So stripping old TV sets at the age of 8 is not normal then...
Chinese AI...
Had my own tools/soldering iron etc. and a supplier of old sets. The guy had a repair shop not far from my house...he would have been about 70...taught me loads...made a lw/mw radio for a class science project out of the bits from an ITT colour tv & a bit of floorboard. Blew my primary school teacher away when the class heard Radio 1...275/285 & stereo vhf playing from what looked like an exploded bomb
etched into my mind forever...
Was the only 1st year at secondary school in the lunchtime science club...always loved electronics as a kid...came in pretty handy for the arcade machines too. CRT screens, early digital electronics in plywood boxes have a certain smell to them.
Got into computers & programming from an early age too...mostly sound and graphics...done my stint in the computer industry for a bit...made a bit of wad, bought some arcade machines & that was my main hobby for a long while...biggest mistake I ever made was turning down a job with IBM in 1990 but I'd had enough...always been into the repair of stuff so it was either electronics, cars or the building trade
Electronics is expensive...Cars are dirty so I chose the building trade...kitchens & bathrooms mainly...but I do the lot and I'm good at it
Hopefully, no one I know grows weed so would be a member here...else I'll be getting a phone call later
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