A Morning Smile Please

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Re: A Morning Smile Please
« Reply #40 on: 19 May 2015, 11:27 pm »
I managed a discount electronics store in the early 1980's (Onkyo, Kenwood, EPI, JBL ect.) and our store was a training store. One Sunday afternoon a relatively new salesman helped a customer choose what  for our store would be considered a very nice, and not inexpensive system.  When it came time to write up the sale the customer wanted to pay with a check but didn't have the proper ID. He of course became irate and I watched the new salesman handle the situation very well, staying calm and standing his ground. The customer storms out of the store vowing to take it to "corporate". Another customer in the store at the time says after the man leaves "do you know who that was? he is one of the most prominent business owners in the area". The next day the man returns  and wants to speak to me  about how he was treated and he has a camera with him. He insists on taking the salesman's  picture and my picture to send to corporate. I said sure, let's take the picture over here. The man never realized we were standing under the check acceptance policy sign when he took our picture. We never heard from him again!

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« Reply #41 on: 20 May 2015, 03:03 am »
In the late 70s I worked in a combined audio/camera store where I handled the photo side.  Marantz, Dahlquist, Pioneer, Dual, Maggies, etc.  The audio guy was a great guy who really knew his stuff but more than a little high strung at times.  If something went wrong it could get interesting.

One day he was ringing up a nice sale at the register with the customer standing right in front of him.  He punched in the numbers, hit the bar on the cash register and nothing happened.  On the verge of panic he hollered for me that the register wasn't working.

Without a sound I headed in that direction, and from five feet away struck a magician's dramatic pose and yelled "SHAZZAM!!!" and the register roared into action.

I turned and walked away without a word, leaving him to explain to the customer what happened.

See, I knew the plug on the floor was loose, and at the same instant I shouted "SHAZZAM!!" I stepped on the plug.

God, it felt good.    8)

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Re: A Morning Smile Please
« Reply #42 on: 25 May 2015, 08:30 pm »
Dad..TV’s not working.
Check the plug…

Anyway long story short, I’m always thankful I have a knack for fixing things (break a lot of things too :oops:) since I was little, what ever it may be…so here we have a 6 year old $900 plasma ready for curb-side pick-up…only to be repaired with $3s in capacitors and a bit of my time on my day off. : )

Popped capacitors middle right side.


Tools of the trade




New ones installed, Plasma now up and running. :)


So with my son’s TV repaired thought I’d get it ready…he watches “Youtube” with an Apple ATVII and some basic cable (no subscriptions)…well go figure as of this month Youtube is no longer available on older devices and basic cable channels without a subscription have been replaced with an aquarium with fish…go figure. :scratch:

Win some loose some, well at least I do not need to carry the TV to the curb.

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Re: A Morning Smile Please
« Reply #43 on: 6 Jul 2015, 04:05 pm »
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5. You know that "dry heat" is comparable to what hits you in the face when you open your oven door.
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OR

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OR

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Re: A Morning Smile Please
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Re: A Morning Smile Please
« Reply #46 on: 7 Jul 2015, 02:45 am »
In the 1980s I knew a retired court judge that said his wife he had receive a very nice huge Sansui or Luxman integrated as free gift from a local small store, just to the shop owner be able tell clients Dr.x just buy this new amp.

Afew days later this wife entered the audio store doors and after a tight talk with the owner asked if he had gift some equip to his husband.

The shop owner and we, three audio fanatics had confirmed to the suspicious lady this fairytale story and the shop wallet promptly bring coffee and cookies to calm down madam.

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Re: A Morning Smile Please
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Re: A Morning Smile Please
« Reply #48 on: 3 Jan 2016, 02:26 pm »





PRELUDE


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Re: A Morning Smile Please
« Reply #51 on: 18 Jul 2016, 06:25 pm »

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Re: A Morning Smile Please
« Reply #52 on: 18 Jul 2016, 06:58 pm »


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« Reply #53 on: 19 Jul 2016, 11:35 pm »
Here's one happened just a few days ago.

Long story short I'm in the aerospace industry , we maintain & service specialized passenger jets as well as sub systems R&D and we established a new R&D division several years back on transport safety devices.

So we designed a pre packaged, new device for bullet train and long haul bus windows, by squeeze, pull and turning a simple handle by 90 degrees the device triggers a tiny explosive bolt which will break even the thickest safety glass in a blink and the pre-installed window trim will separate from the frame enabling rapid escape of passengers during an emergency. Eliminating de need to locate and use any separate tools.

So last week, the head of transport ministry and his fleet of cars drove right up to our testing ground to watch a live demonstrate of how 60 people escape from a overloaded bus on fire equipped with 4 sets of our device in under 60 seconds.

The volunteers triggered the device, the first 3 sets worked flawlessly and everyone was pleased, praising the effectiveness then to the last window, there's a flaw in the cast Alu casing and heavy rain somehow clogged the gas vents preventing over pressure. So the test charge blew the size 1 safety cap on the outside of the bus clean off, it travelled almost 30 meters ,directly hit and broke the side window of the minister's Toyota coaster. Luckily nobody was on the coaster....


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Re: A Morning Smile Please
« Reply #54 on: 20 Jul 2016, 02:38 am »


Hahahahhaha!!!   As a low brass player,  I've known several of these trumpet players over the years.   Do you know what they all had in common?

They couldn't play.  They were pretty poor trumpet players and didn't even know it.

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Re: A Morning Smile Please
« Reply #55 on: 20 Jul 2016, 04:41 am »
The Lip
by Louis Prima
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLWuzkTNB10

I never heard a trumpet player play a note so high
And I had to coax a lot before The Lip would tell me why
Then he took out a little jar that's labeled 'High-note Grease'
And he rubs a little every night on his mouthpiece
Yip yip yip yip
No one plays high notes like The Lip

Listen here gal, are you kiddin' about all that 'high-note grease'?
No, man, I swear, he had ten in his valise.
Wha', you mean he goes to the drugstore and gets them from the medicine shelf?
No, some cat's told me he makes it himself.
Yip yip yip yip
Tell us the secret of The Lip.

Well..you take a bucketful of steam
And a dozen rooster eggs
And you mix 'em up gently with a bushel full of goldfish legs
And ya hang 'em on a sky hook in the midnight sun
Mmm and then you fry them until they're done.
Yip yip yip yip
That's the secret of The Lip


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Re: A Morning Smile Please
« Reply #56 on: 20 Jul 2016, 10:56 am »
No avaliable to my country :duh:
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« Reply #57 on: 5 Aug 2016, 02:55 pm »
Are we all really listening to our systems...



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Re: A Morning Smile Please
« Reply #58 on: 23 Sep 2016, 08:22 pm »
I found this old cartoon (probably from Audio or High Fidelity) back in the late '70's.

A friend who lived in an old farmhouse out in the country had just purchased an original Bryston 4B. I don't remember what amperage his house was wired for, but whatever it was, it wasn't enough: whenever he turned his amp on the lights in the house would dim. Shortly after his purchase, I saw this cartoon in a magazine (sorry about any copyright infringement, Wm. Wright) and it seemed particularly fitting to his situation.



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Re: A Morning Smile Please
« Reply #59 on: 5 Jan 2017, 08:24 pm »
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