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Originally Posted by tango
Spoken from the guy that "got me" early in our friendship. But Tango has a history and mechanical background that is in fact a bit like mine. So, he is admitting to being a bit of an oddball too.
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Originally Posted by tango
Spoken from the guy that "got me" early in our friendship. But Tango has a history and mechanical background that is in fact a bit like mine. So, he is admitting to being a bit of an oddball too.
Tango, an oddball?????:eek::D
Ha-:LOL: Yeah I was thinking I was the only Normal one Here ? ;) COOL :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by CR55
:DI thought we were both normal, but sometimes I wonder about you!!!!!
Don thanks for the pickers tip. We like the American Pickers show. We can't for the life of us figure out how they make any money other than from the television producers, since their cost to travel have to exceed their profits(unless they sleep in tents!) Those two lovely gals would definately be a welcome addition here!http://www.webtvwire.com/wp-content/...sters-logo.JPG
Deckofficer - I know what you mean about going back to school later in life. I was 37 when I graduated from Nursing school 11 years ago. My mom too never made it to my graduation as she had died from cancer 4 years earlier. Funny enough I was a marine biologist and a first mate in former careers, and miss the Sea. Working in a hospital has it's ups and downs, including idiots in manangement just like everywhere else in life. I guess it's a matter of furrowing your sails, or heading directly into the storm sometimes.:eek::cool:
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Originally Posted by stovens
We've wondered the same thing, just as with Mike and Frank on AP. They will drive from Iowa to Florida and pick up a couple of items and call it a day. How much can they pack in that truck anyway to make it worthwhile to drive cross country? :confused:
What is funny is that those two chicks get a lot better reception and prices than Mike and Frank. When they walk up to some old farmer and ask what he has for sale the guy always has this dumb smile on his face like he hasn't seen a pretty girl in years. Then he sells them stuff for $ 15 that M and F would pay $ 400 for ! :LOL:
Yeah, we're all idiots when you put a nice looking gal in front of us. :LOL:
Don
We get American Pickers down here..A great show,,but dont always see it cos its on mid afternoon,or has been..Will be keeping an eye open(wide)for this show though..Yes Don..Its amazing how a pretty girl can (sometimes) do better than a regular guy at a job like that..:cool::cool:
Were you the typical one month on/one month off schedule? It always made for missed family gatherings, and the time you have off doesn't match that of your friends, interests, and family.Quote:
Originally Posted by stovens
Bob actually then it was a seasonal job, not related to merchant marine or navy, but yes I do miss a ton of family events due to my schedule then and now!
My early training as a mechanic was pre teens(I'm 64 yrs old in Sept)in a repair shop on a country corner about a mile away from where I lived.The guy that owned that was Paul Weaver who was a tough world war II motor pool mechanic.If he taught you sometime,you damm well have better learned it the first time.That and my father was a machine machinist.From that foundation I went threw a series of employers and then was sent threw cert training along with drag racing since I was 17 yrs old.
When I was a kid,I had it just the best.Intertwined with cars,I was a sound reinforcement tech mixing sound on tours in stadiums and theaters so I had rock music and hot rods.Not very conducive of a family life.Prove of that is twice a batter up and twice stuck out.Lucky for me two boys from the first time and some grand kids.
Small world, but you did it first. In the 70's I worked for ESS Corp, who was using Dr. Oscar Heil's (he also invented the FET) air motion transformer, a pleated with conductor diaphram that was in the flux path of some massive magnets. We bought the patent and called it the Heil Air Motion Transformer for reproducing upper mid-range to 25K. ESS speakers are where you would find this tweeter. We also did sound reinforcement for the Wilson Sisters (Nancy and ?) and Jackson Brown. You could find me working behind the scenes at the CES both Chicago and Las Vegas. In between, I was at my desk (notice the hang gliding calander) working as a Senior Lab Tech in accoustic R&D. Besides pink noise and a sweep of frequencies, I'd use Fleetmac to test line samples. I was so young back then.Quote:
Originally Posted by 1gary
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I think Dick Sacarri(sp) mixed sound for the Wilson's.
Not a pic of the rig I worked,but a like type.I think it was Clair Bros out of PA.
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Those are called Karlson coupler.
What happened to Sugarland just isn't common.The level of riggers involved in staging is as professional as those used anywhere.Well it was when I retired from that business in 1985.
Some of Clair's tech was borrowed for NASA in the ribbon wiring they developed.
We weren't roadies, we designed and built the high freq drivers. Much more pleasing than compression drivers to listen to, but at least 6db less eff. The sound guys would have to employ 8 times as many drivers and wattage to reach the same SPL. The Wilsons and Jackson Brown both cared enough about their concert's sound, they hauled a lot of sound reinforcement equipment instead of using local to the event gear.