If on a mobile browser, I've found that you need to check the "Show as standard website" box to have the reply buttons show up. For some reason they don't on the mobile version of the page. This is on Chrome on an Android phone. If accessing from a "normal" computer, you should have the reply buttons there. torsdag den 8. december 2022 kl. 15.30.46 UTC+1 skrev J Forbes:
> I don't get the digest, I go to the internets with my browser and go to > https://groups.google.com/g/neonixie-l to view the messages. Then it's > pretty easy to reply to a single message. > > > > On Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 2:13:26 AM UTC-7 > [email protected] wrote: > >> >> I’m about to pull a newb-ish move: >> How do I reply in a single topic? I am unable to find a reply button >> using two different browsers and oddly Google didn’t help. I wanted to >> chime in on the bubble lights conversation with a really cool video I just >> saw yesterday about it. >> >> On Dec 7, 2022, at 11:43 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> >> >> [email protected] >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/neonixie-l/topics> >> Google >> Groups >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> >> >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> >> >> Topic digest >> View all topics >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/neonixie-l/topics> >> >> >> - Bubble Lights and other Christmas Lights of interest >> <#m_4567088082835098139_m_1757355711363384107_group_thread_0> - 2 >> Updates >> - Looking for Beam-X tubes >> <#m_4567088082835098139_m_1757355711363384107_group_thread_1> - 1 >> Update >> >> Bubble Lights and other Christmas Lights of interest >> <http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l/t/8faada33edde5fff?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> >> >> Terry Kennedy <[email protected]>: Dec 07 03:42PM -0800 >> >> I posted about these some 8 years ago. Here's what I said: >> >> *I worked in the factory (in a different division) that made those in the >> 70’s - Masden Industries on 23rd St. in North Bergen, NJ. They made the >> glass enclosure and the contents, and then sold the sealed units to a >> customer (Beacon Electric, somewhere in New England, IIRC) who provided >> the >> bases and lamps and did the packaging and sale.* >> >> *I have some that are 3’ (yep, FEET) tall.* >> >> *The chemistry was quite simple* - the ball of material in the bottom was >> a >> mixture of sugar and sodium metaborate. The liquid was methylene >> chloride. >> The solid would outgas at low temperatures (even from the heat of a hand) >> and release bubbles which would float upward and eventually be reabsorbed >> in the liquid. The trick with the giant ones was to wind a spiral of thin >> heating wire around them to keep the bubbles from disappearing partway >> up.* >> >> *The most annoying thing about this factory was that it tended to explode >> a >> lot - the machines that did the glass sealing were all 1-offs and old, >> and >> the flame would back up into the main gas line, and kaboom.* >> >> - *If these are made today, I’m sure the formula is different - the one >> I posted would run afoul of safety regulations these days.* >> >> Anyway, that factory produced several tractor trailers full per week >> during >> the busy season. There were various dyes to color the liquid. >> Mac Doktor <[email protected]>: Dec 07 08:15PM -0500 >> >> > On Dec 7, 2022, at 6:42 PM, Terry Kennedy <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> > I posted about these some 8 years ago. >> >> Long before I joined this group. I missed out on a lot but Im trying to >> make up for it. >> >> > I worked in the factory (in a different division) that made those in >> the 70’s - Masden Industries on 23rd St. in North Bergen, NJ. They made the >> glass enclosure and the contents, and then sold the sealed units to a >> customer (Beacon Electric, somewhere in New England, IIRC) who provided the >> bases and lamps and did the packaging and sale. >> >> > I have some that are 3’ (yep, FEET) tall. >> >> "Mr. Bubble", as Rich likes to call himself, has made some very long >> custom tubes but I doubt that he's made any quite that long. >> >> > The chemistry was quite simple* - the ball of material in the bottom >> was a mixture of sugar and sodium metaborate. The liquid was methylene >> chloride. The solid would outgas at low temperatures (even from the heat of >> a hand) and release bubbles which would float upward and eventually be >> reabsorbed in the liquid. The trick with the giant ones was to wind a >> spiral of thin heating wire around them to keep the bubbles from >> disappearing partway up. >> >> Yeah. I wonder how they did it with those Wurlitzer jukeboxes? Those >> tubes are pretty long. >> >> > The most annoying thing about this factory was that it tended to >> explode a lot - the machines that did the glass sealing were all 1-offs and >> old, and the flame would back up into the main gas line, and kaboom. >> >> Oops. >> >> > If these are made today, I’m sure the formula is different - the one I >> posted would run afoul of safety regulations these days. >> I have no clue as to what else can be used for a fast bubbling action. >> Rich's oil tubes have rapeseed oil in them, among other secret ingredients. >> The nucleator is tiny pieces of pumice. >> >> Telsen Electric Company in Britain made tubes that were like Lava Lamps, >> in that the bubbles were colored and the rest of the fluid was clear. >> Shooting Stars are like Lava Lamps in reverse, clear bubbles in a colored >> liquid. They use freon as one of the liquids. That's hard to get these >> days. The nucleator looks like flakes of mica. >> >> The problem with the Telsen tubes is the same as a real Lava Lamp. They >> get too hot at the top and bubbles just collect there. They have to be >> shaken periodically to make some of the fluid drop down again. Rich >> experimented with this but it was just too unreliable. He gifted me one in >> return for a very large order. >> >> >> > Anyway, that factory produced several tractor trailers full per week >> during the busy season. There were various dyes to color the liquid. >> >> Getting dyes that remain stable when heated or in direct sunlight is >> another problem. I've had some that did that and they were replaced under >> lifetime warranty. >> >> Also, you will often see vintage tubes that are only half full or even >> empty of liquid even though they're still sealed. This is due to >> microscopic cracks in the glass, probably from thermal cycling. Rich uses >> borosilicate. >> >> >> BTW, if anyone is considering purchasing some bubble lights this season >> avoid Christopher Radko like the plague. His bubble likes are SO colorful >> when they're tuned off. When they're turned on, not so much. The blackbody >> radiation curve limits the colors possible with incandescent lamps. White, >> yellow and pink bases look yellowish-white. Red looks orange. Green is a >> bit dark and blue is almost a ghost. And the blue tube is so dark you can't >> even see the bubbles. >> >> Also, if you see a set with NOMA artwork on it for twice the price of a >> no-name Chinese set, buy the Chinese set. Unless you really love that NOMA >> looking box. And always buy two sets for when a bulb blows. If you have a >> variac handy dial them down 10%. That will help. It's just not Christmas >> around here without variacs and 12V transformers all around the stairwell. >> >> >> Terry Bowman, KA4HJH >> "The Mac Doctor" >> >> https://www.astarcloseup.com >> >> Edward R. Murrow: “Who owns the patent on this vaccine?” >> Dr. Jonas Salk: “Well, the people, I would say. There is no patent. Could >> you patent the sun?”—See It Now, 12 April 1955 >> Back to top <#m_4567088082835098139_m_1757355711363384107_digest_top> >> Looking for Beam-X tubes >> <http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l/t/c13dd41ee17c97fe?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> >> >> Nick <[email protected]>: Dec 07 02:38AM -0800 >> >> I have some extras available - I'm in the UK... >> BD-301 x 6 >> BX-1000 x 1 >> BX-2005 x 2 >> 6700 (BD-301) x 1 >> 6700 x 1 >> >> Contact me off list if interested... >> >> Nick >> >> On Tuesday, 6 December 2022 at 02:13:16 UTC LB wrote: >> >> Back to top <#m_4567088082835098139_m_1757355711363384107_digest_top> >> You have received this digest because you're subscribed to updates for >> this group. 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