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From: Stormin Mormon on 14 Dec 2009 09:44 > Michael A. Terrell wrote: > > The Daring Dufas wrote: > >> Michael A. Terrell wrote: > >>> The Daring Dufas wrote: > >>>> Michael A. Terrell wrote: > >>>>> TWT on VHF? VHF is 30 to 300 MHz and TWT are > >>>>> typically built for 300 [christmas presents]
From: The Daring Dufas on 14 Dec 2009 14:23 Jules wrote: > On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:39:20 -0600, The Daring Dufas wrote: >> NO EXCREMENT?! I was out in the Marshall Islands 20 years ago and >> got to explore the old phased array radar installation on Meck >> island at the Kwajalein Atoll. I think it had two power supplies >> at one time but there was one left in what was called the Frankenstein >> room, an incredible contraption that looked like the set of a monster >> movie. I wish I still had pictures, darn. > > I wish you still had pictures, too - I used to do a lot of exploration / > photography in old military places like that, but it's rare to find one > where it hasn't been stripped of equipment. Sounds like an interesting > place... > > cheers > > Jules > I had a few souvenirs from the dump and one of them was an iron core memory module that was small enough to fit in a missile. I think I lost it in a move. Darn it, it was a cool item. TDD
From: HeyBub on 16 Dec 2009 08:17 The Daring Dufas wrote: > > I told a young lady dispatching for a corporate repair service we do > service calls for that I wished I was 50 again. I started having some > circulation problems with my legs back around 2000 or so due to high > blood sugar. I fixed the blood sugar problem but I'm still working > on the damage that was done. There's no way I could hold down a > regular 9-5 job because of the pain so I work as hard as I can when I > can. I refuse to take pain meds when I'm going to be driving or > climbing ladders, as a result, when I get home, I'm really hurting. I > explain to folks that "My hair hurts, my toenails itch and my eyeballs are > squeaking." That makes it hard to get any sleep. I ran a couple of > service calls today that had me on my feet for 6 hours or so and I'm > paying for it now. I refuse to just lay down and do nothing because > if I did, I'm sure I'd wither away so I keep on trucking. Hell, it > only hurts when I quit moving! > There is no reason for your symptoms. Medicine today has a huge arsenal of pain-relief medicine. Consider the first five seasons of "House." Dr. Gregory House ate Vicodin like gumdrops and still managed to direct others in the operation of complicated machinery (CAT-scan machines, spoons, etc.) while he, himself, drove a motorcycle back and forth to work. A fairly new drug, Lyrica, has been found effective against diabetic neuropathy. It causes some people to walk into walls, so be careful, but the hallucinations are worth it!
From: Stormin Mormon on 16 Dec 2009 08:32 Ibuprophen is a good choice for those moments. Doesn't mess with your brain. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "The Daring Dufas" <the-daring-dufas(a)peckerhead.net> wrote in message news:hg9tsg$rp2$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... There's no way I could hold down a regular 9-5 job because of the pain so I work as hard as I can when I can. I refuse to take pain meds when I'm going to be driving or climbing ladders, as a result, when I get home, I'm really hurting. I explain to folks that "My hair hurts, my toenails itch and my eyeballs are squeaking." That makes it hard to get any sleep. I ran a couple of service calls today that had me on my feet for 6 hours or so and I'm paying for it now. I refuse to just lay down and do nothing because if I did, I'm sure I'd wither away so I keep on trucking. Hell, it only hurts when I quit moving!
From: Stormin Mormon on 16 Dec 2009 08:34
I'm with you. Not many people can really fix anything, now days. One friend of mine does circuit board repair (runs a Macintosh computer store). He's resoldered circuit board for me, one time for a refrigerator. Also looked at a RF cable for the video projector at church. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "The Daring Dufas" <the-daring-dufas(a)peckerhead.net> wrote in message news:hg9tsg$rp2$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... I hope your health improves and you are able to pass on your expertise to a younger crowd of techies because I'm afraid that discrete component board level repair is becoming a lost art. I wish I had a kid to whom I could pass on what little I know and the kid could take that knowledge and expand upon it and pass it on to others. I remember when I was a kid and being desperate for information on how things worked. I was always getting into trouble for taking things apart. TDD |