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      wanttaja replied to the thread The "Back in my day" Thread.
      Lowes. Intermatic Model ST01 Self-Adjusting Wall Switch Timer. They're $56 on Amazon. It's kind of complicated to set up, but works...
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      wanttaja replied to the thread The "Back in my day" Thread.
      The one I remember the most was a dusk-to-dawn Clint Eastwood marathon. Me and a buddy had early Willys Jeeps, we took the tops down...
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      wanttaja replied to the thread The "Back in my day" Thread.
      Cars with headlights out. Sure, you see it occasionally, today. But not to the degree it was in the '60s. Haven't replaced a...
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      wanttaja replied to the thread DOGE and the FAA.
      But it's the rich people who are going to work for DOGE for free that *own* those office buildings. Of course they're not going to...
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      wanttaja replied to the thread The "Back in my day" Thread.
      Used to pay $1.25 for a haircut. Twenty-five cents per side. :) Ron Wanttaja
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      wanttaja replied to the thread DOGE and the FAA.
      If I understand DOGE correctly, it has no power...It can't cut anything, all it can do is recommend. Implementation of some of its...
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      wanttaja replied to the thread The "Back in my day" Thread.
      That's why it's actually tattooed in mirror image. :) It was inspired by an older friend back in the '80s, who had the lift equation...
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      wanttaja reacted to Dana's post in the thread The "Back in my day" Thread with Like Like.
      Takes a true geek to have the rocket equation tattooed on his arm. :D
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      wanttaja replied to the thread The "Back in my day" Thread.
      Heck, *I've* got one, now. Not something I ever would have considered, in the '70s. Ron Wanttaja
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      wanttaja replied to the thread The "Back in my day" Thread.
      "Flying a plane is no different than riding a bicycle, just a lot harder to put baseball cards in the spokes." - Airplane Ron Wanttaja
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      wanttaja replied to the thread The "Back in my day" Thread.
      My '46 Willys Jeep (and the '51 that followed) had a manual choke, manual throttle, and both the starter button and the dimmer switch on...
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      wanttaja replied to the thread DOGE and the FAA.
      So fact-checking politicians is frowned upon, and all jokes have to be historically accurate? Lemme make a note of that.... Ron "How...
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      wanttaja replied to the thread The "Back in my day" Thread.
      Heck, check out the early remotes. Had tuned bars in them like a doorbell (only ultrasonic). That's where the remote got the nickname...
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      wanttaja replied to the thread The "Back in my day" Thread.
      That's the upside to vacuum-tube radios. They have a working voltage of 100V, vs. 12v in your modern radio. Could get a LOT more...
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      As long as a bony hand has punched through the crust of this particular Necropost, I'll share the results of a study I did a couple of...
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