Mud-puppy
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Theres been some interest lately on this Delta Pitch subject with the FTP/Tek users...so under 'Roberts Rules of Order', lets just open the discussion...Its February after all...
Nearest I can tell, using the Googly search injun, 'Delta Pitch' was a Dave Johnson concept...For those of you that dont know Dave J's pedigree, he is in a small fabric of Detector Circuit designers, like about 3...He started out very old school with Flintstone gear, a Simpson 101 meter, some mica, a sharp piece of Dragon Glass (black obsidian) and a roll of 3M tape, the Philips screwdriver hadnt even been invented yet, there was only one flat blade screwdriver available per County, at the Library, so he used American Chestnut wooden pegs to hold everything together...back in the 80s this is...
Anyway, he built upon knowledge gained and worked on the design of those traffic light coils you drive over every day at stoplights...You can thank him for that, He is responsible for those...
Succinctly put, He is THE 'Professor Albus Dumbledore' of Hogwarts Metal Detecting School, except instead of giving flowery and cryptic dinner party speeches, he actually DESIGNED and built some of these magic wands we use!
So in the manual, Dave J says:..."For optimum performance, Run "Delta Pitch" ...Who am I to question? A Muggle? Ron Weasley? or worse yet, a Minelabber?
Now I dont know if I am correct on who thought of and designed Delta Pitch, I may be talking out of my @ss like normal, (98% probability) making assumptions with little to go on, but y'all seem to have a discerning ear, understand the regional dialectic subtleties, and are vibrant and fluent participators in 'out your @ss' Lingo..
I found a post or two from 2007 where Dave J chimed in on the DP mention...I'd like to know though, just for future accuracy and credit given..
Where did Delta Pitch come from? Who was the designer? Nikolai Tesla? Oppenheimer?
Anyway...open debate...do some digging and lets chase down this subject! It should be exciting! Like flying on a broom in a Quidditch match chasing the Golden Snitch! At the very least, we should be able to knock down a damned old Quaffle or two by Lunchtime?...I mean, who cant? A noobie MInelabber or an inexperienced Tesoro Teeboy thinking rebar overload?
Quaffles are as big as a football for Keks sake!!
Nearest I can tell, using the Googly search injun, 'Delta Pitch' was a Dave Johnson concept...For those of you that dont know Dave J's pedigree, he is in a small fabric of Detector Circuit designers, like about 3...He started out very old school with Flintstone gear, a Simpson 101 meter, some mica, a sharp piece of Dragon Glass (black obsidian) and a roll of 3M tape, the Philips screwdriver hadnt even been invented yet, there was only one flat blade screwdriver available per County, at the Library, so he used American Chestnut wooden pegs to hold everything together...back in the 80s this is...
Anyway, he built upon knowledge gained and worked on the design of those traffic light coils you drive over every day at stoplights...You can thank him for that, He is responsible for those...
Succinctly put, He is THE 'Professor Albus Dumbledore' of Hogwarts Metal Detecting School, except instead of giving flowery and cryptic dinner party speeches, he actually DESIGNED and built some of these magic wands we use!
So in the manual, Dave J says:..."For optimum performance, Run "Delta Pitch" ...Who am I to question? A Muggle? Ron Weasley? or worse yet, a Minelabber?
Now I dont know if I am correct on who thought of and designed Delta Pitch, I may be talking out of my @ss like normal, (98% probability) making assumptions with little to go on, but y'all seem to have a discerning ear, understand the regional dialectic subtleties, and are vibrant and fluent participators in 'out your @ss' Lingo..
I found a post or two from 2007 where Dave J chimed in on the DP mention...I'd like to know though, just for future accuracy and credit given..
Where did Delta Pitch come from? Who was the designer? Nikolai Tesla? Oppenheimer?
Anyway...open debate...do some digging and lets chase down this subject! It should be exciting! Like flying on a broom in a Quidditch match chasing the Golden Snitch! At the very least, we should be able to knock down a damned old Quaffle or two by Lunchtime?...I mean, who cant? A noobie MInelabber or an inexperienced Tesoro Teeboy thinking rebar overload?
Quaffles are as big as a football for Keks sake!!
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