[sdiy] Humans are not Becoming Smaller

[Senso]

>  > > Again, please pay attention to this, some people on this list don't
>>  > appear to realize, or be able to comprehend, the following: humans are
>>  > not shrinking in size so as to be able to find vastly smaller
>>  > components more convenient for SDIY.
>
>Roy, you have a very valid point here. as someone who is 2 meters (6 foot 7)
>tall, i personally hate all this miniature stuff.. for my big hands,
>thru-hole components are already supersmall sometimes.. i have a hell of a
>time with those crummy little mixers these days because i can't touch one
>knob without hitting 4 others. cell phones, digital camera's.. nice gadgets,
>but almost impossible to operate.. it's why i love working on old gear:
>plenty of space for my hands.
>and i won't even start about the 90 % of all cars that my long legs don't
>fit in.. even european ones...
>
>r./

Seems it's no use asking you to solder those 13-pole DIN plugs for me. :-)
As these are enough to drive me bonkers, I don't think I'll be at the 
forefront when it comes to SMD soldering.
And as for the people with experience, those that have been doing 
through-hole for decades, a majority of them are helpless already 
without reading glasses.
I'd probably spend half my time under the table, trying to find the 
parts that I dropped.

Senso

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