7 Nov
2014
7 Nov
'14
9:11 p.m.
On 11/07/2014 06:37 PM, Mike Stein wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck
Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com>
Consuetudinis magna vis est.
When I was a young sprout, I toured the alleys looking for old radios
that could be stripped for parts. Later TV sets (some of those old
power transformers were magnificent and went into power supplies).
When I started working with integrated circuits, I'd buy junked boards
and depopulate them. I probably still have a few of those things.
Part of being the son of Depression-era parents. I can't stand to see
things go to waste, I guess.
I yam what I yam.
P.S. I have a terrible, but relevant
confession--I don't like to
throw things out as long as they contain useful parts. For example, I
accumulate bad CFLs then remove the lamp, extricate the electronics
PCB, line them up out of doors over a metal pail and apply a heat gun
to the trace side of the little pcb until the solder softens....
Et tu, Carolus?