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Subject:Re: The alternator issue
From:Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
Date:Mon, 19 Apr 2010 21:14:45 -0700

David Beierl wrote:
> At 11:19 PM 4/19/2010, Robert Fisher wrote:
>> I think "obscure egg-headery" was the phrase you were searching for,
>> Rocky.
>> : )
>
> Dear Robert,
> Sorry -- I was writing for Janne, and aimed it to his level of
> understanding.  It's truly not obscure, more like pretty basic
> understanding of alternating-current, inductors and capacitors.  If
> you don't understand AC at all, then it no doubt looks obscure, but
> in 1980 I was getting paid about six bucks an hour for understanding
> this stuff...

I think Robert was teasing, using the phrase "obscure egg-headery" which
gained brief circulation here on the list as a humorous description of
anything more complicated than a tire discussion.

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
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