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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Things that surprise you about the past |
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Posted: 13 Nov 2013, 12:00 am
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Replies: 37
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| -That smoking was socially acceptable. I get this feeling that during the 1950s, there was some sort of pro-smoking lobby, akin to how the NRA is for guns. If that's the case, then we'd be seeing toddlers LIGHTING UP! There was as much of a pro-smoking lobby then as there is a pro-overeating lobby ... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Aaron's Valve Appreciation Thread |
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Posted: 29 Jul 2013, 10:53 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,786
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| Maximum output into 600Ω headphones is 170mW; 40mW for 32Ω phones. It runs my 32Ω set with no effort at all, but I would like to eventually get a good set of 600Ω phones to compare. My amplifier is based closely on one originally designed by Aren Van Waarde, which seems to have b... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Aaron's Valve Appreciation Thread |
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Posted: 29 Jul 2013, 3:17 pm
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Replies: 12
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| Why a 60 second thermal relay for HT though, wont the cathode reach operational temp in just 20some seconds or less, seems a bit long tis all. : p Edit: Or why not just use a valve rectifier instead of I'm guessing 1N4007's? A GZ34 could eliminate most of the need for a timer relay, because it's he... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What will people be nostalgic for the 2000s decade for? |
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Posted: 27 Jul 2013, 5:20 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,677
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| The golden age of the Internet, before "Web 2.0" turned it into a commercial wasteland. When the top hits in Google contained the information you were after on private websites, not a bunch of huge corporate retailers who happen to be selling whatever keyword you typed in. When immature 12-year-old ... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: DON'T DRIVE |
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Posted: 27 Jul 2013, 5:09 am
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,318
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| DON'T OWN A CAR... CAN'T AFFORD TO DRIVE... NO JOB TO PAY FOR GAS, INSURANCE AND THE CAR. PLUS NO LICENSE :x SO GET YOUR LICENSE... GET A PIECE OF s**t CHEAP CAR... GET A JOB TO PAY FOR THE GAS, ALSO SAVE FOR A NOT sh***y CAR. PLUS INDEPENDENCE. Relicanth7, I don't have any 300Bs, so you win a rand... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Aaron's Valve Appreciation Thread |
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Posted: 27 Jul 2013, 4:33 am
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Replies: 12
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| Great thread idea! I could fill this thing, but here are just a few of my treasures. Click the thumbnails for larger pictures. Here is an old picture of a small piece of my tube collection. I have everything from worthless TV tubes to valuable pieces of electronics history from as early as 1915. Thi... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Al Gore One of Us? |
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Posted: 14 Jul 2013, 3:02 am
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Replies: 15
Views: 5,475
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PlatedDrake wrote: Quite frankly, Al Gore is just another idiot politician like most others.
QFT. Don't forget, even if someone is on the spectrum, that does not mean they're automatically an intelligent person. There are plenty of dumb Aspies just like there are dumb NTs. |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Is anyone going to visit their old high school? |
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Posted: 21 Apr 2013, 3:30 am
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Replies: 22
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| Next year will be 10 years since I graduated. If they invite me to a reunion, I still have not decided if that's something I would go to. On one hand, I want to see how those who were so full of themselves have failed, and maybe chance running into the one or two friends that I had. Another part of ... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Most Horrible Commercials |
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Posted: 21 Apr 2013, 3:03 am
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Replies: 65
Views: 13,998
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| All commercials sicken me. Advertisers prey on peoples' weaknesses to make sure they keep wasting their money on useless s**t instead of saving it. Pharmaceutical commercials in particular are disturbing. 10 seconds about what the product is, and 50 seconds about how it will mess you up worse or kil... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: How conventional are you? |
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Posted: 04 Feb 2013, 12:07 am
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,945
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| 1. I prefer hot summer weather over snow or cold rain. FALSE. 2. I think dogs are better pets than cats. FALSE!! !! 3. I am right handed. TRUE 4. I'm male and I prefer rock or rap music, or I'm female and prefer Top 40 pop music. MALE AND ROCK 5. I would describe myself as religious. FALSE! 6. I wou... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Do you hate to be close to someone when they're smoking? |
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Posted: 03 Feb 2013, 11:53 pm
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Replies: 35
Views: 2,608
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| I really don't care. Second hand smoke is not the evil killer that everyone makes it out to be. I assume you mean outdoors, as smoking has been banned indoors in most locations. I hate to see now that people who want to enjoy a smoke outside are being segregated into designated areas. If you are out... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Anyone interested in nightlights |
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Posted: 03 Feb 2013, 11:46 pm
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Replies: 8
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| Lights, yes. My 'night light' that sits on my nightstand is a brass candlestick lamp with a 104-year-old socket on it. The lamp itself is probably the same age, but I have no way to tell. The 2cp sign bulb that I have in it dates to the same decade, 1900-1910. I put a diode inside it to cut the duty... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: The Solution to Sarcasm on the Internet? |
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Posted: 29 Jan 2013, 12:39 am
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Replies: 8
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| God forbid someone gets offended by my comment because they suck at reading sarcasm. |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Getting fired at work for something I posted on facebook |
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Posted: 16 Jan 2013, 2:55 am
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Replies: 43
Views: 33,831
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Dump Facebook. In a world of dicks who have nothing better to do than get into other peoples' business, it's not worth it.
Do you really get anything from it that you couldn't do without? |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: How do women think of men who are virgins? |
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Posted: 16 Jan 2013, 2:11 am
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Replies: 49
Views: 1,133
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| Or would some women think its fun to have sex with a man who is a virgin? Actually yes, some women like 'conquering uncharted territory.' This is how it happened for me the first time. She joked, although I believe there was some truth in there, that some women like to 'train' inexperienced men to ... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Sealing wax, to cabbages and kings! What about razors? |
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Posted: 16 Jan 2013, 1:42 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,921
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