No, not the Royal Navy (Even though the merchant marine of the time sometimes thought of themselves that way) those taxes taxes went directly to shore up the East India Tea Company, who also had exclusive rights to all tea sales in the colonies. The colonies were the victims of a particularly pernicious monarchy-mandated circle-jerk without having a seat at the table, which is what eventually resulted in all that unpleasantness in the Boston Harbor back then.
As with all matters of import (or matters of taxation and export), if you want to know what really happened and why, FOLLOW. THE. MONEY.
It's funny how countries schools never teach their children the inglorious parts of their history. In British schools we're told lots of good things about ourselves but not about the grossest parts of our history. So, Winston Churchill is a hero, not the man who ordered the massive use of chemical weapons against Russian revolutionaries in Emtsa in August 1919, or their use against Iraqi Kurds in the early 1920's. The huge war crime of the fire bombing of the civilian population of Dresden by the RAF got no mention in my history lessons. I've never know a Briton who knew about these things from school history lessons.
Similarly I've never know an American who knew the fully story of the prelude to the US Revolution from what they had been taught in school. In US schools, little or no mention is made of the Royal Proclamation of 1763 which established a line down the Appalachians which was supposed to be the limit of British settlement in North America, leaving the area to the west of the Proclamation Line for the Native Americans (and Spanish territory from the west coast inland). European scholars conclude that it was objections to this restriction that ultimately sparked the American Revolution ten years later, not a principled stand against "No taxation without representation". American scholars, for some reason, take the exact opposite position. On the "follow the money" principle, which is more likely a motivator, skipping a bit of tax*, or a massive land grab for the purposes of property speculation.
* 18th century taxes were generally negligible compared to modern levels of taxation and the tax on tea, a highly taxed luxury good, was 3d a pound versus a price of 24d a pound including tax (12.5% gross, 14.28% net). There was no Income Tax in Britain until 1798, when it was at the staggering level of 0.83% for income over £60 a year (£7140 present value).
Sometimes you have to accept defeat. I just spent hours putting the vertical board back into the 465 and the result is the scope is in worse shape than when I started. Channel 1 trace but no response to any input. Channel 2 no trace at all. I checked and double checked all connections and they're OK. I'm in no mood at this point to try to toubleshoot this mess. But I'm not scrapping it, although tempted. I'm putting it away and I'll come back to it another day. It's rare that I can't fix a piece of equipment but this 465 is kicking my butt. So to avoid doing something stupid it will be put away...for now.
hate to say this.......and you will probably curse my eyes for suggesting it......BUT.....maybe you should consider getting a second 465 for module swapping and signal cross checking.
two of everything is almost a TEA minimum.
ok, now you can hunt me down and kill me like a dog.
No I won't.....because I had the same thought! A true TEA addict.
The 465 is securely tucked away in the bottom of the scope cart waiting for the day when I pull it out and we do battle again.
On top of this, those taxes were paid AT THE DOCKS, (docks that were built by colonist labor, using indigenous materials, and managed by colonial property owners in all levels except the highest, where the money was) to his Majesty's agents backed directly by British soldiers. Importers with subsidy by the crown like EITC were exempted from slip fees, which was where those property owners made their profit from the operation of those docks.
Sometimes you have to accept defeat. I just spent hours putting the vertical board back into the 465 and the result is the scope is in worse shape than when I started. Channel 1 trace but no response to any input. Channel 2 no trace at all. I checked and double checked all connections and they're OK. I'm in no mood at this point to try to toubleshoot this mess. But I'm not scrapping it, although tempted. I'm putting it away and I'll come back to it another day. It's rare that I can't fix a piece of equipment but this 465 is kicking my butt. So to avoid doing something stupid it will be put away...for now.
hate to say this.......and you will probably curse my eyes for suggesting it......BUT.....maybe you should consider getting a second 465 for module swapping and signal cross checking.
two of everything is almost a TEA minimum.
ok, now you can hunt me down and kill me like a dog.
On top of this, those taxes were paid AT THE DOCKS, (docks that were built by colonist labor, using indigenous materials, and managed by colonial property owners in all levels except the highest, where the money was) to his Majesty's agents backed directly by British soldiers. Importers with subsidy by the crown like EITC were exempted from slip fees, which was where those property owners made their profit from the operation of those docks.
My dear chap, that is the fundamental nature of how taxation works. Somebody from the Tyrant/Dictator/King/Government turns up and demands, on the basis that you own some property/have been paid for some work/want to buy something, that you give them money on a more or less explicit threat that violence will be done to you unless you hand over the dosh. It's just that nowadays the uniformed men with weapons only turn up after the Tyrant's/Dictator's/King's/Government's courts have committed you for non-payment. It hasn't really changed at all.
Sometimes you have to accept defeat. I just spent hours putting the vertical board back into the 465 and the result is the scope is in worse shape than when I started. Channel 1 trace but no response to any input. Channel 2 no trace at all. I checked and double checked all connections and they're OK. I'm in no mood at this point to try to toubleshoot this mess. But I'm not scrapping it, although tempted. I'm putting it away and I'll come back to it another day. It's rare that I can't fix a piece of equipment but this 465 is kicking my butt. So to avoid doing something stupid it will be put away...for now.
hate to say this.......and you will probably curse my eyes for suggesting it......BUT.....maybe you should consider getting a second 465 for module swapping and signal cross checking.
two of everything is almost a TEA minimum.
ok, now you can hunt me down and kill me like a dog.
Pah! That's for wimps. Real Men (TM) simply look at the schematic and think.
Inspiration:
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=lpY-DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT18&lpg=PT18&dq=%22richard+feynman%22+repair+radios&source=bl&ots=tpQ8qk5B7S&sig=on4QeG40j2Rlm_UUSIY3nac1CvE
hate to say this.......and you will probably curse my eyes for suggesting it......BUT.....maybe you should consider getting a second 465 for module swapping and signal cross checking.
two of everything is almost a TEA minimum.
ok, now you can hunt me down and kill me like a dog.
No I won't.....because I had the same thought! A true TEA addict.
The 465 is securely tucked away in the bottom of the scope cart waiting for the day when I pull it out and we do battle again.
Sometimes you have to accept defeat. I just spent hours putting the vertical board back into the 465 and the result is the scope is in worse shape than when I started. Channel 1 trace but no response to any input. Channel 2 no trace at all. I checked and double checked all connections and they're OK. I'm in no mood at this point to try to toubleshoot this mess. But I'm not scrapping it, although tempted. I'm putting it away and I'll come back to it another day. It's rare that I can't fix a piece of equipment but this 465 is kicking my butt. So to avoid doing something stupid it will be put away...for now.
hate to say this.......and you will probably curse my eyes for suggesting it......BUT.....maybe you should consider getting a second 465 for module swapping and signal cross checking.
two of everything is almost a TEA minimum.
ok, now you can hunt me down and kill me like a dog.
Pah! That's for wimps. Real Men (TM) simply look at the schematic and think.
Inspiration:
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=lpY-DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT18&lpg=PT18&dq=%22richard+feynman%22+repair+radios&source=bl&ots=tpQ8qk5B7S&sig=on4QeG40j2Rlm_UUSIY3nac1CvE
The 465 is securely tucked away in the bottom of the scope cart waiting for the day when I pull it out and we do battle again.
Sometimes you have to accept defeat. I just spent hours putting the vertical board back into the 465 and the result is the scope is in worse shape than when I started. Channel 1 trace but no response to any input. Channel 2 no trace at all. I checked and double checked all connections and they're OK. I'm in no mood at this point to try to toubleshoot this mess. But I'm not scrapping it, although tempted. I'm putting it away and I'll come back to it another day. It's rare that I can't fix a piece of equipment but this 465 is kicking my butt. So to avoid doing something stupid it will be put away...for now.
hate to say this.......and you will probably curse my eyes for suggesting it......BUT.....maybe you should consider getting a second 465 for module swapping and signal cross checking.
two of everything is almost a TEA minimum.
ok, now you can hunt me down and kill me like a dog.
Pah! That's for wimps. Real Men (TM) simply look at the schematic and think.
Inspiration:
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=lpY-DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT18&lpg=PT18&dq=%22richard+feynman%22+repair+radios&source=bl&ots=tpQ8qk5B7S&sig=on4QeG40j2Rlm_UUSIY3nac1CvE
Feynman?!?
Why'd you have to bring RELIGION into this?
mnem
"“Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”
The 465 is securely tucked away in the bottom of the scope cart waiting for the day when I pull it out and we do battle again.
He who fights and puts away, gets to Widlarize it another day.
Pah! That's for wimps. Real Men (TM) simply look at the schematic and think.
Inspiration:
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=lpY-DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT18&lpg=PT18&dq=%22richard+feynman%22+repair+radios&source=bl&ots=tpQ8qk5B7S&sig=on4QeG40j2Rlm_UUSIY3nac1CvE
Feynman?!?
Why'd you have to bring RELIGION into this?
mnem
"“Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”
Not religion, mysticism.
At least scientific mysticism is more on-topic than the politics of taxation.
Just a warning however. I used to work with a guy years ago and we decided to widlarize the NDS server when we switched over to AD. So out it went into the car park, two clue bats were located (2x4’s) and the shit was merrily beaten out of it.
On the way back in, hey X you’re bleeding. Oh where? There was a 4 in long metal splinter from some front panel shielding that had gone through his trouser leg and he was pissing blood out like a tap. Cue me scrubbing blood out of footwell carpets that evening after I ran him up to the hospital. Not a major injury fortunately but you can imagine where it can go.
Some kit bites back
Also advice from Bob Pease who used a Maxim calendar in his car footwell to protect it from dirt (and blood potentially)
And on that note I’m going to bed.
showed the local tech control guy the now working circuit and the bad patch cord. to our amazement he took the bad cord and hung it back up with all the other spare cords (despite our protest!). he actually said "those patch cords are $35 each, you can't just throw them away". my buddy "ugly bob" grabbed a pair of dikes off the tool board and cut the bastard into a dozen or so 2 inch pieces.
My pile of D83’s is sitting in the hall waiting for the motivation to overcome some nasty hurdles too.
Well Ebay might be dead as far finding new items of TE to feed my TEA addiction but I've sold a couple of items in the last few days, sadly I have had to part company with my HP 1740A and also my Keithley 160 as I had neither the real need for them or the space to keep them as my gear has to be used to warrant a place in my collection. I did love that 1740A but out of my scopes, it was also the one most likely to fail on me as it has let me down a couple of times with the poor connections between boards that need to be wriggled every now and then My Iwatsu and Hitachi have been faultless in their performance.
The 160, rock solid as it has been everytime I did manage to use it, was sadly lacking the AC functions that other meters have and was only a 3.5 digit and I have plenty of handhelds that cover that area for me with more ranges / features, yes I know you Nixie lovers will probably hate me that, but it needed to be somewhere where it might be more appreciated , so I gave it its freedom
Now I'll have to wait for something else to crop up that catches my eye, not had much time for TEA activities laterly, helping my eldest Son move into his new flat with all the trials and tribulations that go along with the territory.
showed the local tech control guy the now working circuit and the bad patch cord. to our amazement he took the bad cord and hung it back up with all the other spare cords (despite our protest!). he actually said "those patch cords are $35 each, you can't just throw them away". my buddy "ugly bob" grabbed a pair of dikes off the tool board and cut the bastard into a dozen or so 2 inch pieces.
Quite right too.
I've occasionally warned new engineers that "saving" bad RF cables will result in two unwanted things being widlarised. The dawning comprehension is pleasant to behold; the speed of comprehension is a useful guide.
Well Ebay might be dead as far finding new items of TE to feed my TEA addiction but I've sold a couple of items in the last few days, sadly I have had to part company with my HP 1740A and also my Keithley 160 as I had neither the real need for them or the space to keep them as my gear has to be used to warrant a place in my collection. I did love that 1740A but out of my scopes, it was also the one most likely to fail on me as it has let me down a couple of times with the poor connections between boards that need to be wriggled every now and then My Iwatsu and Hitachi have been faultless in their performance.
The 160, rock solid as it has been everytime I did manage to use it, was sadly lacking the AC functions that other meters have and was only a 3.5 digit and I have plenty of handhelds that cover that area for me with more ranges / features, yes I know you Nixie lovers will probably hate me that, but it needed to be somewhere where it might be more appreciated , so I gave it its freedom
Now I'll have to wait for something else to crop up that catches my eye, not had much time for TEA activities laterly, helping my eldest Son move into his new flat with all the trials and tribulations that go along with the territory.
you sir are a hard piece of work.
only a man of notoriously vicious and intemperate disposition could part with a 1740a AND a piece of nixie equipment (and both in the same week!).
your infamy will become legend.
(ok.....i stole most of that from a clint eastwood movie. but hey........are you made of stone?)
As everyone is in mourning during this, the great eBay drought of 2018, ......
@nixiefreqq, I confess my sins looking absolution, if it's any consolation, I do have 3 other HP items that I have no intention of parting with, they are 2 x 3466A and 3478A. As for the Nixie, well I think its gone to a good home where it will be treated like a lord.
The 1740A was too large and heavy for my small bench area which is better suited to a smaller size of scope, which my other 3 are. I know it was not all that long ago that I nursed it back to health after it had been sorely neglected by its previous owner and I do know that it has gone a lover of vintage HP gear and will his jewel in the crown, so all's well that ends well.