[GreenKeys] Re: GreenKeys Digest, Vol 46, Issue 42
Rick Davis
n5912j at comcast.net
Wed Nov 28 20:27:54 EST 2007
I could use a type box. Mine is about shot. Postage no problem here. Reply
rdavis7 at comcast.net Rick K8PJQ
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> 1. Re: cleaning solutions (A LEETLE OFF TOPIC, BUT i
> COULDN'TRESIST (George B. Hutchison)
> 2. cleaning (surplus1)
> 3. Re: cleaning solutions (A LEETLE OFF TOPIC) (Web Williams)
> 4. Re: cleaning solutions (A LEETLE OFF TOPIC) (Lee Mushel)
> 5. Re: cleaning solutions (A LEETLE OFF TOPIC, BUT i
> COULDN'TRESIST (Larry Tighe)
> 6. Re: The Amazing Lamp (True Story) and other things
> (hunybuny at eskimo.com)
> 7. long shot - TH-39A/UGT (TMC TIS-3) FSK unit (Nick England)
> 8. Re: cleaning solutions (A LEETLE OFF TOPIC) (Sam Hallas)
> 9. Re: cleaning solutions (A LEETLE OFF TOPIC)
> (Richard M. Gillingham)
> 10. FOUND! (telegrapher at att.net)
> 11. Re: Way the heck off topic and wikipedia (Don Robert House)
> 12. Re: Coffee Can FOUND! (Don Robert House)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 02:28:04 -0800
> From: "George B. Hutchison" <w7tty at readysetsurf.com>
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] cleaning solutions (A LEETLE OFF TOPIC, BUT i
> COULDN'TRESIST
> To: "Gregory W. Moore" <gwmoore at moorefelines.com>, "Don Robert House"
> <drhouse at dls.net>, <GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net>
> Message-ID: <000501c831a9$5cf540f0$0200a8c0 at MAINCOMP>
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>
> You ain't lived until you've sent some .22 slugs into the side of the
> garage by setting the cartridges on the concrete porch and hittin'
> 'em with a hammer!!!
>
> Got a good lickin' fer that trick...
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:02:09 -0800
> From: "surplus1" <surplus1 at prodigy.net>
> Subject: [GreenKeys] cleaning
> To: <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
> Message-ID: <012b01c831e0$6bae9ce0$48d2f904 at pavilion>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
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> Aboard the Battleship USS North Carolina during WW2, I maintained the ECM
> cryptographic machines. We did not have teletypes then. Instructions
> were to use alcohol to clean with, then lube. I found that the lube
> worked better if applied while the machine was running. I also found that
> varsol did a good job cleaning and the alcohol (obtained from sick-bay)
> tasted very good when mixed with orange or grapefruit juice. The pharmacy
> mates said that I must have the cleanest machines in the Navy. All
> machines were working fine when I was discharged in Nov 1945. I would
> like to have a couple of the Mark 7 machines now. Big Bucks. John in WV
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:17:46 -0500
> From: Web Williams <kr4wm at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] cleaning solutions (A LEETLE OFF TOPIC)
> To: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
> Message-ID: <474D788A.8090008 at earthlink.net>
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>
>>Everyone seems to have completely forgotten about kero as the miracle
>>healer. Having come from a Steel/Coal town (Johnstown, PA) I can
>>personally vouch for the universal healing powers of said solvent.
>>
>>
> Is that kerosene or Karo syrup? It's well known that extremely
> sweet solutions (honey, etc.) are natural antibiotics. The growth
> of bacteria is inhibited in such solutions.
>
> Kerosene and coal oil were favorite cures here in the south (what
> they cured, I have no idea!), as well as turpentine among the less
> financially well-off. I also remember seeing classmates with a ball
> of cotton hanging out of their ear which had been liberally doused
> in "sweet oil" or "witch hazel", whatever those are.
>
> -Web (KR4WM)
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 08:40:27 -0600
> From: "Lee Mushel" <herbert3 at centurytel.net>
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] cleaning solutions (A LEETLE OFF TOPIC)
> To: "Web Williams" <kr4wm at earthlink.net>, <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
> Message-ID: <005b01c831cc$9fbea520$0501a8c0 at system1>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> Gee Whizz, you guys! I can remember my paternal grandmother putting
> kerosene on her bunions but I don't know what a Model 28 would think.
> Perhaps I should check my model 26 table, being largely organic, for
> bunions! But then I don't know if the fluid they sell now for lamps is
> even remotely related to kerosene. And I certainly agree with the fair
> warnings you've been given about the dangers of some of the proposed
> cleaners.
>
> 73
>
> Lee K9WRU
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Web Williams" <kr4wm at earthlink.net>
> To: <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 8:17 AM
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] cleaning solutions (A LEETLE OFF TOPIC)
>
>
>>
>> >Everyone seems to have completely forgotten about kero as the miracle
>> >healer. Having come from a Steel/Coal town (Johnstown, PA) I can
>> >personally vouch for the universal healing powers of said solvent.
>> >
>> >
>> Is that kerosene or Karo syrup? It's well known that extremely
>> sweet solutions (honey, etc.) are natural antibiotics. The growth
>> of bacteria is inhibited in such solutions.
>>
>> Kerosene and coal oil were favorite cures here in the south (what
>> they cured, I have no idea!), as well as turpentine among the less
>> financially well-off. I also remember seeing classmates with a ball
>> of cotton hanging out of their ear which had been liberally doused
>> in "sweet oil" or "witch hazel", whatever those are.
>>
>> -Web (KR4WM)
>>
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>>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:27:57 -0500
> From: "Larry Tighe" <larryradio at worldnet.att.net>
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] cleaning solutions (A LEETLE OFF TOPIC, BUT i
> COULDN'TRESIST
> To: "George B. Hutchison" <w7tty at readysetsurf.com>, "Gregory W. Moore"
> <gwmoore at moorefelines.com>, "Don Robert House" <drhouse at dls.net>,
> <GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net>
> Message-ID: <0b3001c831d3$41611100$0d00a8c0 at ljt>
> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
> reply-type=response
>
> George,
>
> You're using up an awful lot of company paper what with me printing out
> your
> posts and then copying 'em for everyone's desks :>)
>
> lar
>
>> You ain't lived until you've sent some .22 slugs into the side of the
>> garage by setting the cartridges on the concrete porch and hittin' 'em
>> with a hammer!!!
>>
>> Got a good lickin' fer that trick...
>>
>>
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>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:56:05 -0800
> From: hunybuny at eskimo.com
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] The Amazing Lamp (True Story) and other
> things
> To: GreenKeys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
> Message-ID: <474D8F95.5010200 at eskimo.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
>
> George B. Hutchison wrote:
>>
>> Remember, YOU are made of fat, grease, and water, just as are teletypes.
>>
>
> Does that mean that after working a new country I should pour
> a Budweiser or two into my 28 too?
>
> 807's,
> W6ESE - tony
> NNNNZCZC
>
> --
> Tony J. Podrasky | Professor Goddard does not know the relation between
> | action and reaction and the need to have something
> | better than a vacuum against which to react. He seems
> | to lack the basic knowledge ladled out daily in high
> | schools. -New York Times editorial, 1921
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:28:03 -0500
> From: "Nick England" <nick at 3rdtech.com>
> Subject: [GreenKeys] long shot - TH-39A/UGT (TMC TIS-3) FSK unit
> To: <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
> Message-ID: <030e01c831f4$cbfd3750$fd0212ac at Heathkit2>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> Last weekend while rummaging in the basement, I uncovered a piece of gear
> that I had mostly parted out many many years ago - and now wish I hadn't.
> It
> was a TH-39A/UG, a.k.a a TMC TIS-3 - it looks like an interesting audio
> tone
> keyer (AFSK generator).
>
> Any chance anyone has a parts unit? - it looks like the same construction
> as
> the CV-591 - 5-1/4" high rack mount. There are photos of a complete unit
> at
> http://www.jamminpower.com/eBay/TMC/TIS-3.html
>
> For some reason, I left the p/s and front panel intact - also found a few
> more pieces but I guess I discarded or traded-away the main chassis,
> crystal
> oven, etc. at some point - I wonder why I did that?
>
> Anyway, if you are rummaging around your basement, attic, garage,
> backyard,
> whatever, and run across some pieces of one of these gadgets please keep
> me
> in mind.
>
> 73 & Have Fun,
> Nick KD4CPL
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:29:11 +0000
> From: Sam Hallas <s.hallas at ntlworld.com>
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] cleaning solutions (A LEETLE OFF TOPIC)
> To: Green Keys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
> Message-ID: <474DC187.7030704 at ntlworld.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> Web Williams wrote:
>> ... I also remember seeing classmates with a ball
>> of cotton hanging out of their ear which had been liberally doused in
>> "sweet oil" or "witch hazel", whatever those are.
>
> Web,
> Witch Hazel is derived from the tree of the same name in the Hamamelis
> family:
> "The bark and leaves are astringent
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astringent>; the extract, also referred to
> as witch hazel
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_hazel_%28astringent%29>, is used
> medicinally. Extracts from its bark and leaves are used in aftershave
> lotions and lotions for treating bruises and insect bites. Witch-hazel
> is the active ingredient in many hemorrhoid medications."
> [Wikipedia]
>
> It's quite popular as an ornamental tree in gardens here in the UK.
>
> Cheers,
> Sam
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 9
> Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:47:50 -0500
> From: "Richard M. Gillingham" <rmoodyg at bellsouth.net>
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] cleaning solutions (A LEETLE OFF TOPIC)
> To: "Sam Hallas" <s.hallas at ntlworld.com>, "Green Keys"
> <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
> Message-ID: <000501c831f7$8f946790$6401a8c0 at shack>
> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
> reply-type=response
>
> And 'Sweet Oil' is just olive oil.
> 73
> Gil, W1RG
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sam Hallas" <s.hallas at ntlworld.com>
> To: "Green Keys" <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 2:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] cleaning solutions (A LEETLE OFF TOPIC)
>
>
>> Web Williams wrote:
>>> ... I also remember seeing classmates with a ball
>>> of cotton hanging out of their ear which had been liberally doused in
>>> "sweet oil" or "witch hazel", whatever those are.
>>
>> Web,
>> Witch Hazel is derived from the tree of the same name in the Hamamelis
>> family:
>> "The bark and leaves are astringent
>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astringent>; the extract, also referred to
>> as witch hazel
>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_hazel_%28astringent%29>, is used
>> medicinally. Extracts from its bark and leaves are used in aftershave
>> lotions and lotions for treating bruises and insect bites. Witch-hazel
>> is the active ingredient in many hemorrhoid medications."
>> [Wikipedia]
>>
>> It's quite popular as an ornamental tree in gardens here in the UK.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Sam
>>
>> _______________________________________________
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>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 10
> Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 13:36:10 -0700
> From: telegrapher at att.net
> Subject: [GreenKeys] FOUND!
> To: Greenkeys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
> Message-ID: <474DD13A.8060502 at att.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
>
> Digging around in the garage in preparation for Saturdays big Swapmeet
> and wondering what was in this can or that box i found a 2 lb coffee can
> full of tty parts. Some of them for the 14-15-19, don't know what goes
> where. For the 28 i found Red and Green keytops, 10 print boxes,
> dashpots (2) and mouse rubbers (6), gears, some steel and some fiber,
> one or two plastic types, the small rollers that guide the paper up in
> front of the platen, a couple of cams, one with a clutch attached, some
> stuntbox switches, one stuntbox selector (can't think of the right name
> for it), a belt of some sort that's new, a 164161 Drum new in the
> container and misc. other parts. There is a type box carrier and the
> ribbon guide that goes on it. Numerous shafts that go to the Tape punch
> and TD drive in the ASR. Also a big green knob that fit on the ASR for
> selecting K-KT-T. What else? I have no need for any of this stuff.
> Back in the coffee can for the time being.
>
> If there is a depository or someone who would dole this stuff out as
> needed or if you need any of these parts, let me know and all it will
> cost is postage. Otherwise we all know where it will end up eventually
> and i'd not want to see that happen at least as long as i'm still kickin'.
>
> Larry
> W0OGH
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 11
> Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:48:57 -0600
> From: Don Robert House <drhouse at dls.net>
> Subject: [GreenKeys] Re: Way the heck off topic and wikipedia
> To: Greenkeys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
> Message-ID: <F9BBC495-4D23-4967-A842-C13CFD0EF6D9 at dls.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes
>
> My grandfather made his own hair tonic from
>
> Witch Hazel
> Glycerin
> Rose water
>
> all available inexpensively at the local drug store, aka pharmacy.
>
> He still had a full head of hair into his nineties.
>
> I wonder how the Encyclopedia Brittannica is doing these days with
> competition on-line.
>
> I remember when they first issued their encyclopedia on CD-ROMs with a
> RS-232 security key for $400.00
>
> Time flies like an arrow, Fruit Flies like a banana... Julius
> "Groucho" Marx
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 12
> Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:57:34 -0600
> From: Don Robert House <drhouse at dls.net>
> Subject: [GreenKeys] Re: Coffee Can FOUND!
> To: telegrapher at att.net
> Cc: Greenkeys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
> Message-ID: <DE826F71-2762-4B52-BDA4-CDC2E2F5EEF7 at dls.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes
>
> Larry,
>
> I am building a large collection of parts here for sending out to
> folks who will pay for the postage.
>
> I finally found a parts cabinet to put them in this winter.
>
> Don
> K9TTY
>
>
> On 28 Nov 2007, at 2:36 PM, telegrapher at att.net wrote:
>
> Digging around in the garage in preparation for Saturdays big Swapmeet
> and wondering what was in this can or that box i found a 2 lb coffee
> can full of tty parts. Some of them for the 14-15-19, don't know what
> goes where. For the 28 i found Red and Green keytops, 10 print boxes,
> dashpots (2) and mouse rubbers (6), gears, some steel and some fiber,
> one or two plastic types, the small rollers that guide the paper up
> in front of the platen, a couple of cams, one with a clutch attached,
> some stuntbox switches, one stuntbox selector (can't think of the
> right name for it), a belt of some sort that's new, a 164161 Drum new
> in the container and misc. other parts. There is a type box carrier
> and the ribbon guide that goes on it. Numerous shafts that go to the
> Tape punch and TD drive in the ASR. Also a big green knob that fit on
> the ASR for selecting K-KT-T. What else? I have no need for any of
> this stuff. Back in the coffee can for the time being.
>
> If there is a depository or someone who would dole this stuff out as
> needed or if you need any of these parts, let me know and all it will
> cost is postage. Otherwise we all know where it will end up
> eventually and i'd not want to see that happen at least as long as i'm
> still kickin'.
>
> Larry
> W0OGH
>
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