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----- Original Message ----- From: "Russ Blakeman" <rhblake(a)bigfoot.com> To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 4:06 AM Subject: RE: RE: List spammer ID'd Stilll common useage in Oz and NZ, and also in England I believe. A tube is something you put in a tyre to most people here. (Except for a Picture Tube - I guess Picture Valve doesn't have quite the same ring to it) If a person points to their tv and says "I think the tubes gone." This is a standard response to a "Whats the problem" question were even right. Some of the early (K9 and C9 chassis) Philips TV's have a problem where in old age, the tube fractures around the neck under the yoke, letting air in gradually. This eventually leads to a lightning display inside the neck when there is enough air to let the HV electrodes flash over, and often the neck simple falls off the rest of the tube. The semi competent techs that used to make a fortune running around fixing TV's in the pre solid state era were often known as 'valve jockeys'. Cheers Geoff in Oz