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[Paul Conrad]

Ravi Bhavnani wrote:

the smell of burning solder

Yep. When I would work on my model trains, there would be a hint of burning plastic smell to go with it :doh:

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[RaviBee]

Ha!  I think I was more geeky than anything else in the 70s. :) /ravi

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[JimmyRopes]

Ravi Bhavnani wrote:

Ha!  I think I was more geeky than anything else in the 70s.

We were just a bunch of happy hippies. :-D

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[Mike Hankey]

Cash, Gas or Grass no one rides for free. :)

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[Roger Wright]

The brass placard on the dash of my 1967 Mustang was worded slightly differently. ;P

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[dan sh]

I feel young and somewhat incompetent. But, hell, I feel young.

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[RaviBee]

d@nish wrote:

I feel young and somewhat incompetent.

Me too!  Even though in reality I'm old and incompetent. :) /ravi

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[Mike Hankey]

Just an old hippie don't know what to do get out of the old or into the new :)

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[Marc Clifton]

Ravi Bhavnani wrote:

Anyone else remember this power transistor?

Heh, that's the first thing I thought of when I saw your post, and wondered what in the world someone could be posting about a transistor for. Marc

[RaviBee]

Marc Clifton wrote:

that's the first thing I thought of when I saw your post

Good man. :thumbsup: /ravi

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[H Brydon]

I just held one in my hand yesterday. Wait I'll go get it... Okay, what now?

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[enhzflep]

Grin that you beat me by 6 7 days. I was playing with one a week ago.

[Phil J Pearson]

I still have one (with its legs cut off) as a key fob. It was one of a total of eight that got fried in a regulated power supply / linear amplifier combination when a capacitor failed. That was in about 1973. I used to use them [almost] by the bucket full.

Phil

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[RaviBee]

Phil J Pearson wrote:

I still have one (with its legs cut off) as a key fob.

+5 :thumbsup: /ravi

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