Some neonixie-l changes...
neonixie-l
Grahame
Hi All
Just to introduce myself as some of you may not know me. I lurk
a lot and I'm not a prolific poster to the group. But I read
everything that is posted avidly.
My background is that I'm a chemical engineer and worked for a
chemical company in the UK, USA and Canada for about 20 years,
then I moved into (criminal) law enforcement in the UK. I'm now
retired so have lots of time spare, at least in theory. Nick is
generous in saying "a deep understanding of the technologies" as
my knowledge is all self-taught - both electronics design and
writing software.
We live near Drumnadrochit on the north bank of Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands. At the moment we are half way through renovating and extending a stone cottage. The work has been interrupted by a number of things, the last, and most serious, as been the virus when Scottish domestic building went into lockdown. So at the moment my workshop is all boxed up and in storage. Hopefully we'll be in the new house by Christmas!
My web site is http://www.sgitheach.org.uk/ , my radio amateur call sign is GM4EKI (everything is boxed and in storage) and you can find me on Instagram as grahame_marsh. All good fun.
I'm looking forward to helping Nick deS and the other moderators
when I have learned my duties!
cheers Grahame
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John Smout
A huge welcome to Grahame and Nick as new co-moderators.
It is to the credit of group members that there have been very
few heated debates or disputes over the many years of neonixie-l's
lifetime. Long may this continue, although healthy disagreement
and lively debate is, I am sure, to be welcomed.
A big personal thank you to Nicko for maintaining the group in
past years and being such a generous person with his wealth of
knowledge.
I, John Smout, am on the left and Nick de Smith is on the right.
We are showing off our David Forbes Cathode Corner nixie watches,
plus a few of my silly clock ideas.
John Smout
Nick
I need to explain. Really, I do... Firstly that photo was from many years ago...
It started during a "Movember" men's health fundraising effort - for those that don't know, Movember is where (mostly) guys try to grow an outrageous moustache during the month of November - the wilder and more unlikely the better - mine ended up like Zapata's. All for charity...
I was working for a financial services company in London and they agreed to double the money if you got your photo on an official document... driving licence and passport in my case... It was worth a lot of money for charity - many 1000s of GBP...
Thankfully, sanity was restored and it's long gone now - even it's absence caused problems. Passports last 10 years here and the last few years I've been based in the Gulf (UAE) and doing a lot of travelling. Every border I crossed they had problems with the passport photo vs. reality.
It was a silly idea and I now have a new passport and driving license, both with sensible images!
BTW. My watch is a pre-production one - it has no serial number... and I still wear it occasionally...
Nicholas Stock
Argh! That dodgy, 70s porn star moustache !!
I need to explain. Really, I do...
It started during a "Movember" men's health fundraising effort - for those that don't know, Movember is where (mostly) guys try to grow an outrageous moustache during the month of November - the wilder and more unlikely the better - mine ended up like Zapata's. All for charity...
I was working for a financial services company in London and they agreed to double the money if you got your photo on an official document... driving licence and passport in my case... It was worth a lot of money for charity - many 1000s of GBP...
Thankfully, sanity was restored and it's long gone now - even it's absence caused problems. Passports last 10 years here and the last few years I've been based in the Gulf (UAE) and doing a lot of travelling. Every border I crossed they had problems with the passport photo vs. reality. It was a silly idea.
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