Source: Page 105 of White Noise Keywords: "moment," "dial," "up," "knobs"

From: Badkitty <castleridge1@icqmail.com> Subject: Re: Here's an EASY one... Date: 17 May 2000 Newsgroups: rec.antiques.radio+phono

It doesn't have posts, it's a 2 prong socket with the pins about an inch apart. On Wed, 17 May 2000 08:40:04 -0700, Mike Freeman <mikef@pacifier.com> wrote: - Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - >On Wed, 17 May 2000, Badkitty wrote: >> A few years back I paid $5.00 for a little Hallicrafters multi-band >> radio at a garage sale. Can't tell you the model # at the moment. Cute >> little guy with 3 knobs and a shaft (one knob missing), a big glass >It has always puzzled me why so many radios end up with missing >knobs. It's as if a substantial percentage of those who owned radios in >the past went bionic and destroyed and/or ate their radio knobs! (Do they >*really* taste that good?) >> slide rule dial that takes up most of the face and a nice chrome >> bezel. It's a little bigger than a big loaf of whole wheat bread. >> Traditional green. I figure it's fairly old, since the headset jack is >> a two prong affair instead of a 1/4" phone jack. >Hmmm ... never seen anything quite like this though I do recall somewhere >seeing some critter with binding posts that were supposed to be used for >headphones. >> The string was off the dial and when I bought it, and it was silent. >> Guy said it needed a tube. (Don't they always?) Put it on a shelf and >> forgot about it. Pulled it out today and REALLY looked at it. On the >> back there's a big red switch for SPKR/PHONES in the PHONES position. >> DOH! >Sounds about my speed! But this leads me to the off-topic musing: wonder >where the expression "doh" (some spell it "duh") came from? >Mike Freeman; Internet: mikef@pacifier.com; Amateur Radio Callsign: K7UIJ >/* PGP2.6.2 Public Key available via my ".plan" file */ >"Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits." -- Mark Twain John Bothell, WA USA ICQ# 25096533 castleridge1@icqmail.com

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