>>>  JE> It's the eyes that are going - not the numbers!
 >  JE>
 >>> Been there, done that, got the glasses.  When I was as
 >>> young as you are, I had to have my roomate come into
 >>> the shack and read color codes on those tiny 1/4watt
 >>> resistors.
 >  JE>
 >  JE> I'll be 40 next year.
 >  JE>
 >  JE>  I've been wearing glasses since the 3rd grade, so my eyes have
 >  JE> basically been shot, for a LONG time.
 > Lucky me.  I could read between the lines on a 6"
 > scale laid out in .010 of an inch.  When I was 21...
So... how come you had to have your roommate read the color codes off of 
resistors?
 >  JE> Makes it hard, sometimes, to try to solder stuff together, or
 >  JE> unsolder stuff, like for modifying rigs like the TM-721, that uses
 >  JE> SMD technology.
 > I have a hood with 7.5 power magnifiers in them.
 > Makes life a whole lot easier..
The other tech at the computer shop where I work wears 'em al the time.  He's 
gotten so used to 'em, sometimes he wears 'em, when he's walking - till he 
bumps into someone 
   73 = Best Regards
   -Jeff KA5THB
   ka5thb@bigfoot.com
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