From: amdx on

"richard" <mullens-deleteme-(a)ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> Jim Thompson wrote:
>> http://www.analog-innovations.com/SED/TheMasterReading.jpg
>>
>> ...Jim Thompson
>
> Where's the soldering iron ?
> or as some Americans say "the soddering iron"

I'd suggest you would find it very rare for an American not to pronounce it
sodder.
Now, back to my regular skej-ool. ( not shej-ool ) :-)
Mike





From: Clint Sharp on
In message <X81Pm.55695$fF2.16702(a)newsfe26.ams2>, richard
<mullens-deleteme-(a)ntlworld.com> writes
>>>Ah, that wonderful aroma of burning flesh!
>> I also had TO-18 sized burns on my finger tips ;-)
>>
>> ...Jim Thompson
>
>And left fingerprints in molten tin on the can.
Owowowow, I've swapped shapes with a TO-220, it got my fingerprint in
the tin and I got the tab on my thumb.
--
Clint Sharp