That's nothing. I got a better story..

Dad bought a pair of walkie talkies back in 1964 when I was 5 yr old,
I found the soldering iron (always watched him fix the tv sets for people)

and removed every part on the pc board from one of the wt !

When he got home, I thought he would whip my butt but instead
he gave me a big pat on the head and was proud of my work !

art





On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 14:25:14 GMT, John Hall
wrote:

I remember years ago my dad's friend had been fiddling with his radio
because it didn't work right, he "found some screws loose in those
little cans, so tightened them all down". Strangely, that didn't
improve things.

:-)
It's the first thing a lot of folks seem to do when they get the back
off a radio, isn't it?

On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 19:22:18 GMT, art
wrote:

That's nothing. I got a better story..

Dad bought a pair of walkie talkies back in 1964 when I was 5 yr old,
I found the soldering iron (always watched him fix the tv sets for people)

and removed every part on the pc board from one of the wt !

When he got home, I thought he would whip my butt but instead
he gave me a big pat on the head and was proud of my work !

Personally, I'd have been a little miffed to say the least, but it's
great for you that you had a relationship like that with your father.
--

The BBC: Licensed at public expense to spread lies.

Before the walkie talkie disassemble, when I was about four I
found his tape measure. I could not figure it out how it worked,

so I took it apart by removing the four phillips screws that held the
case together. big mistake !

I was lucky and I almost poked my eye out when the spring
released from the case and hit me in the face!

No way could I put it all back in the case so I just shoved all
of it inside the toolbox and replaced the lock (easy to open with a bobby pin).

About a week later when he opened up that toolbox is when I got my butt whipped
!

So I guess the om cut me little slack with the walkie talikes.

art


Paul wrote:

On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 19:22:18 GMT, art
wrote:

That's nothing. I got a better story..

Dad bought a pair of walkie talkies back in 1964 when I was 5 yr old,
I found the soldering iron (always watched him fix the tv sets for people)

and removed every part on the pc board from one of the wt !

When he got home, I thought he would whip my butt but instead
he gave me a big pat on the head and was proud of my work !

Personally, I'd have been a little miffed to say the least, but it's
great for you that you had a relationship like that with your father.
--

The BBC: Licensed at public expense to spread lies.

He could have figured the walkie talkies were your loss, since you now
couldn't use them. But to play with his tools, now that was personal. Lou

"art" wrote in message
...
Before the walkie talkie disassemble, when I was about four I
found his tape measure. I could not figure it out how it worked,

so I took it apart by removing the four phillips screws that held the
case together. big mistake !

I was lucky and I almost poked my eye out when the spring
released from the case and hit me in the face!

No way could I put it all back in the case so I just shoved all
of it inside the toolbox and replaced the lock (easy to open with a bobby
pin).

About a week later when he opened up that toolbox is when I got my butt
whipped
!

So I guess the om cut me little slack with the walkie talikes.

art


Paul wrote:

On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 19:22:18 GMT, art
wrote:

That's nothing. I got a better story..

Dad bought a pair of walkie talkies back in 1964 when I was 5 yr old,
I found the soldering iron (always watched him fix the tv sets for
people)

and removed every part on the pc board from one of the wt !

When he got home, I thought he would whip my butt but instead
he gave me a big pat on the head and was proud of my work !

Personally, I'd have been a little miffed to say the least, but it's
great for you that you had a relationship like that with your father.
--

The BBC: Licensed at public expense to spread lies.

He could have figured the walkie talkies were your loss, since you now
couldn't use them. But to play with his tools, now that was personal. Lou

"art" wrote in message
...
Before the walkie talkie disassemble, when I was about four I
found his tape measure. I could not figure it out how it worked,

so I took it apart by removing the four phillips screws that held the
case together. big mistake !

I was lucky and I almost poked my eye out when the spring
released from the case and hit me in the face!

No way could I put it all back in the case so I just shoved all
of it inside the toolbox and replaced the lock (easy to open with a bobby
pin).

About a week later when he opened up that toolbox is when I got my butt
whipped
!

So I guess the om cut me little slack with the walkie talikes.

art


Paul wrote:

On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 19:22:18 GMT, art
wrote:

That's nothing. I got a better story..

Dad bought a pair of walkie talkies back in 1964 when I was 5 yr old,
I found the soldering iron (always watched him fix the tv sets for
people)

and removed every part on the pc board from one of the wt !

When he got home, I thought he would whip my butt but instead
he gave me a big pat on the head and was proud of my work !

Personally, I'd have been a little miffed to say the least, but it's
great for you that you had a relationship like that with your father.
--

The BBC: Licensed at public expense to spread lies.

Before the walkie talkie disassemble, when I was about four I
found his tape measure. I could not figure it out how it worked,

so I took it apart by removing the four phillips screws that held the
case together. big mistake !

I was lucky and I almost poked my eye out when the spring
released from the case and hit me in the face!

No way could I put it all back in the case so I just shoved all
of it inside the toolbox and replaced the lock (easy to open with a bobby pin).

About a week later when he opened up that toolbox is when I got my butt whipped
!

So I guess the om cut me little slack with the walkie talikes.

art


Paul wrote:

On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 19:22:18 GMT, art
wrote:

That's nothing. I got a better story..

Dad bought a pair of walkie talkies back in 1964 when I was 5 yr old,
I found the soldering iron (always watched him fix the tv sets for people)

and removed every part on the pc board from one of the wt !

When he got home, I thought he would whip my butt but instead
he gave me a big pat on the head and was proud of my work !

Personally, I'd have been a little miffed to say the least, but it's
great for you that you had a relationship like that with your father.
--

The BBC: Licensed at public expense to spread lies.

Sounds almost like a "Leave it to Beaver" episode! I love it. Lou

"art" wrote in message
...
That's nothing. I got a better story..

Dad bought a pair of walkie talkies back in 1964 when I was 5 yr old,
I found the soldering iron (always watched him fix the tv sets for people)

and removed every part on the pc board from one of the wt !

When he got home, I thought he would whip my butt but instead
he gave me a big pat on the head and was proud of my work !

art





On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 14:25:14 GMT, John Hall
wrote:

I remember years ago my dad's friend had been fiddling with his radio
because it didn't work right, he "found some screws loose in those
little cans, so tightened them all down". Strangely, that didn't
improve things.

:-)
It's the first thing a lot of folks seem to do when they get the back
off a radio, isn't it?

On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 19:22:18 GMT, art
wrote:

That's nothing. I got a better story..

Dad bought a pair of walkie talkies back in 1964 when I was 5 yr old,
I found the soldering iron (always watched him fix the tv sets for people)

and removed every part on the pc board from one of the wt !

When he got home, I thought he would whip my butt but instead
he gave me a big pat on the head and was proud of my work !

Personally, I'd have been a little miffed to say the least, but it's
great for you that you had a relationship like that with your father.
--

The BBC: Licensed at public expense to spread lies.

Sounds almost like a "Leave it to Beaver" episode! I love it. Lou

"art" wrote in message
...
That's nothing. I got a better story..

Dad bought a pair of walkie talkies back in 1964 when I was 5 yr old,
I found the soldering iron (always watched him fix the tv sets for people)

and removed every part on the pc board from one of the wt !

When he got home, I thought he would whip my butt but instead
he gave me a big pat on the head and was proud of my work !

art





On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 14:25:14 GMT, John Hall
wrote:

I remember years ago my dad's friend had been fiddling with his radio
because it didn't work right, he "found some screws loose in those
little cans, so tightened them all down". Strangely, that didn't
improve things.

:-)
It's the first thing a lot of folks seem to do when they get the back
off a radio, isn't it?

art wrote:
That's nothing. I got a better story..

Dad bought a pair of walkie talkies back in 1964 when I was 5 yr old,
I found the soldering iron (always watched him fix the tv sets for people)

and removed every part on the pc board from one of the wt !

When he got home, I thought he would whip my butt but instead
he gave me a big pat on the head and was proud of my work !

art


So you turned it into a Heathkit!
Did you every try to put it back together?

I used to find old AA5's in the trash and gut them for the parts.
I later built a brand new one using the best of the parts from
the dead ones. So I guess that was my 'Frankenstein' radio.
The chassis was a frame from an old radio that had held a pc
board. I just slipped a piece of galvanized steel where the pc
card had been and then drilled and punched it out for my chassis.
It was actually a very good radio, and doubled as an amplifier for
a photograph turntable (also found in the trash).