidential bid, will receive the rifle made by Templar Consulting at a
May 14 NRA banquet.

It's engraved with Palin's name and adorned with a map of the state on
the collapsible stock - made legal after the expiration of the assault
weapons ban in 2004. The Big Dipper from the state flag is etched on the
magazine well behind a vented barrel guard.

The rifle is chambered in .50-caliber "Beowulf." It's the same caliber
used by heavy machine guns, which can take down big game, and in war
zones "can disable both motor vehicles and assailants with body armor,"
according to ammo manufacturer Alexander Arms' Web site.

Templar gun designer Bob Reynolds told the NRA's magazine that Palin had
stood up for Second Amendment gun rights and "I just wanted to do
something to give back."

- - -

.50 caliber?

Levi Johnston better practice his cross-country running.

Or maybe the Alaskan bimbo will be satisfied shooting wolves from
helicopters.

Herr Krause. I believe your jealous of the governor because she's more
of a man than you'll ever be.

Sarah Got a Gun...
 

On Tue, 5 May 2009 21:38:29 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On May 4, 9:33*pm, HK wrote:
Sarah Palin honored by NRA with special Alaska-themed assault rifle

WASHINGTON - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was bashed for her pricey wardrobe,
but now she's getting a lethal accessory.

The National Rifle Association Foundation will present Sen. John
McCain's ill-fated running mate with a military-style assault weapon
next week.

The all-white "Alaskan Hunter" - fashionable until Labor Day - is the
civilian version of a modified M-4 rifle carried by U.S. troops overseas.

Alaska's feisty Republican governor, who is weighing a potential 2012
presidential bid, will receive the rifle made by Templar Consulting at a
May 14 NRA banquet.

It's engraved with Palin's name and adorned with a map of the state on
the collapsible stock - made legal after the expiration of the assault
weapons ban in 2004. The Big Dipper from the state flag is etched on the
magazine well behind a vented barrel guard.

The rifle is chambered in .50-caliber "Beowulf." It's the same caliber
used by heavy machine guns, which can take down big game, and in war
zones "can disable both motor vehicles and assailants with body armor,"
according to ammo manufacturer Alexander Arms' Web site.

Templar gun designer Bob Reynolds told the NRA's magazine that Palin had
stood up for Second Amendment gun rights and "I just wanted to do
something to give back."

- - -

.50 caliber?

Levi Johnston better practice his cross-country running.

Or maybe the Alaskan bimbo will be satisfied shooting wolves from
helicopters.

Herr Krause. I believe your jealous of the governor because she's more
of a man than you'll ever be.

Classic case of projection. Pretty weird that you consider Palin a
man. Suppressed latent feelings for your dad no doubt.

Sarah Got a Gun...
 

On May 5, 11:48*pm, jps wrote:
On Tue, 5 May 2009 21:38:29 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On May 4, 9:33*pm, HK wrote:
Sarah Palin honored by NRA with special Alaska-themed assault rifle

WASHINGTON - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was bashed for her pricey wardrobe,
but now she's getting a lethal accessory.

The National Rifle Association Foundation will present Sen. John
McCain's ill-fated running mate with a military-style assault weapon
next week.

The all-white "Alaskan Hunter" - fashionable until Labor Day - is the
civilian version of a modified M-4 rifle carried by U.S. troops overseas.

Alaska's feisty Republican governor, who is weighing a potential 2012
presidential bid, will receive the rifle made by Templar Consulting at a
May 14 NRA banquet.

It's engraved with Palin's name and adorned with a map of the state on
the collapsible stock - made legal after the expiration of the assault
weapons ban in 2004. The Big Dipper from the state flag is etched on the
magazine well behind a vented barrel guard.

The rifle is chambered in .50-caliber "Beowulf." It's the same caliber
used by heavy machine guns, which can take down big game, and in war
zones "can disable both motor vehicles and assailants with body armor,"
according to ammo manufacturer Alexander Arms' Web site.

Templar gun designer Bob Reynolds told the NRA's magazine that Palin had
stood up for Second Amendment gun rights and "I just wanted to do
something to give back."

- - -

.50 caliber?

Levi Johnston better practice his cross-country running.

Or maybe the Alaskan bimbo will be satisfied shooting wolves from
helicopters.

Herr Krause. I believe your jealous of the governor because she's more
of a man than you'll ever be.

Classic case of projection. *Pretty weird that you consider Palin a
man. *Suppressed latent feelings for your dad no doubt.

No, I don't consider her a man. However you evidently can't understand
that. Is it possible that you feel she should be a man could be
jealous of her also?

Sarah Got a Gun...
 

On Tue, 5 May 2009 21:52:53 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On May 5, 11:48*pm, jps wrote:
On Tue, 5 May 2009 21:38:29 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On May 4, 9:33*pm, HK wrote:
Sarah Palin honored by NRA with special Alaska-themed assault rifle

WASHINGTON - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was bashed for her pricey wardrobe,
but now she's getting a lethal accessory.

The National Rifle Association Foundation will present Sen. John
McCain's ill-fated running mate with a military-style assault weapon
next week.

The all-white "Alaskan Hunter" - fashionable until Labor Day - is the
civilian version of a modified M-4 rifle carried by U.S. troops overseas.

Alaska's feisty Republican governor, who is weighing a potential 2012
presidential bid, will receive the rifle made by Templar Consulting at a
May 14 NRA banquet.

It's engraved with Palin's name and adorned with a map of the state on
the collapsible stock - made legal after the expiration of the assault
weapons ban in 2004. The Big Dipper from the state flag is etched on the
magazine well behind a vented barrel guard.

The rifle is chambered in .50-caliber "Beowulf." It's the same caliber
used by heavy machine guns, which can take down big game, and in war
zones "can disable both motor vehicles and assailants with body armor,"
according to ammo manufacturer Alexander Arms' Web site.

Templar gun designer Bob Reynolds told the NRA's magazine that Palin had
stood up for Second Amendment gun rights and "I just wanted to do
something to give back."

- - -

.50 caliber?

Levi Johnston better practice his cross-country running.

Or maybe the Alaskan bimbo will be satisfied shooting wolves from
helicopters.

Herr Krause. I believe your jealous of the governor because she's more
of a man than you'll ever be.

Classic case of projection. *Pretty weird that you consider Palin a
man. *Suppressed latent feelings for your dad no doubt.

No, I don't consider her a man. However you evidently can't understand
that. Is it possible that you feel she should be a man could be
jealous of her also?

Would not even consider trading her life for mine. She's paranoid,
trashy, challenged by pseudo-christianity and bound for a life of one
harsh circumstance after another.

She's not what I consider a good man living a good life.

You may though, if that's your speed.

Sarah Got a Gun...
 

jps wrote:
On Tue, 5 May 2009 21:38:29 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On May 4, 9:33 pm, HK wrote:
Sarah Palin honored by NRA with special Alaska-themed assault rifle

WASHINGTON - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was bashed for her pricey wardrobe,
but now she's getting a lethal accessory.

The National Rifle Association Foundation will present Sen. John
McCain's ill-fated running mate with a military-style assault weapon
next week.

The all-white "Alaskan Hunter" - fashionable until Labor Day - is the
civilian version of a modified M-4 rifle carried by U.S. troops overseas.

Alaska's feisty Republican governor, who is weighing a potential 2012
presidential bid, will receive the rifle made by Templar Consulting at a
May 14 NRA banquet.

It's engraved with Palin's name and adorned with a map of the state on
the collapsible stock - made legal after the expiration of the assault
weapons ban in 2004. The Big Dipper from the state flag is etched on the
magazine well behind a vented barrel guard.

The rifle is chambered in .50-caliber "Beowulf." It's the same caliber
used by heavy machine guns, which can take down big game, and in war
zones "can disable both motor vehicles and assailants with body armor,"
according to ammo manufacturer Alexander Arms' Web site.

Templar gun designer Bob Reynolds told the NRA's magazine that Palin had
stood up for Second Amendment gun rights and "I just wanted to do
something to give back."

- - -

.50 caliber?

Levi Johnston better practice his cross-country running.

Or maybe the Alaskan bimbo will be satisfied shooting wolves from
helicopters.
Herr Krause. I believe your jealous of the governor because she's more
of a man than you'll ever be.

Classic case of projection. Pretty weird that you consider Palin a
man. Suppressed latent feelings for your dad no doubt.

Something like that. Topbass is another of the right-wing sockpuppets
here who live in my bozo bin...I'm sure he plays nicely with loogy, DK,
florida jim, and GC boater, for examples, because if he doesn't GC
boater's lawyer sister won't service him after she services the others.

Sarah Got a Gun...
 

On Tue, 05 May 2009 21:22:23 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 05 May 2009 20:31:24 -0400, HK wrote:

Nobody fixes laser printers now. They are throw away things. This was
the old IBM 3800, about 18 feet long with the burster with a 3'
diameter PC drum and a 3.2KW fuser that moved 3 feet of paper a
second, printed, trimmed, bursted and stacked.
The lizard was unhappy when one was broke and frantic when it was 2.


18' long? Holy schitt!


This is a picture of one without the burster.
http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/hi...year_1976.html
That adds 5' to the end. There was also the roll feed that added a few
feet to the other end. It used a big roll of paper instead of the fan
fold box.
When they use box paper they used 3600 sheet boxes of paper instead of
the standard 2400 sheet box regular mainframe printers used.
The printer was solid as a rock, the burster sucked.

I remember those and earlier when they moved from greenbar.
Smelly.
IBM had a fancy for "3800" If I recall right 3800 was a one of the
most common disk packs. Or was it 3750.
Used to figure space allocations with the track/cylinder counts of the
different devices. IBM yellow card days.

--Vic

Sarah Got a Gun...
 

On Tue, 05 May 2009 09:42:12 -0400, HK wrote:

Richard Casady wrote:
On Mon, 04 May 2009 22:33:53 -0400, HK wrote:

Or maybe the Alaskan bimbo will be satisfied shooting wolves from
helicopters.

I wish she would bring her helo to Des Moines and do a search and
destroy on an obnoxious and dangerous pest found in over abundence.
Deer.

Casady


Stop infringing on deer habitat.

Basically, it's a failure to replace the missing lions and wolves with
guns. I can remember when, here in Iowa, and everywhere else, they had
a lottery to see who got a limited number of deer permits. Not
anymore. They allow limited bow hunting downtown. [Des Moines]

Casady

Sarah Got a Gun...
 

On Tue, 05 May 2009 12:26:01 -0700, jps wrote:

I replaced a cmos chip on my Raytheon scanner 5 years ago and I didn't
know a damned thing about it before cracking it open to diagnose. Was
able to search the net for clues, talked to a raytheon tech over the
phone and isolated the problem. Soldering iron, solder suck, solder
and a $2 cmos chip and the thing worked like new. Damned gratifying.

Replacing the board would've been $600.

My HP 45 calculator developed a bad display. I removed the 00 size
phillips screws, opened it up. and relaced the LEDs with a Radio Shack
part. Now they are made in Indonesia and glued together [HP48].

Casady

Sarah Got a Gun...
 

On Tue, 05 May 2009 21:58:52 -0400, HK wrote:

Absolutely. Fair is fair. I've been bitten by enough fish and hooked
myself often enough to appreciate the "other side" even more. A few
thousand more sport hunters shot every year will only improve the bree

Ever since I got my first tackle box at age ten or so, I have carried
needlenose pliers with good wire cutters. Those treble hooks on lures
are put on with screws, you can replace any you have to cut.
Never hooked myself, but I once loaned the pliers to someone who had.

Casady

Sarah Got a Gun...
 

On May 6, 7:47*am, Richard Casady wrote:
On Tue, 05 May 2009 12:26:01 -0700, jps wrote:
I replaced a cmos chip on my Raytheon scanner 5 years ago and I didn't
know a damned thing about it before cracking it open to diagnose. *Was
able to search the net for clues, talked to a raytheon tech over the
phone and isolated the problem. *Soldering iron, solder suck, solder
and a $2 cmos chip and the thing worked like new. *Damned gratifying.

Replacing the board would've been $600.

My HP 45 calculator developed a bad display. I removed the 00 size
phillips screws, opened it up. and relaced the LEDs with a Radio Shack
part. Now they are made in Indonesia and glued together [HP48].

Casady

My 48G is made in Singapore. But, it's like my right hand, I have to
have it! I like having four stacks visible for one thing. And it
graphs. I've had it about 14 years or so, and it pains me to have to
use a calculator that doesn't use Reverse Polish Notation.

Sarah Got a Gun...
 

On May 6, 12:48*am, jps wrote:
On Tue, 5 May 2009 21:38:29 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On May 4, 9:33*pm, HK wrote:
Sarah Palin honored by NRA with special Alaska-themed assault rifle

WASHINGTON - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was bashed for her pricey wardrobe,
but now she's getting a lethal accessory.

The National Rifle Association Foundation will present Sen. John
McCain's ill-fated running mate with a military-style assault weapon
next week.

The all-white "Alaskan Hunter" - fashionable until Labor Day - is the
civilian version of a modified M-4 rifle carried by U.S. troops overseas.

Alaska's feisty Republican governor, who is weighing a potential 2012
presidential bid, will receive the rifle made by Templar Consulting at a
May 14 NRA banquet.

It's engraved with Palin's name and adorned with a map of the state on
the collapsible stock - made legal after the expiration of the assault
weapons ban in 2004. The Big Dipper from the state flag is etched on the
magazine well behind a vented barrel guard.

The rifle is chambered in .50-caliber "Beowulf." It's the same caliber
used by heavy machine guns, which can take down big game, and in war
zones "can disable both motor vehicles and assailants with body armor,"
according to ammo manufacturer Alexander Arms' Web site.

Templar gun designer Bob Reynolds told the NRA's magazine that Palin had
stood up for Second Amendment gun rights and "I just wanted to do
something to give back."

- - -

.50 caliber?

Levi Johnston better practice his cross-country running.

Or maybe the Alaskan bimbo will be satisfied shooting wolves from
helicopters.

Herr Krause. I believe your jealous of the governor because she's more
of a man than you'll ever be.

Classic case of projection. *Pretty weird that you consider Palin a
man. *Suppressed latent feelings for your dad no doubt.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

WHOOOOSH.......

Sarah Got a Gun...
 

Richard Casady wrote:
On Tue, 05 May 2009 21:58:52 -0400, HK wrote:

Absolutely. Fair is fair. I've been bitten by enough fish and hooked
myself often enough to appreciate the "other side" even more. A few
thousand more sport hunters shot every year will only improve the bree

Ever since I got my first tackle box at age ten or so, I have carried
needlenose pliers with good wire cutters. Those treble hooks on lures
are put on with screws, you can replace any you have to cut.
Never hooked myself, but I once loaned the pliers to someone who had.

Casady


Wow. Needlenose pliers...never thought of that...

Wow. Replace the treble hooks...never thought of that...

Got any knots you want to share?

Sarah Got a Gun...
 

On Tue, 5 May 2009 18:01:38 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

I am a bit younger but the first time I ever did a repair was taking
apart a tube CB radio and bringing the tubes to radio shack where they
had a tester.. It was a big box about the size of a video game.. You
plugged in the tube and hit the button.. I think I was about 8-10 at
the time.

When I was a kid there was a tube tester at the drug store. Radio
Shack sold to radio amateurs mostly, and it was downtown. Everything
was downtown there were no malls.

Casady

Sarah Got a Gun...
 

"Richard Casady" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 5 May 2009 18:01:38 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

I am a bit younger but the first time I ever did a repair was taking
apart a tube CB radio and bringing the tubes to radio shack where they
had a tester.. It was a big box about the size of a video game.. You
plugged in the tube and hit the button.. I think I was about 8-10 at
the time.

When I was a kid there was a tube tester at the drug store. Radio
Shack sold to radio amateurs mostly, and it was downtown. Everything
was downtown there were no malls.

Casady


I think I mentioned before that I remember as a young kid going with my Dad
to the original Radio Shack that was located somewhere near the "Common" in
Boston.

Eisboch

Sarah Got a Gun...
 

On May 6, 10:01*am, Richard Casady
wrote:
On Tue, 5 May 2009 18:01:38 -0700 (PDT),

wrote:
I am a bit younger but the first time I ever did a repair was taking
apart a tube CB radio and bringing the tubes to radio shack where they
had a tester.. *It was a big box about the size of a video game.. You
plugged in the tube and hit the button.. I think I was about 8-10 at
the time.

When I was a kid there was a tube tester at the drug store. Radio
Shack sold to radio amateurs mostly, and it was downtown. Everything
was downtown there were no malls.

Casady

Yep, and Heathkit kits were a spin off. My older brother built a
Heathkit shortwave radio, then a Heathkit guitar amp! Man, we used to
stay up at night and listen to that shortwave radio, and to us kids
stuck in nowhere, NY, it was like listening to another world! Same
with when we'd get AM skip and listen to WWVA in Wheeling, WVa. It
seemed exotic to think we were listening to someone talking that was
that far away!

Sarah Got a Gun...
 

On Wed, 06 May 2009 09:01:37 -0500, Richard Casady
wrote:

On Tue, 5 May 2009 18:01:38 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

I am a bit younger but the first time I ever did a repair was taking
apart a tube CB radio and bringing the tubes to radio shack where they
had a tester.. It was a big box about the size of a video game.. You
plugged in the tube and hit the button.. I think I was about 8-10 at
the time.

When I was a kid there was a tube tester at the drug store. Radio
Shack sold to radio amateurs mostly, and it was downtown. Everything
was downtown there were no malls.

Yeah, all the drugstores had tube testers. First I heard of Radio
Shack was when Tandy bought it. I thought why the hell are the guys
who sell leather and carving tools messing around with radios.
Used to read the Tandy catalog, but never got into the leather stuff.
Preferred the Johnson Smith Novelties catalog though.
What kid doesn't want a Whoopee cushion and one of those handshake
buzzers. Plastic pile of dog poop on the couch for the girls was a
good one too.

--Vic

Sarah Got a Gun...
 

wrote in message
...
On Wed, 6 May 2009 07:18:29 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On May 6, 10:01 am, Richard Casady
wrote:
On Tue, 5 May 2009 18:01:38 -0700 (PDT),

wrote:
I am a bit younger but the first time I ever did a repair was taking
apart a tube CB radio and bringing the tubes to radio shack where they
had a tester.. It was a big box about the size of a video game.. You
plugged in the tube and hit the button.. I think I was about 8-10 at
the time.

When I was a kid there was a tube tester at the drug store. Radio
Shack sold to radio amateurs mostly, and it was downtown. Everything
was downtown there were no malls.

Casady

Yep, and Heathkit kits were a spin off. My older brother built a
Heathkit shortwave radio, then a Heathkit guitar amp! Man, we used to
stay up at night and listen to that shortwave radio, and to us kids
stuck in nowhere, NY, it was like listening to another world! Same
with when we'd get AM skip and listen to WWVA in Wheeling, WVa. It
seemed exotic to think we were listening to someone talking that was
that far away!

There were 3 or 4 of those 50KW clear channel stations we could work
in DC. I liked WLS out of Chicago (Dick Biondi)
WOWO from New York worked too.



WBZ in Boston was one of the original 50kw clear channel stations. I could
occasionally pick it up at night in Jupiter, FL a few years ago.

Dick Summer's Night Light Show (with Irving, the Venus Fly-Trap) caused
many sleepless nights back in the 60's.

http://www.wvnh.net/summer/dicksummer.htm

Eisboch

Sarah Got a Gun...
 

On May 6, 11:39*am, wrote:
On Wed, 6 May 2009 07:18:29 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On May 6, 10:01*am, Richard Casady
wrote:
On Tue, 5 May 2009 18:01:38 -0700 (PDT),

wrote:
I am a bit younger but the first time I ever did a repair was taking
apart a tube CB radio and bringing the tubes to radio shack where they
had a tester.. *It was a big box about the size of a video game.. You
plugged in the tube and hit the button.. I think I was about 8-10 at
the time.

When I was a kid there was a tube tester at the drug store. Radio
Shack sold to radio amateurs mostly, and it was downtown. Everything
was downtown there were no malls.

Casady

Yep, and Heathkit kits were a spin off. My older brother built a
Heathkit shortwave radio, then a Heathkit guitar amp! Man, we used to
stay up at night and listen to that shortwave radio, and to us kids
stuck in nowhere, NY, it was like listening to another world! Same
with when we'd get AM skip and listen to WWVA in Wheeling, WVa. It
seemed exotic to think we were listening to someone talking that was
that far away!

There were 3 or 4 of those 50KW clear channel stations we could work
in DC. I liked WLS out of Chicago (Dick Biondi)
WOWO from New York worked too.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

The valley we lived in in western NY had some limitations! We couldn't
get hardly any television up there!

Sarah Got a Gun...
 

On May 6, 11:47*am, "Eisboch" wrote:
wrote in message

...





On Wed, 6 May 2009 07:18:29 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On May 6, 10:01 am, Richard Casady
wrote:
On Tue, 5 May 2009 18:01:38 -0700 (PDT),

wrote:
I am a bit younger but the first time I ever did a repair was taking
apart a tube CB radio and bringing the tubes to radio shack where they
had a tester.. It was a big box about the size of a video game.. You
plugged in the tube and hit the button.. I think I was about 8-10 at
the time.

When I was a kid there was a tube tester at the drug store. Radio
Shack sold to radio amateurs mostly, and it was downtown. Everything
was downtown there were no malls.

Casady

Yep, and Heathkit kits were a spin off. My older brother built a
Heathkit shortwave radio, then a Heathkit guitar amp! Man, we used to
stay up at night and listen to that shortwave radio, and to us kids
stuck in nowhere, NY, it was like listening to another world! Same
with when we'd get AM skip and listen to WWVA in Wheeling, WVa. It
seemed exotic to think we were listening to someone talking that was
that far away!

There were 3 or 4 of those 50KW clear channel stations we could work
in DC. I liked WLS out of Chicago (Dick Biondi)
WOWO from New York worked too.

WBZ in Boston was one of the original 50kw clear channel stations. *I could
occasionally pick it up at night in Jupiter, FL a few years ago.

Dick Summer's Night Light Show (with Irving, the Venus Fly-Trap) *caused
many sleepless nights back in the 60's.

http://www.wvnh.net/summer/dicksummer.htm

Eisboch- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Hunting for skip channels is a fun passtime! I still do it!

Sarah Got a Gun...
 

wrote:
On Wed, 6 May 2009 10:26:25 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Yep, and Heathkit kits were a spin off. My older brother built a
Heathkit shortwave radio, then a Heathkit guitar amp! Man, we used to
stay up at night and listen to that shortwave radio, and to us kids
stuck in nowhere, NY, it was like listening to another world! Same
with when we'd get AM skip and listen to WWVA in Wheeling, WVa. It
seemed exotic to think we were listening to someone talking that was
that far away!
There were 3 or 4 of those 50KW clear channel stations we could work
in DC. I liked WLS out of Chicago (Dick Biondi)
WOWO from New York worked too.
WBZ in Boston was one of the original 50kw clear channel stations. I could
occasionally pick it up at night in Jupiter, FL a few years ago.

Dick Summer's Night Light Show (with Irving, the Venus Fly-Trap) caused
many sleepless nights back in the 60's.

http://www.wvnh.net/summer/dicksummer.htm

Eisboch- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -
Hunting for skip channels is a fun passtime! I still do it!


If you are serious about DXing AM band you really need a long wire
antenna and that becomes a lightning rod here.



I listened to XERF, the Mexican border blaster, for Wolfman Jack. I
vaguely remember one of the staff announcers claiming it had a lot more
than 50kw of broadcast power.

It was the only station we listened to at the near-weekly sandbar
parties on the "mighty" Kaw River.

Sarah Got a Gun...
 

"HK" wrote in message
m...

I listened to XERF, the Mexican border blaster, for Wolfman Jack. I
vaguely remember one of the staff announcers claiming it had a lot more
than 50kw of broadcast power.

It was the only station we listened to at the near-weekly sandbar parties
on the "mighty" Kaw River.


It's still listed as being 250,000 watts. Max allowed in the USA is 50k
watts.
But, depending on the frequency used, 50K may carry much further than a
million watts, especially on "clear" channel frequencies where there are no
other stations anywhere legally transmitting on the same freq.

Eisboch

Sarah Got a Gun...
 

On May 6, 2:44*pm, wrote:
On Wed, 6 May 2009 10:26:25 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
Yep, and Heathkit kits were a spin off. My older brother built a
Heathkit shortwave radio, then a Heathkit guitar amp! Man, we used to
stay up at night and listen to that shortwave radio, and to us kids
stuck in nowhere, NY, it was like listening to another world! Same
with when we'd get AM skip and listen to WWVA in Wheeling, WVa. It
seemed exotic to think we were listening to someone talking that was
that far away!

There were 3 or 4 of those 50KW clear channel stations we could work
in DC. I liked WLS out of Chicago (Dick Biondi)
WOWO from New York worked too.

WBZ in Boston was one of the original 50kw clear channel stations. *I could
occasionally pick it up at night in Jupiter, FL a few years ago.

Dick Summer's Night Light Show (with Irving, the Venus Fly-Trap) *caused
many sleepless nights back in the 60's.

http://www.wvnh.net/summer/dicksummer.htm

Eisboch- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Hunting for skip channels is a fun passtime! I still do it!

If you are serious about DXing AM band you really need a long wire
antenna and that becomes a lightning rod here.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

My brother lives on top of a mountain in western NY, and he made a
ground plane antenna that did really well.

Sarah Got a Gun...
 

On Wed, 6 May 2009 05:29:02 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On May 6, 7:47*am, Richard Casady wrote:
On Tue, 05 May 2009 12:26:01 -0700, jps wrote:
I replaced a cmos chip on my Raytheon scanner 5 years ago and I didn't
know a damned thing about it before cracking it open to diagnose. *Was
able to search the net for clues, talked to a raytheon tech over the
phone and isolated the problem. *Soldering iron, solder suck, solder
and a $2 cmos chip and the thing worked like new. *Damned gratifying.

Replacing the board would've been $600.

My HP 45 calculator developed a bad display. I removed the 00 size
phillips screws, opened it up. and relaced the LEDs with a Radio Shack
part. Now they are made in Indonesia and glued together [HP48].

Casady

My 48G is made in Singapore. But, it's like my right hand, I have to
have it! I like having four stacks visible for one thing. And it
graphs. I've had it about 14 years or so, and it pains me to have to
use a calculator that doesn't use Reverse Polish Notation.

I am unable to do anything complicated with a non RPN calculator. I
mean I can barely get one to add and subtract. I have two HP 48s. one
on the desk, one in the coat pocket. I wouldn't know a graph from a
bale of hay, I bought it for the big screen. Like watching TV. Ever
notice that the keys in the lower right corner, the numbers and the
arithmetic keys, are larger than the rest?

Casady

Sarah Got a Gun...
 

On 6-May-2009, wrote:

.50 caliber?

Levi Johnston better practice his cross-country running.

Or maybe the Alaskan bimbo will be satisfied shooting wolves from
helicopters.

Herr Krause. I believe your jealous of the governor because she's more
of a man than you'll ever be.

Has more balls than the three buttlickers on her ticket and the bedwetter
party.

Sarah Got a Gun...
 

On Tue, 05 May 2009 09:42:12 -0400, HK wrote:

Richard Casady wrote:
On Mon, 04 May 2009 22:33:53 -0400, HK wrote:

Or maybe the Alaskan bimbo will be satisfied shooting wolves from
helicopters.

I wish she would bring her helo to Des Moines and do a search and
destroy on an obnoxious and dangerous pest found in over abundence.
Deer.

Casady


Stop infringing on deer habitat.

Human activity has increased deer habitat enormously. They are to be
found in downtown Des Moines including on the Capitol lawn. One broke
into a downtown shop and did fifty grand worth of damage. Vermin. I am
for killing half or two thirds of them as soon as possible. One cost
me a car and had the nerve to get away. In Iowa you get to keep a
roadkilled deer as sort of a consolation prize. I have seen as many as
eight crossing my lawn enroute to fruit tree and garden damage.

Casady

Sarah Got a Gun...
 

From: Vic Smith
Date: May 6 2009, 9:31 am
Subject: Sarah Got a Gun...
To: rec.boats

Preferred the Johnson Smith Novelties catalog though.
What kid doesn't want a Whoopee cushion and one of those handshake
buzzers. Plastic pile of dog poop on the couch for the girls was a
good one too.

--Vic

I always liked the wind up false teeth 'choppers'

Sarah Got a Gun...
 

On Tuesday, May 5, 2009 5:11:56 AM UTC-5, HK wrote:


I wouldn't give the NRA the time of day.

Herr Krause. I'm sure the feeling would be mutual.

Sarah Got a Gun...
 

On Tuesday, May 5, 2009 2:43:07 PM UTC-5, jps wrote:
Having to measure voltages off of a solder
point on a printed circuit board would probably be the point at which
I'd turn it over to a real tech.

In that case I got lucky and the part was cheap. It's not always the
case...

Too stupid to figure it out yourself?



On Tuesday, May 5, 2009 2:43:07 PM UTC-5, jps wrote:
On Tue, 05 May 2009 15:34:29 -0400, HK > wrote:

>jps wrote:
>> On Tue, 05 May 2009 13:27:10 -0400, HK > wrote:
>>
>>> wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 05 May 2009 12:41:32 -0400, HK > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>> Stop infringing on deer habitat.
>>>>>> I have seen deer in downtown DC (on the Whitehurst freeway), what is
>>>>>> "deer habitat".
>>>>> I've seen deer on the national mall.
>>>>>
>>>>> The deer habitat under discussion here typically is surburban and rural
>>>>> land on or adjacent to meadows, forests, et cetera.
>>>> Deer are becoming overpopulated in many areas. The lack of hunters and
>>>> large predators has made them 150 pound rats. They simply breed up to
>>>> the food supply, which tends to be just about anything that grows.
>>>>
>>>> BTW seeing a deer on the mall is not as exciting as seeing one 35 feet
>>>> above K street on the Whitehurst (an elevated freeway exactly 2 lanes
>>>> wide wall to wall). N39.54.9.54 W77.03.43.56 for you google E fans
>>>> No Don I wasn't doing the speed limit. it was about 4AM and I was on
>>>> my way to GEICO to fix 2 broken laser printers. doing about 50
>>>> I did manage to dodge them although one did jump over the wall. I
>>>> thought about looping around on M street and seeing if she was OK but
>>>> I had to go.
>>>
>>>
>>> You fix laser printers? Now *that* is a real skill. I am impressed. I
>>> met a TV guy a month or so ago who fixed a board on my glass picture
>>> tube HD TV by pulling the board, removing some chips and soldering in
>>> new ones. He's gotta be one of the last of the breed, too.
>>
>> I replaced a cmos chip on my Raytheon scanner 5 years ago and I didn't
>> know a damned thing about it before cracking it open to diagnose. Was
>> able to search the net for clues, talked to a raytheon tech over the
>> phone and isolated the problem. Soldering iron, solder suck, solder
>> and a $2 cmos chip and the thing worked like new. Damned gratifying.
>>
>> Replacing the board would've been $600.
>
>Well..I am pretty good at assemblying computer from component parts, and
>general soldering, but you guys are beyond my abilities.

Although it takes a little background knowledge, most of the
components that go bad are well known by the techs who repair stuff
for a living. Piggybacking on their knowledge makes diagnosing and
repairing lots easier. Having to measure voltages off of a solder
point on a printed circuit board would probably be the point at which
I'd turn it over to a real tech.

In that case I got lucky and the part was cheap. It's not always the
case...

Sarah Got a Gun...
 

On 7/11/2012 12:58 AM, wrote:
On Tuesday, May 5, 2009 5:11:56 AM UTC-5, HK wrote:


I wouldn't give the NRA the time of day.

Herr Krause. I'm sure the feeling would be mutual.


Correct. If you are going to give something to the NRA, I'm sure they
would appreciate something of value.

Sarah Got a Gun...
 

In article 876e3e6d-5b2f-4e17-912e-
, says...

From: Vic Smith
Date: May 6 2009, 9:31 am
Subject: Sarah Got a Gun...
To: rec.boats

Preferred the Johnson Smith Novelties catalog though.
What kid doesn't want a Whoopee cushion and one of those handshake
buzzers. Plastic pile of dog poop on the couch for the girls was a
good one too.

--Vic

I always liked the wind up false teeth 'choppers'

I have fake dog poop and vomit.

Sarah Got a Gun...
 

In article om,
says...

On 7/11/2012 12:58 AM, wrote:
On Tuesday, May 5, 2009 5:11:56 AM UTC-5, HK wrote:


I wouldn't give the NRA the time of day.

Herr Krause. I'm sure the feeling would be mutual.


Correct. If you are going to give something to the NRA, I'm sure they
would appreciate something of value.

Now that's funny!!!