Re: (ET) 36 to 14V

[Charlie <medievalist gmail com>]

Hey, you guys do NOT want to get me started on politics.  I have a
natural gift for mortally offending everyone, regardless of their
political positions.

And I still want a bolt-in replacement for the toaster that doesn't
waste any energy...  so I can carry the toaster as a "spare" in case
of magic smoke leakage.

--Charlie

On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 3:10 PM, David Roden (Akron OH USA)
<etpost drmm net> wrote:
> On 3 Jan 2013 at 14:00, RJ Kanary wrote:
>
>> The analogy intended was "Don't spend what you don't have".
>
> Always good advice. ;-)
>
>
>>  And let's face it. the Federal Government is a fine example of how NOT
>> to do many things.
>
> I would argue that the this is at least partly because many of our
> legislators believe in their hearts that government is always the 
> problem,
> never the solution.  They then set out to prove themselves right.
>
> In effect, instead of working for us, they're working against us.
>
> Why Americans continue to vote into office people who think that their
> highest calling is to make government fail - that is, NOT do their jobs 
> - is
> a mystery to me.
>
> However, I'm not here to talk politics.  (Thank goodness.)
>
>
>> "Lucas Smoke" is the generic term for the result of
>> electrical/electronic equipment failure.Once the smoke is allowed to
>> escape, it doesn't function any more. :(
>
> I call that "magic smoke."  Same effect when it escapes, however.
>
>
>> BTW, I have two younger brothers that are Federal employees. One in the
>> DOJ, the other mans a fire station at a Veterans' Hospital campus.
>> Raises for them have been few and far between. :(
>>
>
> Don't get me started.  :-(
>
>
>
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