[SFDXA] The Ten Commandments of Boat Anchordom...

[Bill]

The Ten Commandments of Boat Anchordom...

1. Beware of the Chained Lightning, DC, AC, or HV of either; trifle not 
with it except whilst having one hand in thy pocket, and standing on 
thick rubber mats while wearing rubber-soled shoes, that thy days be 
many and not wind up as a cardiac arrest case.

2. Scoff not at The Manuals; unbelievers charge into the works headfirst 
and in a state of unknowing; their lamentations and cries fill the land, 
but not the airwaves.

3. If thou scoffest at #2 above,  RTFM, and learn what a fool thou art 
the easy way.  There is a hard way, but the wise eschew it, and the 
Emergency Room thereby.

4. Trifle not with Emission Testers for thy Firebottles;  a thing the 
unbelievers use, they are mostly unreliable as to near-shorts, gas, 
transconductance, plate, grid and filament current and other matters of 
importance. Seek the Shrine of Hickock.

5. Honor thy Elmers and other Boat Anchor users, especially those who 
have used them over one decade at least, and three or more is even 
better; for they know the ins and outs, hints and kinks, and will give 
thee much good advice.  Yea, sometimes all of it be contradictory, and a 
good deal of it pure hokum and puffery.  But let this not dismay thee.  
Just remember that sometime it betide that an Extra License may just 
mean that ye Hamme is just good at passing tests, period.

6. Treat Dirt, Dust, Rust, and Corrosion as thy mortal enemies. Yea, 
they are pervasive pests, and require constant vigilance, for these 
Devils seldom lie dead in a ditch.  Be sure, though, to use the proper 
lubricants and cleaners in their proper places; much wailing and 
gnashing of teeth will result from a confusion of mind over these 
substances.

7. If thou are unfortunate enough to have thy Boat Anchors lodged in an 
outbuilding or banished to the garage, redouble thy watch against 
enemies named in #6.

8. Test thy tubes yearly, and check thy alignment in the same season.  
If thou art a Banishee (see #7), do both twice yearly.

9. Always allow 1 hour warm-up before operating any Mohawk RX-1, and of 
a certainty, before testing or aligning anything with Firebottles in it.

10. Allow not the pricks and pins of Moderne Appliance Operators to 
injure thee; for they are surely imbeciles who dote on anything new, 
whilst ignoring The Wisdom of The Ages, and knoweth not the untold 
hours, days, weeks, months and sometimes years it takes to get a BA 
station on the air and then keep it running.  The True Master will 
embrace the Best of the New, and keep green and running the Best of The Old.