Mark Fergerson wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:
On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 01:42:16 GMT, Joerg
wrote:

Hello Henry,

Do you know of other interesting devices or circuits good for misuse?

Six sawed off pieces of the pole of a busted market umbrella allowed me
to move a 1/2ton piece of furniture all by myself.

Oh wait, wrong category....

I've done that with 1" oak dowel.

I've done it with sheer adrenaline (I'm 6'0", 150#) after watching
three big bruisers horse around and get nowhere with an air conditioner
that was IN MY ****ING WAY!!! I stomped up, said "MOVE IT!", grabbed a
corner, shoved hard and walked past. And no, I didn't so much as bend a
fingernail.

Mark L. Fergerson

PS I once used a $150 multimeter as a non-resettable fuse, but I
don't think that's what the OP had in mind...


I got mad one day when i was 20 and picked up a Pontiac 389 short
block.

--
Been there, Done that, I've got my DD214 to prove it.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 07:54:30 -0700, Mark Fergerson wrote:
Jim Thompson wrote:
On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 01:42:16 GMT, Joerg
wrote:

Hello Henry,

Do you know of other interesting devices or circuits good for misuse?

Six sawed off pieces of the pole of a busted market umbrella allowed me
to move a 1/2ton piece of furniture all by myself.

Oh wait, wrong category....

I've done that with 1" oak dowel.

I've done it with sheer adrenaline (I'm 6'0", 150#) after watching
three big bruisers horse around and get nowhere with an air conditioner
that was IN MY ****ING WAY!!! I stomped up, said "MOVE IT!", grabbed a
corner, shoved hard and walked past. And no, I didn't so much as bend a
fingernail.

For some reason, this brings to mind one of todays Top Nooz stories -
some woman who was jogging in the park was jumped by some guy who
wanted to assault her and she kicked the **** out of him. But they
noted that she was 6' and about 140#, and he was 5'6", 120#. It
was actually kinda refreshing to hear about someone defending herself,
but how stoopid do you have to be to attack somebody that's twice
your size? ?:-/

Cheers!
Rich

Back when one of my tasks at Fluke was to interview college recruits, I was
asked to describe my job as an Analog Design Engineer. My answer:

"To design precision instruments using cheap, junk parts."

A tip of the hat to Norm Strong...

Steve.
--
Steven D. Swift, , http://www.novatech-instr.com
NOVATECH INSTRUMENTS, INC. P.O. Box 55997
206.301.8986, fax 206.363.4367 Seattle, Washington 98155 USA

wrote:
Do you know of other interesting devices or circuits good for misuse?

Old thread, but still worth answering.

* Small signal germanium transistors in glass
packaging, (OC45 comes to memory, TO1 package,)
make good photodetectors after scrapping the
paint.

* Zener diodes are good noise generators
(This is widely known and used.)

* Some small (toy) dc motors wired in series
with a speaker make good siren sounds.

Roberto Waltman

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