Well, you don't own boat-anchors any more, they are burial-at-sea-anchors now.
Steve On 25 October 2010 15:54, <[email protected]> wrote: > A valid point has been brought up. What does a Time-Nut do with his > equipment when he dies. > > Actually, I am serious here. > > My little girl, who just turned four, is already an expert with the > soldering iron and she can name most components. Actually she is very good > with microwave components and she can name all the waveguide types, > magnetrons, attenuators etc, etc.. > > So, I am lucky I guess (so far). I hope she will grow up to be a proper EE > like her Dad. > > But what if she is not? What am I to do with my equipment if I go to the big > Atomic Clock in the Sky? > > I would definitely not sell it while I was alive! What we need here is maybe > a Time-Nut Museum. A place where our trusted equipment can go and spend > their remaining days with other equipment like them. > > Otherwise, I just might request to be buried all my stuff. Like in a small > mausoleum. I am only half joking! > > George, N2FGX > > P.S. I know I haven't said anything here for a while. Too busy raising a > little EE and working. 73's to all! > > Quoting Daniel Schultz <[email protected]>: > >> But what about the other date on the tombstone? You would need to work >> out the >> calibration of the clock in the delivery room on your 0th birthday, and >> hope >> that your mother's doctor was also a time nut...... >> >>>> One can only hope that the local coroner is also a Time-Nut, so that >>>> time >>>> of death can be determined with suitable accuracy and precision. Does >>>> anybody know how many bits of precision are used on tombstones these >>>> days? >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV & G8KVD The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once. - Einstein _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
