[sdiy] OT: Reed Switches and Magnets - where it all leads....

[Scott Stites]

Hi Ray and List,


> Scott, that was excellent future journalism! LOL. You are definitely "a
> little out there Jerry" but of course... so am I. But why did you have to
> spill the beans about the magnet business I thought that was our little
> secret! :-)). Now I'll have to come up with a new billion dollar idea.

Thanks Ray!  I spilled the beans because my uncle (who's also into pulp)
also brought back the March 2017 issue of 'Detective' magazine which had an
article on the mysterious, Hoffa-like disappearence of Scott Stites, CFO of
the RJWSoft Refrigerator Magnet Group.  =-D

> Anyhow... I did order the reed switches from All Electronics who has a
nice
> hermetically sealed reed switch with pre-bent leads (.75 inch centers) for
> $0.50 (2 for a buck). And I'm going with the magnet link from Thomas
Holley
> (now that is my idea of cheap). Thanks

It's looking promising!  The opto stuff that's been brought up looks
interesting, too.

Cheers,
Scott, who's a little hyper today because he successfully drilled his first
module panel.