Re: Sayonara, good people

[Crash Gordon® <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Those big caps with the oily gook inside were nasty when they popped.


"Allan Waghalter" <awaghalter@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message =
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> Nothing like the smell from a fried selenium rectifier...
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> Heathkit had a store in Houston.  I would peruse the catalogue for =
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> unable to find anything I wanted to build.  I think the demise had a =
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> "Frank Olson" <feolson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message=20
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> > "Crash Gordon=AE" <NONE@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message=20
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> > I'll never forget the first hands-on electronics class I took, it =
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> > the stock room of Heathkit. I also took ham radio classes there and =
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> > 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; =
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> > 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 =
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> > our health...   I still love the smell of burnt components though=20
> > (followed by the jingle of "change" in my pocket after we fix =
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