From: pfjw@aol.com   
      
   On Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 1:23:36 AM UTC-4, Big Bad Bob wrote:   
   > On 02/02/15 21:36, Patrick Turner so wittily quipped:   
   > > Hi Stephie and Andre,    
   > >    
   > > Happy Feebleweary!    
   > >    
   > > It is now 2015, I will be 68 y.o. in a few weeks. I am now enjoying life   
   with M.D. Rx meds. No more street stuff for this geezer :)    
   > >    
   > > I am still in Texas. The new guvner thinks Open Carry is the real deal.   
   Sigh. Texas is a big state. Possibly not all of one mind, or sometimes any   
   mind. My room sounds pretty good. No accounting for neighbors...    
   > >    
   > > Happy Ears!    
   > >    
   > > Al    
   > >    
   > > P.S. Today's Nightmare:    
   > >    
   > > Imagine being beheaded by an ISIS operative with a Canadian accent!    
   > >    
   > > Oooh, scary...    
   > >    
   > > Hiya Al,   
   > > Only 68 yo, and no more off the street meds!   
   > >    
   > > I'm now 67, dunno if I reach 70, depends on meds more than luck.   
   > >    
   > > Other than this, I have little to add to what seems a bit undecipherable   
   due to cultural differences between US and Oz.    
   > > My single EL34 is still going in kitchen since 1999, and after 20 years   
   before 1999. Listening is fine....   
   > > Keep well, and if you can't, at least try to stay sane.....   
   > > Patrick Turner.   
   > >    
   >    
   > how's the land down under doing you?  with mains that exceed 250V even!   
   >  makes the case to use switching power supplies on tube amps, allow up   
   > to "whatever" volts on the input, but still works on 115V for USA.  If   
   > laptop computers can do it...   
      
   Switching power-supplies can be incredibly noisy. Not so much an issue with   
   computers, cell-phone chargers, and other items. But of considerable issue   
   with audio and instrument amplification. Brute-force power-supplies based on   
   conventional technology    
   tend to do better for these purposes.   
      
   Peter Wieck   
   Melrose Park, PA   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)