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The Spy Museum is not run by the CIA, but it is worth the trip. You can see the famed rectal tool kit in person. The facility is pretty close to one of the metro stations.

While in the general area, the NSA museum in Ft Meade is worth the trip. They have old recon aircraft outdoors, then all the old electronics gear indoors. Lots of antique crypto machines, plus some voice scrambler that use LPs as the modulation source.

The Spy Museum had an Icom radio (R7100 I think, but it could have been a R8500) as their surveillance receiver. I think this is less than likely since it is well known the CIA use CEI or WJ radios. The NSA museum had a SP-600, which I know was used for such purposes. The NSA museum has that smell of old electronics, you know, the smell you wish was available as an aftershave to attract geeky women. ;-) The Spy Museum is very commercial. Two difference approaches to documenting history. The Spy Museum has a few hands on demos. The NSA only has a thumb print scanner, which in the day was impressive technology.

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That's the one I was thinking of. Thanks.

Au de Burning Bakelite?

Didn't know there were two. Again, thanks.

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krw

Burning _phenolic_, silly. How did you ever get married? ;)

Cheers

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Phil Hobbs

I said "I do."? ;-)

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krw

And let out a sigh of relief as her daddy unloaded the white shotgun... :)

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Michael A. Terrell

;-)

Actually, my FIL and I got along quite well. He was the kind where the hardware store clerk should be jailed for selling a screwdriver to. I was always fixing things around their house.

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krw

My "FIL" ran a machine shop... handy when you have a car with a warped head and blowing steam ;-) ...Jim Thompson

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Jim Thompson

He was a middle school teacher, and at one time president of the local NEA. ...during a strike, even. Like I said, useless. ;-)

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krw

He would have really loved me. During the early '70's Scottsdale teachers went on strike, so I "scabbed". It was great sport, the teachers would put the students up to asking if I had a teaching degree, or was I "just a parent?" I would reply, pointing out that I was more qualified to teach science and math than their teacher ;-)

And I had this technique... would get me jailed in this Obama era... a class cut-up was trying to give me grief, so I took him out in the hallway... told him to look around, "Do you see anyone?" "No." "Well then, we understand each other... you act up again and we'll come out here in the hall, and I'll kick the shit out of you, and no one will witness it." He became _very_ cordial ;-) ...Jim Thompson

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| James E.Thompson, CTO                            |    mens     |
| Analog Innovations, Inc.                         |     et      |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems  |    manus    |
| Phoenix, Arizona  85048    Skype: Contacts Only  |             |
| Voice:(480)460-2350  Fax: Available upon request |  Brass Rat  |
| E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com |    1962     |
             
I love to cook with wine.     Sometimes I even put it in the food.
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Jim Thompson

Oh, yeah, you would have gotten along just marvelously. ;-) He would be horrified to know how conservative his daughter has become. ;-)

It would have landed you in jail, even then. One teacher did get away with corporal punishment, though. Never had him as a teacher.

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