Dear Chip, Dr. Resonance, and all the fellow coilers (that I knew
between 1998-1999),
Hello, it's me, Cabbot. After selling most of my "tesla stuff" (15KV
.161ufd cap, Wysock 600 pps spark gap, 257 # of 10 AWG square wire,
and other supplies used to attempt to reproduce Corum's ball lightning
dual coil arrangement), I finished college and then worked for 2 years
on building a house in Hawaii. In all these pursuits, I hadn't seen
my father in 3 years...meanwhile, he moved to none other than Colorado
Springs! So I decided to come to to Colorado Springs to see him.
That was last November...and I still haven't left. In fact, I drove
over to 220 East Bijou Street (Tesla's old laboratory) just the other
day; and yes, it was true...his place was completely renovated and
rebuilt to be a state building that supports challenged teens--how
sad! The other sad part was, no one there EVEN KNEW. I walked right
in there in the middle of the center of the building there was this
large space where these two business-stereotypes were pointing at some
statistical figures on a white board on an easel. I did not hesitate
to openly announce: "Hi...So where's Tesla?"
The expressions in the entire room dropped and there was this long
pause of silence; you could hear a pin drop! But I continued; "Yea,
over 100 years ago this used to be Tesla's laboratory where he
developed technology much of which we still use today...although some
of it was repressed." After more jaw dropping and conversing with a
completely ignorant audience, I bid farewell as they had no clue even
who Tesla was. And this was his OLD LAB!! next door to what appeared
to be a tavern--and the older guys there STILL REMEMBER when it was
Tesla's laboratory. What a relief! It was engaging to talk story
with them for hours in the cold afternoon. Afterward, I walked behind
the lab/turned/counseling center, where there was an apartment
building, with rooms available. $325 per month sounded like a great
deal to live that close to town, so I talked with the owner for a
while and then took off. The coolest thing was the fact that even
after all of the State's rebuilding, you can still recognize his
laboratory as some of what it used to be: a large hangar!
Cheers to all,
Cabbot Sanders
ball lightning/fusion researcher and engineer
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