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John Fields wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 04:10:25 +0545, "Kadaitcha Man"
> <nntp.news@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Lionel <usenet@imagenoir.com> Thou dimunitive of nature. Thou bug-eyed,
>> unmuzzled confirmer of false reckonings. Ye wallowed:  
>>
>>> On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 21:21:28 +0545, "Kadaitcha Man"
>>> <nntp.news@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Lionel <usenet@imagenoir.com> Thou nit. Though you bite so sharp at
>>>> reasons, you are so empty of them. Ye leaked:
>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 07:00:37 -0500, John Fields
>>>>> <jfields@austininstruments.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:07:43 +1000, Lionel <usenet@imagenoir.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:47:48 -0500, John Fields
>>>>>>> <jfields@austininstruments.com> wrote:
>>>>> [...]
>>>>>>>>>>>> You'd better behave or we will confiscate your multimeter.
>>>>>>>>>>> Ha! I have TWO!
>>>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>>>> One for volts and the other one for amps?
>>>>>>>>> Quite often, actually. And nearly as often for monitoring
>>>>>>>>> voltages on different parts of a breadboard circuit.
>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>> Just one for volts should work well with just an incandescent
>>>>>>>> lamp
>>>>>   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>>>>>>> and a battery in the circuit.
>>>>>   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>>>>>> Well then, that'll save you a little cash & bench space, won't it?
>>>>>>> ;^)
>>>>>> Why would I worry about that?
>>>>> <sigh> Because you were just pointing out that you were only working
>>>>> with simple lamp & battery circuits, so you only needed one meter,
>>>>> instead of the two that I often require. So I politely observed that
>>>>> /one/ meter will generally cost you less than /two/ meters, & that
>>>>> /one/ meter would also likely take up less bench space than /two/
>>>>> meters, you see? I trust that was a little easier for you to grasp
>>>>> the second time around.
>>>>>
>>>>>> I've got plenty of both, plus some test equipment and parts
>>>>> For your lamp & battery circuits? What on earth for? You've already
>>>>> admitted that you only need one meter to get the job done.
>>>>> Really, rather than wasting good test gear, etc, you should sell it
>>>>> or give it to someone who actually /needs/ lots of gear.
>>>> How much effort do you think it will take me to convince him he
>>>> needs at least a dual trace oscilloscope for his lamp and battery
>>>> circuits? Plus a pulse generator, a frequency generator, spectrum
>>>> analyser, vector signal analyser, function generator, logic analyser
>>>> and perhaps a time-domain reflectometer as well?
>>> Bugger-all, most likely. It's amazing what lame excuses a genuine
>>> gearhead can come up with to justify buying the shiny new gizmo they
>>> saw on the front cover of the latest issue of "Whatsit World".
> 
> ---
> So, because you disapprove of the shiny new gizmo, whether you
> understand why the "gearheads" like it or not, you summarily decide
> they shouldn't buy what you don't issue permission for them to buy? 
> 
> Y'know Lionel, the more I read you the more I'm starting to realize
> that you're really unhappy and you want everyone else to be unhappy
> too, because misery loves company.
*ding* looney loonel lauer is crazy and miserable. He's unwanted and 
unloved by all.
> 
> Kinda like if you can make everyone else feel that they're
> subservient to you then you'll be top dog.  Still unhappy, but less
> unhappy than those under your heel.
But he's under the heels of everyone else and he knows it.
> ---
>  
>> Caused by lump sum retirement benefits. He'll be crying poor in a year and 
>> be looking for welfare handouts and food stamps.
> 
> ---
> Not likely, since I'm already collecting "Social Security", the
> interest I'm getting from the fund I paid into all my working life.
> My goal is to stay alive long enough to recover principal and
> interest. 
> 
>