Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: AMuzi Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: Thoughts on industrial design Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2025 20:49:39 -0500 Organization: Yellow Jersey, Ltd. Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2025 03:49:46 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="98ead8c12c41b087be86531340828a42"; logging-data="2352349"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19LcYYTpkE1nSP1qDA/5VG9" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:wd72dIgQoXTiStydnlgtSkIoHBE= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 1730 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 -- Andrew Muzi am@yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April, 1971