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Article #3394Re: Resistor Color code sayings
From: Barry Fowler
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1989 22:59
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1989 22:59
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marks@mgse.UUCP (Mark Seiffert) writes:
>Sometime ago i learned electronics in the Army, not much but a little.
>One of the things we learned were sayings to help learn the resistor
>>color code system. I only remeber part of one, something like
>"bad booze rots our young guts ....". Does anyone know the rest of this
>or another ones? Are there any 'clean' ones?
>--
>Mark Seiffert, Metairie, LA.
>uucp: rex!mgse!marks
>bitnet: marks%mgse@REX.CS.TULANE.EDU
>internet: marks%mgse@rex.cs.tulane.edu
Well, I know one and no "sexist flames", please. I forgot the clean
version ('shows you how effective that was).
Bad Black
Boy Brown
Rape Red
Our Orange
Young Yellow
Girls Green
But Blue
Violet Violet
Gives Gray
Willingly White
This was taught to us in high school by an instructor that was previously
an Air Force OJT instructor.
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