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by nc_amateur_euph
Tue Mar 22, 2022 2:06 pm
Forum: Music Chatter
Topic: I’m so old, that…
Replies: 111
Views: 8305

Re: I’m so old, that…

1. - We had a console RADIO on which I listened to The Lone Ranger, Sgt. Preston of the Yukon, The Shadow, etc. 2. - When we got a TV, we watched Ernie Kovacs' morning show (out of Philadelphia) and I became a member of EEFMS - Early Eyeball Fraternal & Marching Society. 3. - Contrary to popular ...
by nc_amateur_euph
Wed Mar 02, 2022 1:21 pm
Forum: Music Chatter
Topic: eBay low feedback
Replies: 10
Views: 769

Re: eBay low feedback

There's a tidal wave of nonsense out there, and "standing on the beach and screaming at it, as it approaches" it probably not advisable. Sellers/businesses/service people - particularly, these days - are at the mercy of that tidal wave. I don't want to be anywhere near or have anything to do with ...
by nc_amateur_euph
Thu Feb 24, 2022 11:38 am
Forum: Repairs & Modifications
Topic: The Great Kurath Re-Tubing
Replies: 645
Views: 41305

Re: The Great Kurath Re-Tubing

If you fabricate about that, you'll fabricate about anything.
by nc_amateur_euph
Fri Jun 25, 2021 7:53 am
Forum: Repairs & Modifications
Topic: "expert"
Replies: 13
Views: 840

Re: "expert"

I have - not often - been called an "expert", usually in something obscure. When that happened, I always recalled the tongue-in-cheek etymology of the term. It is from the Latin "ex" - out of, "spurt" - a little drip under pressure.