Re: Sayonara, good people

[Crash Gordon® <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

man!...you're right! I remember that IN SCHOOL we used to play with =
mercury, rolling it around on the desk, playing with it bare-handed, and =
the best of all was coating dimes with it!

sheesh...We're not dead yet?...ah, the Duck & Cover era


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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.
> >
> > In those days there was basically 3 sources of parts in my area; =
Heathkit,
> > Lafayette Radio and Radio Shaft.
> >
> > AH...there's nothing like the smell of solder flux in the morning!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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)...
> >
> >
> I can remember eating paint chips when i was a youn' un...and i dill =
hear!
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> And watching a ball of mercury splatter into a million little balls =
and
> scouping them back together into one ball again. Than shining up a =
quarter
> by rubbing the mercury on it. The wonderful world of chemistry. :o)
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