tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post290653809321882289..comments2024-03-28T10:08:38.560-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: It Never Rains But It Sleets. Torrentially.Roberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-80292830879937446472008-12-18T16:16:00.000-05:002008-12-18T16:16:00.000-05:00tam: thanks for catching that an helping me not fe...tam: thanks for catching that an helping me not feel like the biggest dork on earth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-26159965660830838612008-12-18T15:20:00.000-05:002008-12-18T15:20:00.000-05:00"(can you say, two turntables and a microphone)"I ..."<I>(can you say, two turntables and a microphone)</I>"<BR/><BR/>I sure can: "Where it's at."Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-25244260789957214082008-12-18T10:51:00.000-05:002008-12-18T10:51:00.000-05:00Actually, I was in the entertainment division (can...Actually, I was in the entertainment division (can you say, two turntables and a microphone) but I had so many other... skills I was often called upon to do... other things. The station owner used to buy finals at surplus auctions, and we'd often change two or three before finding one that hit. <BR/><BR/>I will never again, however, climb a tower to change a lightbulb. In an ice storm. No farking way. Plus, I'm too fat to be up a tower anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-66803704312262471672008-12-18T08:05:00.000-05:002008-12-18T08:05:00.000-05:00Hyper-thetical drive?Captcha: chonc(The sound a sa...Hyper-thetical drive?<BR/><BR/>Captcha: chonc<BR/>(The sound a safety-interlock door should make.)Turk Turonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02648721047835980871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-62675887771977984712008-12-18T00:13:00.000-05:002008-12-18T00:13:00.000-05:00Thank you, George! --So easy to miss these things...Thank you, George! --So easy to miss these things.<BR/><BR/> DW, power grid tubes are still being made all over the dear old Earth, and rebuilt, too. Burle Industries, Litton/L3 and Eimac in the US, along with rebuilders Econco and Kennetron; Marconi in the UK, I think Thomson in France still cranks 'em out, as do several outfits in Russia and China. For smaller tubes, there are a good many makers scattered all over the globe -- Russia, China and Eastern Europe have the most.<BR/><BR/> Extrasolar, Vineways has a tube rebuilder; they do CRTs and power tubes and will tackle most anything.<BR/><BR/> Novy Lenin most probably can make vacuum tubes of all sorts, they've supposedly got all manner of heavy industry and the smaller ones that support it, if you don't mind it bein' a "worker's paradise" with hot & cold running smog and most mid-1950s tech. Very touchy government; past general outlines, most of what we think we know comes down to guesswork based on hints. :)<BR/><BR/> Og's bein' modest, rumor has it he retired from starship work (Engineering Chief) prior to his present profession. He will deny this, of course.<BR/> ;)Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-33114425887140064032008-12-17T23:29:00.000-05:002008-12-17T23:29:00.000-05:00So the odds are I'll be finishing that job in a te...<I>So the odds are I'll be finishing that job in a tearing hurry soon, or under less time pressure once we're <B>subliminal</B> inbound to our next stop.</I><BR/><BR/><BR/>Subliminal? Don't ya mean subluminal, or are you still running an inferential drive?GeorgeHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10736838055941100599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-89576906110416071822008-12-17T22:35:00.000-05:002008-12-17T22:35:00.000-05:00Vacuum tubes?! Do you get 'em from the ex-Sov' pl...<I>Vacuum tubes?!</I> <BR/><BR/>Do you get 'em from the ex-Sov' planets? Last I heard, they were the only source, other than Gramma's attic...Dranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082177597135236652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-62129191822138891182008-12-17T22:26:00.000-05:002008-12-17T22:26:00.000-05:00Sweet. Me, I try to stay away from the big sparky ...Sweet. Me, I try to stay away from the big sparky stuff these days. But once upon a time...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-66282324859727392592008-12-17T21:21:00.000-05:002008-12-17T21:21:00.000-05:00OCTETS!?We never go above heptets.That's some ser...OCTETS!?<BR/><BR/>We <I>never </I> go above heptets.<BR/><BR/>That's some serious s***.Turk Turonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02648721047835980871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-7539083968451839702008-12-17T21:10:00.000-05:002008-12-17T21:10:00.000-05:00I would have been transporting myself out of there...I would have been transporting myself out of there. . .<BR/><BR/>Sometimes your job is like Tribbles on Steroids. .Home on the Rangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836315423040719919noreply@blogger.com