Return-Path: Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [195.171.43.25]) by mtain-da03.r1000.mx.aol.com (Internet Inbound) with ESMTP id 6A67638000082; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:27:12 -0500 (EST) Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1Rr8Ic-0007Us-Ot for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:26:34 +0000 Received: from [195.171.43.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1Rr8Ic-0007Ui-D5 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:26:34 +0000 Received: from imr-da03.mx.aol.com ([205.188.105.145]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Rr8IZ-0004Mq-ON for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:26:34 +0000 Received: from mtaout-mb01.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtaout-mb01.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.41.65]) by imr-da03.mx.aol.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id q0SDQPtf020405 for ; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:26:25 -0500 Received: from [192.168.1.68] (host-92-6-237-234.as43234.net [92.6.237.234]) by mtaout-mb01.r1000.mx.aol.com (MUA/Third Party Client Interface) with ESMTPA id DF315E00011E for ; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:26:24 -0500 (EST) From: pat To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:26:23 +0000 Message-ID: <1327757183.1862.13.camel@g4gvw-high-grade> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.28.3 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mx.aol.com; s=20110426; t=1327757185; bh=DunhWLVHbZl/w95odWSe9Ci9lHfMX51AesyHDCjrzR4=; h=From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Date:Mime-Version:Content-Type; b=Clg/JiCqoIcECtzLqulPPPb9p0BDbTLnwiYQkFh1Vm7EVUG7NJ8p6Fc3fB6lQ7bwD svAviZMngHSuhocb11B9Cq1Ma4u2Xdf1P9NYXhebB0s4KqHVVjKsvdM1dzl/czFOyG nWgltgRfFf4Q/gWTWxSCsoeEaxEEosTx75gibkG0= X-AOL-SCOLL-SCORE: 0:2:413012256:93952408 X-AOL-SCOLL-URL_COUNT: 0 X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,none Subject: LF: OT: Headphones Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false x-aol-global-disposition: G X-AOL-SCOLL-SCORE: 0:2:441763552:93952408 X-AOL-SCOLL-URL_COUNT: 0 X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: mail_rly_antispam_dkim-d004.2 ; domain : mx.aol.com DKIM : fail x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d404b4f23f7b0468a X-AOL-IP: 195.171.43.25 X-AOL-SPF: domain : blacksheep.org SPF : none Reminds me that I was once (during a Test Match series) very popular at school for having a home-brew 3-transistor MW/LW radio built into a Woolworth's plastic sandwich box. Reason for choice of box? - It had a circular vent grill exactly the right size to accomodate one of those DLR earphone transducers used as a speaker. Quite a group of boys could gather round and listen to scores etc. Also box could be installed between a couple of book covers and carried around with other volumes quite surreptitiously. Happy days! P.S. Transistors in those far-off days were sold to little boys by colour-spot designation -not numbers like OC71 etc -- 73 es gd dx de Pat G4GVW, Nr Felixstowe, East Coast, UK