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From: Jim Thompson on 3 Feb 2010 10:12 On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:02:53 -0800, John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:06:34 GMT, Jan Panteltje ><pNaonStpealmtje(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > [snip] >> >>I had a litte avalanche here today. >>been snowing and ice-snow, sort of wet snow, after that. >>Lots of snow on the roof. >>This moring the nearby church bells sounded, and the sound triggered an >>avalanche from the roof! >>Very interesting effect:-) > >As the snow creeps down the roof of our cabin, it curls over the edge >and does this... > >ftp://jjlarkin.lmi.net/Bent_Icycles.jpg > >which I thought was pretty weird. But I grew up in the South, where >there are no icicles, so it may be common. And I'm easily amused. > >Our building codes require flat structures to handle 400 pounds of >snow load per square foot, so roofs tend to be steeply peaked. > >Every now and then the whole mess on the roof avalanches off onto the >ground (and any objects nearby.) That can get noisy. > >John The only ice I care to see are the cubes in my drink ;-) It's just after 8AM here... COLD, 55�F :-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
From: Jan Panteltje on 3 Feb 2010 10:50 On a sunny day (Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:02:53 -0800) it happened John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in <7j3jm5drrebslrvfvt1oqkd3l2k1n0mbsm(a)4ax.com>: >As the snow creeps down the roof of our cabin, it curls over the edge >and does this... > >ftp://jjlarkin.lmi.net/Bent_Icycles.jpg > >which I thought was pretty weird. But I grew up in the South, where >there are no icicles, so it may be common. And I'm easily amused. > >Our building codes require flat structures to handle 400 pounds of >snow load per square foot, so roofs tend to be steeply peaked. > >Every now and then the whole mess on the roof avalanches off onto the >ground (and any objects nearby.) That can get noisy. > >John The Dutch word for that is 'ijspegels'. I have never seen bended ones like that :-)
From: Ban on 3 Feb 2010 11:01 "John Larkin" <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:984hm5d9uh7qfnms2vp332ln3t53lislfi(a)4ax.com... > On Tue, 2 Feb 2010 15:22:12 -0500, "Paul E. Schoen" > <paul(a)peschoen.com> wrote: > >> >>"Joerg" <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message >>news:7soor4Fan9U1(a)mid.individual.net... >>> >>> I'd also throw the BSS84 for P-channel into the hat. It's my jelly-bean >>> part. >> >>I still like the 2N3819 N-channel JFET. I used it in an audio preamp I >>built as a hobby project around 1970, and I used it in an analog >>programmable-gain amplifier I designed around 1985. It's still available >>from Mouser for 10 cents each, and is still made by Fairchild. >>www.fairchildsemi.com/ds/2N%2F2N3819.pdf >> >>Also, it's first on the list of devices in LTSpice! >> >>Paul >> > > If you were stuck on a desert island and could only have one jfet, it > would have to be the BF862. Gm is 45 mS and noise is 0.8 nv/rthz. > There's nothing else like it. > I would prefer a cute girl rather than a FET on that Island what's the FET without soldering iron and for the girl you don't need a soldering iron don't u?
From: John Larkin on 3 Feb 2010 11:45 On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:50:14 GMT, Jan Panteltje <pNaonStpealmtje(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >On a sunny day (Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:02:53 -0800) it happened John Larkin ><jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in ><7j3jm5drrebslrvfvt1oqkd3l2k1n0mbsm(a)4ax.com>: > >>As the snow creeps down the roof of our cabin, it curls over the edge >>and does this... >> >>ftp://jjlarkin.lmi.net/Bent_Icycles.jpg >> >>which I thought was pretty weird. But I grew up in the South, where >>there are no icicles, so it may be common. And I'm easily amused. >> >>Our building codes require flat structures to handle 400 pounds of >>snow load per square foot, so roofs tend to be steeply peaked. >> >>Every now and then the whole mess on the roof avalanches off onto the >>ground (and any objects nearby.) That can get noisy. >> >>John > >The Dutch word for that is 'ijspegels'. >I have never seen bended ones like that :-) Yeah, my wife grew up in Boston and never saw curvey ones like that. The bigger ones get wide and flat and curl enough to touch the windows. Neat. Not a BJT in sot-23, but neat. John
From: Ecnerwal on 3 Feb 2010 11:53
In article <7j3jm5drrebslrvfvt1oqkd3l2k1n0mbsm(a)4ax.com>, John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: > ftp://jjlarkin.lmi.net/Bent_Icycles.jpg Yeah, it does that. I get confused about where you are at - Mostly (& company) seems to be SF, where I somehow doubt this picture is taken, but you mentioned Charlemont once when burning brush while using wi-fi. That seems more likely for this picture. Just over the mountain with the hole through it from me if you are there. -- Cats, coffee, chocolate...vices to live by |