[NJARC] 63/37 Solder at $8.50 a pound on ebay

[John Ruccolo]

Hi Bill O.

I've got a tip for you -- don't be sticking your iron in places where it doesn't 
belong....you could get burned.

Later,

JR

PS -- One last thing -- all this nonsense brings to mind an incident that 
happened to me ages ago. Summer of '78 -- I'm working at Radio Shack. A grumpy 
old geezer walks in and asks for "solder tape." I said "what's that?" He 
explained that it was solder in *tape* (foil) form, that you wrapped around a 
connection and let with a match. Talk about half-a$$ soldering! I said, "Nahh, 
we don't have anything like that."

Much to my surprise, we *did* have it. My boss knew about it -- the grumpy old 
geezer gave me a dirty look. I felt like saying "Buy a *real* soldering iron and 
some *real* solder, you grumpy old goat." Must have been a CBer....

Come to think of it, he looked a bit like John Dilks. Less gray in the beard, a 
bit younger of course (this was over 30 years ago). Hmmmm.....;-)



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Subject: Re: [NJARC] 63/37 Solder at $8.50 a pound on ebay

Thanks for the tip.

It looks like the Solder Collectors Club of America (SCCA) is defunct. Their 
website is now the Sports Car Club of Afghanistan. I dot find their site very 
interesting and their last rally bombed out.

Bill O


Folks,
>
>Perhaps you should join the Solder Collector's Association (SCA).
>
>They have a really cool website: http://www.soldercollectorsassociation.com
>
>You can also join their reflector: 
>http://www.soldercollectorsassociation.com/join
>
>
>Later,
>
>JR