In Dutch "lamp" also used to be an acceptable colloquial designation for a
tube. It was also the regular name for a normal incandescent light bulb.
From: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com [mailto:neonixie-l@googlegroups.com] On
Behalf Of Tomasz Kowalczyk
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2017 2:56 PM
To
This thing can be easily explained, in Polish and Russian (and I bet in
most Slavic languages, too) we use word "lampa"*, which means both
electron/gas discharge tubes as well as regular lamps. At the same time,
word "tube" translates to words meaning a pipe (which is never used to
describe a
That's quite the story Jonathan. Let's hope nobody from GSP ever reads
this ;-)
Cheers
Jens
On 12/7/2017 11:49 AM, SWISSNIXIE - Jonathan F. wrote:
I guess it really depens on alot of factors how they even notice it.
Also i think its based on the description of the seller. So for
example if y
I guess it really depens on alot of factors how they even notice it. Also
i think its based on the description of the seller. So for example if you
write "B4998 Burroughs Nixie Tube" it might get detected by some sort of
matching system. But "small round nixie tube" won't match any systems. I
Strange, I have never had this issue with Nixie tubes sent via the
Global Shipping Program.
Cheers
Jens
On 12/7/2017 9:43 AM, GastonP wrote:
Heh, if they just had known that old radios had tubes inside, that
would have been the fate of this one.
On Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at 7:03:39 AM U
Heh, if they just had known that old radios had tubes inside, that would
have been the fate of this one.
On Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at 7:03:39 AM UTC-3, Oscilloclock wrote:
>
> At least GSP shipped the radio and did not deliberately “safely dispose”
> of it because it contained old tubes! (S
