[ARC5] What's a Transformer?

[Bob kb8tq]

Hi

….. their eyesight and dexterity is a bit better than most of “us old guys” when it comes to repairs. 
They grab a soldering iron and dive into stuff that I’d have to do under a microscope these days.

Bob

> On Jul 3, 2018, at 9:39 AM, Peter Gottlieb <kb2vtl at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On the other hand, we have a hard time memorizing and navigating menus but they find it easy and natural. 
> 
> 
> Peter
> 
>> On Jul 3, 2018, at 9:07 AM, Scott Robinson <spr at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> 
>> And some kids now, when confronted with a radio with rotary knobs, can't figure out what to do, 'cause it ain't a touch screen.
>> 
>> Time marches on...
>> 
>> /scott robinson
>> 
>>> On 7/3/18 12:15 AM, Robert Downs via ARC5 wrote:
>>> Yeah, or the one where the punch line is “Well, at least we now know what a Plover’s egg looks like.”.
>>> Robert Downs
>>> *From:*arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net] *On Behalf Of *Christopher Bowne
>>> *Sent:* Monday, July 2, 2018 21:01
>>> *To:* mkdorney at aol.com
>>> *Cc:* arc5 at mailman.qth.net; releazer at earthlink.net
>>> *Subject:* Re: [ARC5] What's a Transformer?
>>> Reminds me of the old joke about the city kids out in countryside seeing a milk box with a pile of empty bottles around it and asking if that was a cow’s nest.  If course today’s kids wouldn’t even make the connection of the glass bottles with milk!
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> On Jul 2, 2018, at 10:08, mkdorney--- via ARC5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net <mailto:arc5 at mailman.qth.net>> wrote:
>>>   Try showing a kid a typewriter some time.  When my son saw one for
>>>   the first time, he asked me where the screen was.
>>>   73
>>>   Mark
>>>   WW2RDO
>>>   In a message dated 7/2/2018 9:17:37 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>>>   releazer at earthlink.net <mailto:releazer at earthlink.net> writes:
>>>       I previously mentioned my salvaging a big transformer out of a
>>>       AM/FM stereo receiver.Late yesterday I was walking my dog and
>>>       ran into a young guy I know, the grandson of my next door
>>>       neighbor, and told him about my find.
>>>       The kid's  a real wiz at computers and has his own workbench in
>>>       the garage with electronic parts and a soldering iron.  He is
>>>       not afraid to take things apart and fix them.  But he responded
>>>       by saying "What's a transformer?  What's it look like?"
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