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Ty_Bower · 15th October 2009, 11:37 PM

God bless you. You shouldn't be working on anything amp related, considering your personal situation. Maybe it helps take your mind off things, and maintains your sanity. I can't appreciate what you and Sherri will go through in the next few weeks.

I'll enjoy seeing the Simple P-P when it finally does come to fruition. Hopefully I'll build one myself someday.

tubelab.com · 02:03 AM

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God bless you.

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You shouldn't be working on anything amp related, considering your personal situation.

I spend a lot of time sitting around with nothing to do. I usually spend this time throwing my ideas down on PC boards. The last trip gave me the octal driver board, and the Dec 2008 trip allowed me to finish the Simple P-P board. This time it is instruction manual and website work, although there is this power supply board on my computer.......

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I can't appreciate what you and Sherri will go through in the next few weeks.

This has been going on for almost 5 years. Sherris step father was diagnosed with a rare cancer 5 years ago and after an 18 month battle he passed away. Sherris mother was diagnosed with cancer 2 1/2 years ago and underwent about a year of conventional surgery, chemo and radiation without results. She was told that there were no further options. About this time I had six surgeries to remove cancerous tumors (they finally got them all). Needless to say none of us were very happy. This is why there was very little Tubelab activity in 2008.

Sherris mother enrolled in a series of clinical trials (human experiments) last year which have reversed the spread of her cancer, and seriously improved her health. The primary tumors are still present but showing signs of shrinkage. We now look at all of this from a different perspective. Mondays meeting and whatever follows can only provide us with more options, and maybe provide the data needed to save a few more lives in the future.

TheGimp · 16th October 2009, 02:45 AM

George is it, (?) and Sherri, I am truly sorry to hear of your ordeals. I lost my mom to Ovarian cancer when I was 29 (long ago but not so far away).

I'm in NE TN (Tri Cities Area).

I pray things go well for you.

WBS · 16th October 2009, 04:52 AM

George, our thoughts are with you all. When the clinical trials work it is truly something to celebrate! Best wishes.

booangler · 16th October 2009, 02:17 PM

George,

As all ways thought and prayers are with you, Sherrie and Sherrie's Mom. I am pleased to here that the clinical trails are working. My Dad was a clinical trial patient and was able to get about 2 more years with us, it was a true blessing.

While we are all anxiously awaiting your manual and the final release of the Simple PP none of us want, or expect you to do anything more that support your wife and her mother first. The projects you create for us are great but we are a second priority not a first. The way I see it we are second to your family needs.

Be well,

Alan

moonbird · 17th October 2009, 01:21 AM

Hi -- Any further word on this PCB? thx much.

moonbird · 17th October 2009, 04:55 AM

Goodness - didn't get to these last few pages - very sorry to ask inappropriate questions Tubelab about silly boards. Please forgive me. My prayers are with you.

MellowTone · 17th October 2009, 07:45 AM

Best wishes, George. I hope it is good news that you receive. Nic.

tubelab.com · 18th October 2009, 12:11 AM

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very sorry to ask inappropriate questions Tubelab about silly boards.

Not a problem, silly boards are important to us all. I spent the morning in front of my laptop working on the assembly manual, while Sherri took her mom out to yard sales in the 39 degree weather. After a rest period we all went to the mall. We were shopping for about 3 hours until she decided that it was too cold to continue (36 degrees and raining), so we went home. This is a 70 year old woman who was considered "terminal" 2 years ago and didn't get out of bed for more than 15 minutes at a time for much of 2008.

Yesterday we went to a flea market where I scored a few LP's and a band saw. Tomorrow we will all go to church in the morning and they are going to some type of familly gathering in the afternoon while I sit at the computer.

I have managed to get in 2 to 4 hours of work on the manual on every day since I got here (better than when I'm at home). I have about 25% of it done now. It won't be completely finished here even if I had the time since I have discovered some mistakes in my pictures requiring a few to be done over.

I am hoping to have everything ready by early November, but there are obviously many variables that are beyond my control right now.

vaughn · 18th October 2009, 12:50 AM

I am definitely on board for one of these boards!

I'm sure spending some time working on these projects is a bit of a respite from other worries in your life right now.

My aunt was diagnosed with bone cancer and given an "optimistic" estimate of 2 years to live. She went on to live another 15 years, baffling her doctors and breaking records. One of the best people I have ever known.

On a less serious note...

After much research I have resolved that a PP 6bq5 amp is exactly what I am looking for to power my Klipsch Forte's. I have searched high and low and your design has what I am looking for, including a tube rectifier!

Thanks for all your hard work, I know at the end of they day the profit margins on these projects are probably nil at best and these are "just" labors of love.

I am going to start assembling the iron to complete this project so that when the board becomes available I am ready!

17th October 2009, 07:45 AM	#138
MellowTone diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2006	Best wishes, George. I hope it is good news that you receive. Nic. __________________ I Reject Your Reality And Substitute My Own - Adam Savage, Mythbuster

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15th October 2009, 11:37 PM	#131
Ty_Bower diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Newark, DE	God bless you. You shouldn't be working on anything amp related, considering your personal situation. Maybe it helps take your mind off things, and maintains your sanity. I can't appreciate what you and Sherri will go through in the next few weeks. I'll enjoy seeing the Simple P-P when it finally does come to fruition. Hopefully I'll build one myself someday.

16th October 2009, 02:45 AM	#133
TheGimp diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Johnson City, TN	George is it, (?) and Sherri, I am truly sorry to hear of your ordeals. I lost my mom to Ovarian cancer when I was 29 (long ago but not so far away). I'm in NE TN (Tri Cities Area). I pray things go well for you.

16th October 2009, 04:52 AM	#134
WBS diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2007	George, our thoughts are with you all. When the clinical trials work it is truly something to celebrate! Best wishes.

16th October 2009, 02:17 PM	#135
booangler diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Honeoye Falls, NY	George, As all ways thought and prayers are with you, Sherrie and Sherrie's Mom. I am pleased to here that the clinical trails are working. My Dad was a clinical trial patient and was able to get about 2 more years with us, it was a true blessing. While we are all anxiously awaiting your manual and the final release of the Simple PP none of us want, or expect you to do anything more that support your wife and her mother first. The projects you create for us are great but we are a second priority not a first. The way I see it we are second to your family needs. Be well, Alan

17th October 2009, 01:21 AM	#136
moonbird diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2008	Hi -- Any further word on this PCB? thx much.

17th October 2009, 04:55 AM	#137
moonbird diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2008	Goodness - didn't get to these last few pages - very sorry to ask inappropriate questions Tubelab about silly boards. Please forgive me. My prayers are with you.

18th October 2009, 12:50 AM	#140
vaughn diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2008	I am definitely on board for one of these boards! I'm sure spending some time working on these projects is a bit of a respite from other worries in your life right now. My aunt was diagnosed with bone cancer and given an "optimistic" estimate of 2 years to live. She went on to live another 15 years, baffling her doctors and breaking records. One of the best people I have ever known. On a less serious note... After much research I have resolved that a PP 6bq5 amp is exactly what I am looking for to power my Klipsch Forte's. I have searched high and low and your design has what I am looking for, including a tube rectifier! Thanks for all your hard work, I know at the end of they day the profit margins on these projects are probably nil at best and these are "just" labors of love. I am going to start assembling the iron to complete this project so that when the board becomes available I am ready!