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From: AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org>
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Subject: Re: Thoughts on industrial design
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2025 20:49:39 -0500
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On 4/27/2025 8:20 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
> On 4/27/2025 2:20 PM, AMuzi wrote:
>>
>> My pushbutton AM radio has some big (the size of twopence) 
>> transistors so I'm not 100% analog either. I have owned 
>> cars with tube radios- OK but slow warmup.
> 
> "The size of twopence" is a quirky and obscure metric! It 
> reminds me of weather reporters' description of hail pellet 
> sizes: "pea sized, nickel sized, golf ball sized..."
> 
> It almost makes me wish we'd invented "inches" and 
> "millimeters."
> 
> 
That was specifically for Mr Merriman

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Andrew Muzi
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