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How old are you?
wkb:
Oh.. while I am at it, I am sure people here can relate to this nice catch phrase I picked up from an email .sig:
"You are young only once, but you can stay immature all your life".
Coupled with:
"If you refrain from doing anything that could be harmful to you, you might not live longer, but it sure as h*ll will feel a lot longer"
* wkb ducks in a corner and continues work on the N-connectors on a VHF HAM radio aerial coax cable.
CJMiller:
Hi guys, new to the forums. I'm 28 years old... Or, 0x1C in programmer years. I have a background in game development and software, but I started getting into electronics about a year ago. One of my hobbies is arcade repair and restoration, which of course led me to electronics repair.
I think one of the things that really got me interested is CRT displays. I just find the whole phenomenon fascinating, and I love the way old low res CRT games look. Especially the 15kHz variety.
AntiProtonBoy:
--- Quote from: CJMiller on May 02, 2012, 10:21:23 pm ---I think one of the things that really got me interested is CRT displays.
--- End quote ---
I also have a fascination with tubes. So much so, I'd consider taking up a glass blowing course and learn how to make them.
Teneyes:
63 , But curious as an eight year old. I'm most thankful for the nurturing events in life.
My older Brother who bought me an electronics kits for Xmas.
That letter writing exercise in grade 6 for electronics information, but unlike the rest of the class, got me NO response to show the teacher. :( But later my Mother had to tell the Devry Institute recruiter, who flew 2000 miles to see me, that maybe come back in a few years. And he did in grade 10 and 1st year. Grateful for the TV repair shop in high school; ..the Satellite company and the many opportunities in this expanding field....always enjoyable.
Now just parttime, helping grow InSb semiconductor. (big clue)
rf-loop:
I have started hobby around 1960 with building my first diode detector radio just before go to school.
After hobby years electronic have been also main work.
Young I think that I can really know something if I study and exercise in work and in hobby very intensive and always eyes open and interesting to find new things - I was thinking that I know more and more... Today I'm not at all sure. Only what can realize is that more study, only what happend is that it can somehow understand that really do not know anythink. Even simplest resistor is so complex that it is extremely difficult to understand.
And measuremensts. As long as there is only just one clock you know exact time. If there is more than one, there is not accurate time. same for voltage, same for what ever.
What is age? I know one 40 year "old man" and 80 year young man.
I can still play with toys.
I can laugh for EE who just come from high level school and he think he is now ready and know all things. This is most fun what I know.
But also when I make mistake I can go to mirror and laugh - I have lot of these allready done and I know there are lot of next mistakes waiting, so I can laugh still many times in forward.
This my first radio chrystal looks just like this:
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