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    Orca Whisperer n2ize's Avatar
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    Far as the smell of old radios I love the smell of a nice boatanchor transmitter that hasn't been run in years. The smell of the iron heating up, the dust burning off the finals, the power resistors getting hot. Or the smell of burning urine residue because the dog or cat peed on it at some point when it was not in use.
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    The smell of the dust burnig off of the finals is wonderful. As for the semll of animal urine, you could be happy that the hollow state stuff still works after fido pisses on it.


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    It could be worse.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kb2vxa View Post
    It could be worse.
    I'll bet that thing produces some pretty ratty sounding audio.
    I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.

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    Alas, that mouse has de-ported.
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    of knowledge to the nipples of ignorance?" ~ Professor "Dick" Soloman



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    I'll nefver forget the time that a friend of mine brought over a computer that had been sitting unused in a basement for several years to see what was on the hard drive. We put it on the bench, hooked it up, and the second we turned it on several roaches came scurrying out.
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    Quote Originally Posted by n2ize View Post
    I'll nefver forget the time that a friend of mine brought over a computer that had been sitting unused in a basement for several years to see what was on the hard drive. We put it on the bench, hooked it up, and the second we turned it on several roaches came scurrying out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by n2ize View Post
    I'll nefver forget the time that a friend of mine brought over a computer that had been sitting unused in a basement for several years to see what was on the hard drive. We put it on the bench, hooked it up, and the second we turned it on several roaches came scurrying out.
    All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KJ6BSO View Post
    Is there a bird butt in that pile?

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    Don't run the time approaches
    Hotels and midnight coaches
    Be sure to hide the roaches

    Somebody forgot, somebody found a gold mine.

    Speaking of dead mice, have you considered taking taxidermy to the next level?
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