I just have too many projects that never got finished. There's never
enough time, and at some point I find the ready made thing at a price
I like and the project is forgotten.
Now if I limit myself to building stuff I am unlikely to find ready
made there is less of a danger of this kind of thing happening and
more of a chance of actually finishing something.
When I had more time (and less money to spend) I would also do crazy
things, like make my own banana plugs. But now I don't use them any
more because, let's face it, the commercial ones are better, so now I
wonder if this was really time well spent.
ST
On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 4:19 PM, sailingto <sailingtoo@...> wrote:
> Ahh, but Stefan, you are so far ahead of me in knowledge and experience on this electronic stuff there is no comparison. Sometimes it helps me to learn/understand things if I ∗re-invent the wheel∗ - that really helps me understand rather than just buy something off the shelf.
>
> .....and as I approach retirement - this stuff is a LOT more interesting than just sitting on the porch watching traffic go by:)
>
> Ken H>