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----- Reply message ----- From: "James McLester" <[email protected]> To: "dan edwards" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Subject: [Flexradio] Fwd: (No) Problem in release 2.4.4 Date: Fri, Sep 7, 2012 6:54 am I respect O'Tooles law "Murphy was an optimist!" Jim W4YXU On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 5:58 AM, dan edwards <[email protected]> wrote: > hey, I that that was another of Murphy's Laws, "selective gravitation".. > > any part dropped will land where it can do the most damage...something like > that... > > > 73, w5xz, dan > --- On Fri, 9/7/12, Ralph W5JGV <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Ralph W5JGV <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Fwd: (No) Problem in release 2.4.4 > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, September 7, 2012, 2:33 AM > >> I have heard that it is caused by an old phenomena known as "The > innate >> perversity of inanimate objects". > > IIRC, it was originally called "The diabolical perversity of inanimate > objects." > > That's the effect where if you do a test and drop a slice of buttered > bread 100 times, the average number of times the buttered side hits the > ground vs. the unbuttered side comes out to 50% - except for the first > drop, when the buttered side always falls face down. > > And it's the effect that causes any small part dropped on the floor to > immediately roll into a completely inaccessible spot under your > workbench that requires you to remove everything from under the bench in > an attempt to find it. > > As soon as you have pulled everything out from under the bench, you will > spot the part on the floor in plain sight behind you. > > And you will then step on it and crush it as you move to pick it up. > > And it will be a part that you have no spare for. > > And neither will the parts house. > >> There were no cold 807's involved. > > ...until after the tests are run. > > <G> > > 73, > > Ralph W5JGV - WD2XSH/7 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > [email protected] > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > [email protected] > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Jim W4YXU _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
