Re: Sayonara, good people

["Allan Waghalter" <awaghalter@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nothing like the smell from a fried selenium rectifier...

Heathkit had a store in Houston.  I would peruse the catalogue for hours
unable to find anything I wanted to build.  I think the demise had a lot to
do with the lack of desireable projects.

"Frank Olson" <feolson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Crash Gordon®" <NONE@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I'll never forget the first hands-on electronics class I took, it was in
> the stock room of Heathkit. I also took ham radio classes there and took
> my first ham license test at the same place.
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> In those days there was basically 3 sources of parts in my area; Heathkit,
> Lafayette Radio and Radio Shaft.
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> AH...there's nothing like the smell of solder flux in the morning!
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> Little did we know that working with lead based solder was hazardous to
> our health...   I still love the smell of burnt components though
> (followed by the jingle of "change" in my pocket after we fix 'em)...
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