Re: Why we build these things Was: Re: Tesla Coil Dream

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>

 > But for me now it's the tinkering. And putting in SO much time and money
 > into something that has no "practical" everyday use what-so-ever. I get,
 > "Well? What's it for?" I've been telling them it keeps the pigeons off the
 > porch. :)

Exactly.  If I get one more person asking me, "Whats it good for?" or "Is
that all it does?" or "Does it do anything useful", i'll probably shove them
right into my primary circuit.  "Whats it good for?"   HOW ABOUT COOKING
FLESH!

The Captain