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From: Spehro Pefhany on 28 Nov 2005 18:48 On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:24:52 -0500, the renowned John Perry <jp(a)no.spam> wrote: >Rich Grise wrote: >> ... >> >> But who wants a cooked pickle? ;-) >> > >My ethnic Russian daughter-in-law, just arrived from Tatarstan, made a >Russian soup, into which she chopped several dill pickles. > >Wonderful stuff! > >John Perry Recipe? ;-) It's getting into soup/curry/stew weather here in the frozen* north. * Actually just cold nasty rain, but there was some snow earlier this week. Best regards, Spehro Pefhany -- "it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" speff(a)interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com
From: langwadt on 28 Nov 2005 18:40 Jim Thompson skrev: > On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 22:13:38 -0500, Phil Hobbs > <pcdhSpamMeSenseless(a)us.ibm.com> wrote: > > >Si Ballenger wrote: > > > >>>I would put a 100 watt lamp in series thereby limiting the current. I > >>>would shave the ends down to points so they heated up rapidly. I put > >>>them into a hollowed out fire brick and made a cheap furnace. Of course > >>>don't look at it; it's like looking at the sun. > >> > >> > >> The current limiter I saw used a glass pie pan with pieces copper > >> metal on each side with salty water as the electrolyte. It would > >> start to steam some when in operation. The furnace was a small > >> clay flower pot with holes in each side with the carbon rods > >> sticking inside until they touched. > >> > > > >As a boy, I used an electric teakettle as a ballast for a two-D-cell carbon > >arc lamp--worked great. > > > >Cheers, > > > >Phil Hobbs > > I've used a light bulb in series with a rectifier to charge a car > battery (just make sure that line ground goes to chassis ground ;-) > I've seen several speakers where there was a light bulb, in series with the tweeter, as a power limiter -Lasse
From: Jim Thompson on 28 Nov 2005 18:48 On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:48:05 -0500, Spehro Pefhany <speffSNIP(a)interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote: >On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:24:52 -0500, the renowned John Perry ><jp(a)no.spam> wrote: > >>Rich Grise wrote: >>> ... >>> >>> But who wants a cooked pickle? ;-) >>> >> >>My ethnic Russian daughter-in-law, just arrived from Tatarstan, made a >>Russian soup, into which she chopped several dill pickles. >> >>Wonderful stuff! >> >>John Perry > >Recipe? ;-) It's getting into soup/curry/stew weather here in the >frozen* north. > >* Actually just cold nasty rain, but there was some snow earlier this >week. > > >Best regards, >Spehro Pefhany Expect more nasty weather... it's heading your way. Here on Saturday night... very windy, Sunday night plunged to about 25?F. Got in the wife's car on Saturday and backed out into the street, and commented, "Why is the AC blowing warm air?" Wife replies, " I don't know, it did that for awhile yesterday, too." I pushed the Ambient button on the dash... it was 65?F outside... winter has arrived in Arizona ;-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | | | E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat | | http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
From: Spehro Pefhany on 28 Nov 2005 19:03 On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 16:48:02 -0700, the renowned Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> wrote: >On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:48:05 -0500, Spehro Pefhany ><speffSNIP(a)interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote: > >>On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:24:52 -0500, the renowned John Perry >><jp(a)no.spam> wrote: >> >>>Rich Grise wrote: >>>> ... >>>> >>>> But who wants a cooked pickle? ;-) >>>> >>> >>>My ethnic Russian daughter-in-law, just arrived from Tatarstan, made a >>>Russian soup, into which she chopped several dill pickles. >>> >>>Wonderful stuff! >>> >>>John Perry >> >>Recipe? ;-) It's getting into soup/curry/stew weather here in the >>frozen* north. >> >>* Actually just cold nasty rain, but there was some snow earlier this >>week. >> >> >>Best regards, >>Spehro Pefhany > >Expect more nasty weather... it's heading your way. Here on Saturday >night... very windy, Sunday night plunged to about 25?F. > >Got in the wife's car on Saturday and backed out into the street, and >commented, "Why is the AC blowing warm air?" > >Wife replies, " I don't know, it did that for awhile yesterday, too." > >I pushed the Ambient button on the dash... it was 65?F outside... >winter has arrived in Arizona ;-) > > ...Jim Thompson Ha. Well, there's a nice dry maple log in the fireplace, an ice-cold Sapporo in one of my Royal Selangor double-wall frozen pewter tankards, my VHDL code is working with minimal tweaking and all is right with the world. ;-) Best regards, Spehro Pefhany -- "it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" speff(a)interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com
From: Jim Thompson on 28 Nov 2005 18:58
On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 19:03:28 -0500, Spehro Pefhany <speffSNIP(a)interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote: >On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 16:48:02 -0700, the renowned Jim Thompson ><To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> wrote: > >>On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:48:05 -0500, Spehro Pefhany >><speffSNIP(a)interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote: >> >>>On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:24:52 -0500, the renowned John Perry >>><jp(a)no.spam> wrote: >>> >>>>Rich Grise wrote: >>>>> ... >>>>> >>>>> But who wants a cooked pickle? ;-) >>>>> >>>> >>>>My ethnic Russian daughter-in-law, just arrived from Tatarstan, made a >>>>Russian soup, into which she chopped several dill pickles. >>>> >>>>Wonderful stuff! >>>> >>>>John Perry >>> >>>Recipe? ;-) It's getting into soup/curry/stew weather here in the >>>frozen* north. >>> >>>* Actually just cold nasty rain, but there was some snow earlier this >>>week. >>> >>> >>>Best regards, >>>Spehro Pefhany >> >>Expect more nasty weather... it's heading your way. Here on Saturday >>night... very windy, Sunday night plunged to about 25?F. >> >>Got in the wife's car on Saturday and backed out into the street, and >>commented, "Why is the AC blowing warm air?" >> >>Wife replies, " I don't know, it did that for awhile yesterday, too." >> >>I pushed the Ambient button on the dash... it was 65?F outside... >>winter has arrived in Arizona ;-) >> >> ...Jim Thompson > >Ha. Well, there's a nice dry maple log in the fireplace, an ice-cold >Sapporo in one of my Royal Selangor double-wall frozen pewter >tankards, my VHDL code is working with minimal tweaking and all is >right with the world. ;-) > > >Best regards, >Spehro Pefhany We burned a log in the fireplace last night also. It was sufficient to keep the inside temperature above 68?F. Don't know yet if I'll need to turn on the heat this year or not. ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | | | E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat | | http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food. |