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Re: Shall I continue...


From: 	Barton B. Anderson[SMTP:mopar-at-mn.uswest-dot-net]
Sent: 	Thursday, November 20, 1997 9:16 PM
To: 	Tesla List
Subject: 	Re: Shall I continue...


Fr. Tom,

I have been on the list since June 97. I am building my first
operational coil and also one which is relatively large and high
powered. This of course is not something most new builders should even
consider due to the dangers involved with high powered coils (pole pigs,
etc..). I personally have been involved with high power/high voltage
systems as part of my profession, but never would I be one to think I
know all there is to know. Your posts along with Dr. R, Malcolm, Bert,
and several others, I apply much "brain power" to. After a bit of time
on the list, one gets familiar with the knowledgeable (and the not so
knowledgeable). You are one of those which I take seriously. Your posts
have been well presented. You have a knack for explaining things in
detail which is a quality not all share. I'm sure I speak for all when I
say "it would be a great lost to this list if you were not part of it".

My very best and many thanks,
Bart Anderson     Bart's High Voltage Lab

Tesla List wrote:

> From:   Thomas McGahee[SMTP:tom_mcgahee-at-sigmais-dot-com]
> Sent:   Thursday, November 20, 1997 4:01 PM
> To:     Tesla List
> Subject:        Shall I continue...
>
> Fellow Coilers,
> I joined this list in January of 1996. Since then I have spent a
> fair amount of my free time writing posts and answering posts.
> As many of you know, I teach Electronics here at Don Bosco Tech
> in Paterson, NJ (USA).
>
> I happen to have taken vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
> I do not expect that all of you on this list will necessarily
> understand why I would do such a thing, but thirty-two years ago I
> made that particular life decision, and I have not regretted
> it. Such promises do have their demands, however, and one of
> the demands of poverty is that I must give an accounting of how
> I have used the funds entrusted to my care.
>
> I made the decision last January to get onto the internet and
> I became a member of Chip's Tesla List. I was lucky to get a
> very good rate with a local internet service provider, and I
> currently pay only $10 a month for unlimited internet access.
> I also have the telephone bills to pay, and the internet part
> of that comes to about another $20 a month. That means it costs me
> about $1 a day to be a part of all this. *I* am personally very
> pleased with this particular investment in time and money, but
> now it is time for me to explain to my Director why I want to
> allocate about $400 towards *next* year's projected expenses in
> this area.
>
> It would go a long way towards helping to convince him that this
> is money well spent if I can show him that my involvement has
> not only been an enjoyable experience for *me*, but that it has
> also been beneficial to others.
>
> So, if you have personally gained anything as a result of my
> involvement on this list and wish me to be able to continue
> being a Tesla List member, you might consider dropping me a
> short note via e-mail. Hopefully I will get my request
> approved and can continue on as before.
>
> tom_mcgahee-at-sigmais-dot-com
>
> Thanks.
> Fr. Tom McGahee