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Old 12-04-2006, 09:23 PM   #301
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Originally Posted by NatCh
Some years ago (oh, my ... 10 years ago) I had an older lady (late 50's to early 60's) at one Rat-Shack try to tell me that I couldn't use a 22 AWG 3 conductor wire to make a custom extension cord/connector to hook my TV to my Stereo because it was intercomm wire (says so right there on the spool label, sir!).

I finally told her that I was going to buy it and if it didn't work it was my bad, not hers.

I felt like saying, "I've got an M.S. in Electronics Engineering that says copper is copper -- what d'you got, lady?"

It worked fine, BTW (and I'm glad in retrospect that I answered with option 'A').

Know what you mean...
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