Hi, Jim -
On Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 06:56:40PM -0000, luv2bsailin wrote:
> Hi Ben,
> I agree with you about surplus military/aerospace equipment.
> Your comment "...it'll keep working till doomsday..." is especially
> appropriate as much of is was part of our cold war nuclear arms race
> and was designed with exactly that in mind!
[grin] I often sneak stuff like that in, mostly for my own amusement -
as well as that of anyone else who happens to get it. You got it. :)
> Being in the aviation field I've worked with a lot of that kind of
> stuff over the years and often marvel at the engineering that went
> into it. Seems a shame NOT to use it after all the money and effort
> expended!
Agreed! I actually find it quite annoying that the design and the
quality of electrical equipment has become horribly shoddy over time...
but never mind, I could rant about that for hours. I think I'll go look
at a beautiful, *massive*, roller-bearing battery switch that came off a
US Navy ship and calm down. :)
--
Ben Okopnik
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