<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Hey Tony, I was teasing back, no hard feelings at all!</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Cheers :)<br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Apr 13, 2017, at 8:24 PM, Tony K <<a href="mailto:weplar@gmail.com">weplar@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><br></div><div><br>On Apr 13, 2017, at 3:58 PM, Quincas Moreira <<a href="mailto:quincas@gmail.com">quincas@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><br></div>Tony, I'm not an engineer, and it's not 1970 <snip><br><br></div><br></div><div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div><div class="h5"><blockquote type="cite"><div><blockquote type="cite"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="m_6391928425152626017h5"></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote></div>
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</blockquote><div><br></div>I was teasing you playfully, no hard feelings.<div>No disrespected intended.</div><div>Geez, lighten up.<br><br><div>I was trying to point out that half the fun and satisfaction can come from designing and learning something in the process, I hardly think you need to be an engineer to tackle a BJT switch ! </div><div><br></div><div>Last time I checked text books are still required at school. Libraries are free last time I checked. Googling everything and 'inserting it ' into a design might get you up and running, as you say , but what "fun" is that?</div><div><br></div><div>It might not BE 1970, but it sure feels like it with analogs being reissued and cloned everywhere. </div></div><div><br></div><div>Even big bushy sideburns are back - yes! (I can live w/o the polyester shirts though.. ;)</div><div><br></div><div>TK</div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Synth-diy mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Synth-diy@synth-diy.org">Synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://synth-diy.org/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy">http://synth-diy.org/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>