[R-390] Variacs and solas: additional thoughts.

[Barry Hauser]

As I wrote, Les, it depends on the circumstances -- standard "baseline".

Of course, if one has a 55 gal drum (steel?) of fine imported wine, in the 
overall perspective of things, a variac is not required.  But, this is 
getting into yet broader OT subject matter -- taking time to smell the 
roses, meaning of life on Earth, etc.

Truth be told, if I have any reliable indication that the previous owner 
recently fired up something I just got, I'll often skip the prenuptuals and 
go for broke, livin' large, fast 'n loose, etc.  Get's back to the 
circumstances, which include "state of mind at the time" which comes full 
'round, bearing on considerations such as supply of fine vintage, etc.

Can't really nail me with stealin' as most was pre-stole.  As for Steven 
Wright, I'm fond of his other one & two liners -- "Last night, somone broke 
into my apartment and replaced everything with an exact duplicate ... When I 
pointed this out to my roommate he said 'Do I know you?"

Here's another few:

"You never know what you had until it's gone.  I wanted to know what I had, 
so I got rid of everything."  This has special relevance for those afflicted 
with boatanchor collection syndrome as does:

"You can't have everything.  Where would you put it?"

"Staying at an old hotel -- they sent a wakeup letter."

"Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while, I was a suspect."  Reminds me --  
anybody heard from Nolan?

"When I die, I'm going to leave my body to science ... fiction."

"I bought some batteries, but they weren't included."

"It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to paint it."  (nor every B/A I've 
got that could use a touch-up)

Finally .. . "There's a fine line between fishing and standing by the shore 
like an idiot."  (no add'l comment -- but doesn't apply to you, Les, if'n 
you catch my drift)

OK one more for the road "It doesn't make a difference what temperature the 
room is, it's always room temperature."  (poss. relevant to certain highly 
exacting measurements.)

These quotes were all freshly stolen -- or maybe they're exact duplicates? 
No 55 gal drum here, that half a quart will have to do...

Barry











----- Original Message ----- 
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Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 2:12 PM
Subject: Re: [R-390] Variacs and solas: additional thoughts.


>
> Acccckkkkkk, Grrrrrrrrrrrrr, oh well, I was going to make a "smart" reply,
> but drank another glass of fine imported wine from my 55 gallon drum 
> direct
> from  the vineyards and stayed quiet!
>
> Les Locklear
>
> 42.7% of all statistics are made up on the  spot.
>
> Steven Wright
>
> (Go ahead Barry, steal this one too!)
>
> In a message dated 5/1/2005 1:01:20 PM Central Daylight Time,
> ToddRoberts2001 at aol.com writes:
>
> After  all, no thread
> beating a dead horse is complete without mentioning the  3TF7 ballast 
> tube!
>
>
>
>
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