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    2/19/2023 1:23 PM  #1

    Nos681
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    26 years ago today

    This weekend I have been troubleshooting a coffee maker for fun.

    I ran across these receipts in my cheap Radio Shack soldering kit.

    My wife said I’m old.

    I did figure out what I was working on in 1997.
    1970 Cougar sequential turn signal circuit board.

     

    2/19/2023 2:05 PM  #2

    Ron68
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    Re: 26 years ago today

     Radio Shack? Yeah, you're old. I think I still have an old Radio Shack VOM somewhere.

    68 coupe - 351W, 4R70W, 9" 3.25 -- 65 convertible - 289 4v, C4, 8" 3.00
     

    2/19/2023 2:21 PM  #3

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    Re: 26 years ago today

    We still have a Radio Shack in our mall.  It is a shadow of the Radio Shacks from yesteryear.

    1968 T-code Coupe with a 302.  Nice car, no show stopper for sure, but I like it.
     

    2/19/2023 7:54 PM  #4

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    Re: 26 years ago today

    Nos681 wrote:

    This weekend I have been troubleshooting a coffee maker for fun.

    I ran across these receipts in my cheap Radio Shack soldering kit.

    My wife said I’m old.

    I did figure out what I was working on in 1997.
    1970 Cougar sequential turn signal circuit board.

    I'm surprised the receipts are still readable (zata word?!)
     Most of the time.....after 6 months or less the ink soon fades to just a white piece of paper !
    (Maybe its the cooler weather?!)
    6sally6

    Get busy Liv'in or get busy Die'n....Host of the 2020 Bash at the Beach/The only Bash that got cancelled  )8
     

    2/19/2023 8:19 PM  #5

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    Re: 26 years ago today

    "Legible"

    I don't think that type of receipt uses ink.  I think the printer is thermal based.  So I think you are right that cooler temps help preserve it longer.  Also protection from light helps.
    I could be wrong.

     

    1968 T-code Coupe with a 302.  Nice car, no show stopper for sure, but I like it.
     

    2/20/2023 6:43 AM  #6

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    Re: 26 years ago today

    UV light washes them out, as many. many receipts left on the dash of my truck demonstrate.  Some printing methods are definitely better than others, but there's an effect on all of them. 

     

    2/20/2023 9:42 AM  #7

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    Re: 26 years ago today

    Receipt from Waukegan, IL!  Were you at Great Lakes?

     

    2/21/2023 6:32 PM  #8

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    Re: 26 years ago today

    I was. That is where I proposed to Deborah.  50 years this year.

     

    2/21/2023 6:42 PM  #9

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    Re: 26 years ago today

    We used to call it "The E Shack" I miss ours which closed down about five years ago. As a matter of fact I was just thinking about them last Saturday, wondering where I was going to get some connectors and a couple of fuse bus parts.

    Money can't buy happiness. Butt it can buy Car Parts... and that is pretty much the same thing.67 FastBack
     

    2/21/2023 7:06 PM  #10

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    Re: 26 years ago today

    Steve-G wrote:

    I was. That is where I proposed to Deborah. 50 years this year.

    Congrats to Deborah and you, Steve.  Jean and I will be celebrating our 55th this year..
     

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    2/21/2023 11:31 PM  #11

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    Re: 26 years ago today

    Congrats to both Steve-g and BB.  Carol and I celebrated our 40th last Sunday.  It's been a good ride.  We hope for lots more.

    Original owner - 351w,T-5, 4whl disks, power R&P
     

    2/23/2023 11:11 PM  #12

    Nos681
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    Re: 26 years ago today

    TimC wrote:

    Receipt from Waukegan, IL!  Were you at Great Lakes?

     
    I was there for school only.

    Last edited by Nos681 (2/24/2023 7:27 AM)

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