And what did we buy today?

Actually bought yesterday, but shipped today. Tubes. Most of the tube complement for a 240-ish watt bass amp I’ve threatened to build for the last 5 years or so. Six 6550’s, three 12BH7’s and a 5751. The rest of the signal tubes are on hand. The last of 5 transformers came in a week ago (300 volt, 200 va for the whole front end, and a little 100 volter for the negative bias supply).
 
...around here. 😛

Surely you have propane? They even have it at Key West.

But I was stunned to see they require prope tanks to be strapped to a 10-inch concrete slab. So they don't float, drift, then spread fire. Maybe they do that on the waterfront here, I never noticed. At 100 feet elevation (and the top of my ridge), flood over my ankle is unlikely.
 
Not something we see much of around here.......Surely you have propane? They even have it at Key West.

Some of the houses in Ft. Lauderdale even have city gas available. It was offered when I bought my house in 1977, but I opted for electric heat and cooking. My grandmother's house partially exploded one morning when we were visiting. It left a lasting fear...... There were many winters in south Florida where I never turned the heat on at all....but a few that got COLD. Cold enough to freeze beer!
 
> Some of the houses in Ft. Lauderdale even have city gas available.

Florida has huge stripes of natural gas around several substantial pipelines.

And, like Maine, large swaths where demand will never justify cost.

He said southwest Fla and that seems to be a no-pipes zone (few people too far from any major demand). However Propane is available anywhere. Even if you really don't heat your house, it is the best fuel for commercial pizza-parlors. (Yes, we have a gal here does wood-fired goat-cheese pizza, but the slap-dash pizza places do 1,000X her volume, and even bottle-gas is cheaper than electricity in a large pizza oven.)
 
Just bought an HP35s. Arriving tomorrow I believe.

I last had an HP calculator in 1985 That I had bought off a colleague in about '77 or '78 - one of the original LED display versions (also a '35' IIRC) that was rechargeable. It just fell to pieces in the end as it was used daily.

Funny, today people swank around with an iPhone X. In my day having an HP calculator in its case hooked onto your belt gave you 'nerd' credit at college.
 
You can get an HP app for the I phone I prefer the original and keep a well used 15 at my desk.

Tom Osborne who did the HP desktop and then led the 35 team is still around.
He maintains a small weather station in my hangar but quit flying at 80.
 
New XTC T-shirt!

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Plus another new XTC T-shirt!

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I am told I can wear these immediately after surgery if desired - no 6-week wait necessary. 😀
 
> I am told I can wear these immediately after surgery

You can, but--- after emergency open-tummy surgery, I developed a blood-blister (leaky stitch), so for a couple weeks I wore only red T-shirts so "if" it leaked or seeped I wouldn't ruin a good white or blue T-shirt.

I suppose your hernia is lower so should not matter.
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Bought a new bed, shipped vacuum-pack. Never tried that for a bed. Did get a patio chair cushion that way last month.
 
Bought a set of Neutrik LRX to convert my regular speakon connectors to right angled ones. Hoping that they will afford me some more flexibility to reposition my amp in the AV rack.

I will take advantage of the 4-day Easter weekend to install and experiment. Will also be putting a new set of handlebars (why plural in English 🙄) my bicycle.

Cheers,

Laurens

(picture borrowed from Neutrik official website).
 

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