Re: X10 General Question

["BruceR" <br@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ah yes, Lafayette. They had a store in the town I grew up in - one of my
favorite places. For my 10th birthday I asked my father to buy me their
5 tube shortwave radio kit ($23) which is what I learned to solder on. I
was so happy when it actually worked and I picked up WWV, VOA, BBC and
Radio Moscow. My father put a long wire antenna on the roof and my radio
mentor, Captain Kasanov (AF ret.) at the radio club helped me modify the
antenna circuit to improve it a bit.

From:Robert Green
ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx

> "Bin Daire Dunnat" <Someone@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>
> <stuff snipped>
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>> Oh well!  It's my poor "over 18 years old" memory.  I tried it from
>> memory....
>
> Well, that's one of the first things I learned posting here.  My
> memory wasn't to be trusted.  I got (and still get!) a number of
> things wrong but I always try to Google before I post.  Most of the
> times, you can reference or cut and paste the right answer from the
> source, so it really pays off.
>
> I took a couple of public beatings for posting wrong info but that's
> just fine with me.  I'd rather bad info gets shot down quick.  It's
> much better in the long run than have people handing out wrong
> answers and no one correcting them because it might hurt their
> feelings or because they just don't know any better.
>
> This is actually a pretty good newsgroup that has a very deep and
> diverse knowledgebase.  BTW, most respected posters use some sort of
> an actual first name, real or not, just for convention's sake even if
> they have a fictitious or non-existent email address.  I think that
> puts you at a certain disadvantage, "Bin Dare."  Once people get the
> joke it gets very tired *very* quickly.  Funny names are often the
> choice of trolls or sock puppets, too, so factor that into the
> equation.
>
>> This Old Fart signing off...  ;)
>
> I've probably got Lafayette Radio Electronics gear that's older than
> you are, OF!
>
> --
> Bobby G.