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From: Nick on 24 Apr 2010 07:21 Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)On-My-Web-Site.com> writes: > On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:31:50 -0400, PeterD <peter2(a)hipson.net> wrote: > >>On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:13:55 +0100, Adam Funk <a24061(a)yahoo.com> >>wrote: >> >>>glen herrmannsfeldt wrote: >>> >>>> And when was it that the beach wear started to be called flip-flops? >>>> >>>> I haven't yet tried to explain to my daughter that when I was >>>> her age that flip-flops were electronic circuits. >>> >> >>AFAIK, flip-flops were named in the mid-60s... But I'm sure someone >>older will remember that as even earlier! > > Weren't 12AX7 flip-flops called "flip-flops"? ObUsage - that's ECC83 in BrE. "E" - 6.3 V heaters. "C" - triode It's rather fun that it's called "12" and "E" and both are right. -- Online waterways route planner | http://canalplan.eu Plan trips, see photos, check facilities | http://canalplan.org.uk
From: Royston Vasey on 24 Apr 2010 08:42 "PaulJK" <paul.kriha(a)clear.net.nz> wrote in message news:hqtpmd$5i0$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz wrote: >> On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 11:40:11 +1000, Peter Moylan <gro.nalyomp(a)retep> >> wrote: >>> legg wrote: >>>> On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:48:09 -0700 (PDT), Rich Grise on Google groups >>>> <richardgrise(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >>> >>>>> In the 1960's, those foam rubber sandalish things were called "shower >>>>> shoes." ;-) >>>>> >>>>> Cheers! >>>>> Rich >>>> >>>> Actually, they were (also) called 'thongs', refering to the toe-wedge. >>>> It would also be misunderstood, nowadays. >>> >>> Not in Australia. That's our standard name for them. >>> >>> If you spoke about flip-flops, only those with an electronics background >>> would understand. >> >> What about "stepped on a pop top"? I don't suppose anyone would get that >> anymore either. >> >>> I have a pair of thongs without the toe-wedge. (Instead, there's a >>> couple of velcro pieces that fold over the foot.) Everyone here calls >>> those thongs too. The name has become divorced from the etymology. >> >> I always called them "sandals". > > Those are "thongs" or "jandals" down here downunder. > "Sandals" have extra straps around the heal. > > pjk > Thongs yeah - but jandals is a Kiwi thing, along with "chilly bin" for an esky / ice cooler. :)
From: Jonathan Bromley on 24 Apr 2010 10:02 On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 12:21:31 +0100, Nick wrote: >ObUsage - that's ECC83 in BrE. >"E" - 6.3 V heaters. >"C" - triode And the first digit '8' denoted its B9A base. Only the final '3' was available to indicate variations on the ECC8* theme. >It's rather fun that it's called "12" and "E" and both are right. Eh? Oh, you mean about the series-connected heaters with a centre-tap so they could be used in series for 12.6V or in parallel for 6.3V ? I suppose that's "fun" for a certain value of "fun" :-) Possibly slightly more "fun" than the dreaded U- and P- series valves/tubes, often used in low-end consumer kit, that had a specified filament *current* (P=300mA, U=100mA IIRC). Allowed the filaments to be connected in a series string and powered directly from 240VAC with the help of a huge, hot and unreliable ballast resistor. Happy days. -- Jonathan Bromley
From: krw on 24 Apr 2010 13:22 On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 15:02:57 +0100, Jonathan Bromley <spam(a)oxfordbromley.plus.com> wrote: >On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 12:21:31 +0100, Nick wrote: > >>ObUsage - that's ECC83 in BrE. >>"E" - 6.3 V heaters. >>"C" - triode > >And the first digit '8' denoted its B9A base. Only the final '3' >was available to indicate variations on the ECC8* theme. > >>It's rather fun that it's called "12" and "E" and both are right. > >Eh? Oh, you mean about the series-connected heaters with >a centre-tap so they could be used in series for 12.6V or in >parallel for 6.3V ? I suppose that's "fun" for a certain value >of "fun" :-) Possibly slightly more "fun" than the dreaded U- >and P- series valves/tubes, often used in low-end consumer >kit, that had a specified filament *current* (P=300mA, >U=100mA IIRC). Allowed the filaments to be connected >in a series string and powered directly from 240VAC >with the help of a huge, hot and unreliable ballast >resistor. Happy days. The "All American Five" had the filaments tied in series and needed no steenkin' ballast resistor. There was a little shock hazard in some. Happy daze indeed.
From: Adam Funk on 24 Apr 2010 14:41
On 2010-04-23, legg wrote: > On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:48:09 -0700 (PDT), Rich Grise on Google groups ><richardgrise(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >>In the 1960's, those foam rubber sandalish things were called "shower >>shoes." ;-) > Actually, they were (also) called 'thongs', refering to the toe-wedge. > It would also be misunderstood, nowadays. Well, the wedge-related theme applies either way. -- Their tags shall blink until the end of days. BoM 12:10 |