Brings back fond memories.

John  KC2QJB

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Duke, K5XU" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 6:19 PM
Subject: The Cardboard Tube song


> As a kid, I wound enough Western Auto single strand wax covered "door
> bell" wire on these things to reach from the Mississippi School for
> the Blind to almost anywhere I
> wanted to listen, and back again. Sometimes, I got lucky, and whatever
> I
> was winding that coil for really did kinda sorta work!
>
> Those projects never failed to impress my roommates at the school for
> the blind,
> stimulate my imagination, or to give the house parents at least one
> nervous breakdown per week.
>
> See below for what has prompted this reflection.
>
>
>
> K5XU
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
>
>
> Hello--
>
> Kimberly-Clark now offers Scott toilet tissue in a format that
> eliminates the inner cardboard tube, an item long beloved by
> crystal-radio builders, QRP-rig fans, and budding Glowbug
> constructors.
>
> Can we reverse the trend, thereby making it possible for junior
> electronics engineers to know the thrill of winding their own RF
> coils?
>
> Toward that goal, I offer the following....
>
> 73--
>
> Brad  AA1IP
>
> ****************************************
>
> Cardboard Tube
>
> A parody  by AA1IP
>
> (To be sung to the tune of "Kodachrome", With apologies to Paul Simon
> and Art Garfunkel))
>
> **********************************
> When I think back
> On all the rigs I built in high school
> One simple part
> Resides inside 'em all
> It's a tank coil wound on castoff cardboard tubing
> Left over from
> That roll upon the wall
>
> [Refrain]
> Rolls of toilet paper
> Give us cleanup comfort,
> Patching nicks on faces every day
> Varnished tube and wire
> Make up a cheap inductor
> So Scotty, don't take my coil forms away
>
> If you wind your coils on
> Porcelain or plastic
> They'll last longer, it is true
> Than varnished cardboard wound with old bell wire
> So save your dough for Miniductor plug-ins
> They're a luxury for you
>
> [Refrain]
> Rolls of toilet paper
> Give us cleanup comfort,
> Patching nicks on faces every day
> Varnished tube and wire
> Make up a cheap inductor
> So Scoty, don't take those cardboard tubes away
>
> Scotty, don't take my forms away
> Scotty, don't take my forms away
> Scotty, don't take my forms away (awaaay)
>
> Scotty, don't take my forms away
> Scotty, don't take my forms away
> Scotty, don't take my cardboard forms away (away)
>
> Scotty, don't take my coils away
> (I wanna work DX today)
> Scotty, don't take my coils away (awaaaay)
> (Or I'll get zero QSA)
>
> Scotty, don't take my cardboard coils away (awaaaay)
>
> ***************
> Notes:
>
> http://www.happynews.com/news/11112010/kimberly-clark-introduces-scott-naturals-tube-free-bath-tissue.htm
>
> Miniductor is a trademark of Barker & Williamson
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