On Wed, 08 Mar 2006 20:35:39 GMT, Al Clark <dsp@danvillesignal.com>
wrote:
>Paul Russell <prussell@sonic.net> wrote in news:440f3a27$0$23284$db0fefd9
>@news.zen.co.uk:
>
>> Rick Lyons wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>> Engineers shouldn't have a tough time
>>> gettings dates. I say that because:
>>>
>>> "Filter designers get a better response."
>>>
>>
>> And "Filter designers do it on impulse", of course.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>
>Paul, Have you tried these lines on prospects?
>
>I didn't think so.........
>
>--
>Al Clark
When I was young, my standard line was,
"Can I buy ya' a drink"?
When I was in my forties a guy from England
taught me a terrific "line".
It never worked for me, but it's still a
great line. The line is something like this,
"That's a pretty dress. (Wait a moment or two.)
I'd love to see it lying on my bedroom floor."
Ha ha ha.
[-Rick-]
Reply by Rick Lyons●March 9, 20062006-03-09
On Wed, 08 Mar 2006 16:48:11 -0500, Jerry Avins <jya@ieee.org> wrote:
(snipped)
>
>We're switched on that, Rick. I can't put my hands on the Receiving Tube
>Manual, but the TTL Data Book is right on my shelf. (along with the
>Linear Circuits Data book, and RCA's CMOS book. I noticed the other day
>than my 1945 Boy Scout Handbook is missing too.
>
>As for the tube manual, I learned electronics from it -- it has
>wonderful tutorials -- and the ARRL handbook. I wad confined to bed for
>nearly two weeks, and I was prepping myself to build a hi-fi system.
>With that lump of copper on a stick that I wrote of recently.
>
>Jerry
Hi Jer,
Thanking about this stuff, I recall having
a copy of a truly *WONDERFUL* book from the
US Navy called "Basic Electronics" when
I was 19-20 years old. That softcover book
had a blue cover and contributed greatly in
developing my interest in electronics.
(Gosh, what happened to those books of mine!!
Now I wish I had kept them.)
[-Rick-]
Reply by Paul Russell●March 9, 20062006-03-09
Al Clark wrote:
>
> I'm retired now since I've been married for almost 10 years and my wife
> frowns on me dating other women (and I assume men).
>
> Maybe these lines are better than "What's your sign?" One of my best
> friends who was a master at picking up girls (and also a very good guitar
> player), said "It doesn't matter what you say, just say it" Probably good
> advise, although I probably wouldn't open up a subject about my last root
> canal surgery.......
>
Good advice, I imagine, what with x% of communication supposedly being
non-verbal. One could probably even get away with a line about root
canal surgery if one delivered it in a suitably charming manner.
Paul
Reply by Joerg●March 8, 20062006-03-08
Hello Rick,
> Engineers shouldn't have a tough time
> gettings dates. I say that because:
>
> "Filter designers get a better response."
>
Paul Russell <prussell@sonic.net> wrote in
news:440f497c$0$23290$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk:
> Al Clark wrote:
>
>> Paul Russell <prussell@sonic.net> wrote in
>> news:440f3a27$0$23284$db0fefd9 @news.zen.co.uk:
>>
>>
>>>Rick Lyons wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi,
>>>> Engineers shouldn't have a tough time
>>>>gettings dates. I say that because:
>>>>
>>>> "Filter designers get a better response."
>>>>
>>>
>>>And "Filter designers do it on impulse", of course.
>>>
>>>Paul
>>>
>>
>>
>> Paul, Have you tried these lines on prospects?
>>
>
> Is that a dare ?
>
> Paul
Sure Paul, Go for it.
I'm retired now since I've been married for almost 10 years and my wife
frowns on me dating other women (and I assume men).
Maybe these lines are better than "What's your sign?" One of my best
friends who was a master at picking up girls (and also a very good guitar
player), said "It doesn't matter what you say, just say it" Probably good
advise, although I probably wouldn't open up a subject about my last root
canal surgery.......
--
Al Clark
Danville Signal Processing, Inc.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Purveyors of Fine DSP Hardware and other Cool Stuff
Available at http://www.danvillesignal.com
Reply by Jerry Avins●March 8, 20062006-03-08
Rick Lyons wrote:
> On Tue, 07 Mar 2006 02:53:32 GMT, Randy Yates <yates@ieee.org> wrote:
>
>
>>Al Clark <dsp@danvillesignal.com> writes:
>>
>>>[...]
>>>Later I discovered transistors and I remember scoring an early 4000 CMOS
>>>book (or maybe it was 7400?)
>>
>>Hey Al, remember the old "TI TTL DATABOOK" with all the 74xx parts in
>>it? You were really quite the engineer if you had one of those babies
>>on your bookshelf. My how times have changed!
>>--
>>% Randy Yates % "Midnight, on the water...
>
>
> Hi,
> That was what we called the "Orange" book, for the
> color of the cover. We used that book so much that
> we began to memorize the actual pin numbers of the
> internal gates, such as the "quad two-input Nand"
> 7400.
>
> Gosh, I had a copy of that book, but I can't find it.
> Too bad. Although I still have my RCA vacuum tube
> data book. (Jerry probably remembers that guy.)
> It has a red cover and
> 500 pages of pin numbers and performance curves, all
> for $1.25 !!
We're switched on that, Rick. I can't put my hands on the Receiving Tube
Manual, but the TTL Data Book is right on my shelf. (along with the
Linear Circuits Data book, and RCA's CMOS book. I noticed the other day
than my 1945 Boy Scout Handbook is missing too.
As for the tube manual, I learned electronics from it -- it has
wonderful tutorials -- and the ARRL handbook. I wad confined to bed for
nearly two weeks, and I was prepping myself to build a hi-fi system.
With that lump of copper on a stick that I wrote of recently.
Jerry
--
Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get.
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Reply by Paul Russell●March 8, 20062006-03-08
Al Clark wrote:
> Paul Russell <prussell@sonic.net> wrote in news:440f3a27$0$23284$db0fefd9
> @news.zen.co.uk:
>
>
>>Rick Lyons wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>> Engineers shouldn't have a tough time
>>>gettings dates. I say that because:
>>>
>>> "Filter designers get a better response."
>>>
>>
>>And "Filter designers do it on impulse", of course.
>>
>>Paul
>>
>
>
> Paul, Have you tried these lines on prospects?
>
Is that a dare ?
Paul
Reply by Al Clark●March 8, 20062006-03-08
Paul Russell <prussell@sonic.net> wrote in news:440f3a27$0$23284$db0fefd9
@news.zen.co.uk:
> Rick Lyons wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> Engineers shouldn't have a tough time
>> gettings dates. I say that because:
>>
>> "Filter designers get a better response."
>>
>
> And "Filter designers do it on impulse", of course.
>
> Paul
>
Paul, Have you tried these lines on prospects?
I didn't think so.........
--
Al Clark
Danville Signal Processing, Inc.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Purveyors of Fine DSP Hardware and other Cool Stuff
Available at http://www.danvillesignal.com
Reply by Al Clark●March 8, 20062006-03-08
R.Lyons@_BOGUS_ieee.org (Rick Lyons) wrote in
news:440f3644.333462734@news.sf.sbcglobal.net:
> On Tue, 07 Mar 2006 02:53:32 GMT, Randy Yates <yates@ieee.org> wrote:
>
>>Al Clark <dsp@danvillesignal.com> writes:
>>> [...]
>>> Later I discovered transistors and I remember scoring an early 4000
>>> CMOS book (or maybe it was 7400?)
>>
>>Hey Al, remember the old "TI TTL DATABOOK" with all the 74xx parts in
>>it? You were really quite the engineer if you had one of those babies
>>on your bookshelf. My how times have changed!
>>--
>>% Randy Yates % "Midnight, on the water...
>
> Hi,
> That was what we called the "Orange" book, for the
> color of the cover. We used that book so much that
> we began to memorize the actual pin numbers of the
> internal gates, such as the "quad two-input Nand"
> 7400.
>
> Gosh, I had a copy of that book, but I can't find it.
> Too bad. Although I still have my RCA vacuum tube
> data book. (Jerry probably remembers that guy.)
> It has a red cover and
> 500 pages of pin numbers and performance curves, all
> for $1.25 !!
>
> [-Rick-]
>
>
I had an RCA vacuum tube book but it ended up at my last company. I'm
sure they still have it. Can't say I've used a 12AX7 for awhile.
I remember buying 2N107, CK722 and 2N170 transistors as a kid. I don't
remember if I ever made anything work with them.
My first successful project was a fuzz box for my guitar. I used a
highbeams light floor switch from a car for the on-off and a box
fabricated in metal shop class. I think the board was hand etched, but
I'm not so sure anymore.
I think I also made the world's ugliest mic mixer around that time.
I did develop some tech skills growing up. I could fix most of my stereo
gear and guitar amps. Unfortunately (fortunately?), I was a much better
techie than guitar player. I think guitar players got more girls.
For most of my early years, I think software was what happened when I
used solder to connect things. I hardly did anything digital until my
20s. Later, a business partner called me the only analog engineer without
grey hair (my beard has now betrayed me).
I have worked with several kids and also young engineers over the years.
The last few kids were budding C programmers. One of them was pretty good
at php and knew some Visual Basic and C. He was 17 at the time. I stand
by my statement that kids are not so different, they are just interested
in different things.
--
Al Clark
Danville Signal Processing, Inc.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
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Available at http://www.danvillesignal.com
Reply by Paul Russell●March 8, 20062006-03-08
Rick Lyons wrote:
>
> Hi,
> Engineers shouldn't have a tough time
> gettings dates. I say that because:
>
> "Filter designers get a better response."
>
And "Filter designers do it on impulse", of course.
Paul