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G0FTD > DESERT 16.03.03 15:57l 39 Lines 1146 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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ZL1UIC wrote:-
>
> Somewhat off the subject,
We're all guilty of that sometimes, me included.
> but further to Dick Smith. It is called Dick Smith Electronics (or DSE
> for short) The advertising stil has the name Dick Smith with his physog
> in between, and is oft (unkindly) referred to as Dick head Smith.
A bit like the Colnel Sanders head (Kentuck Fried Chicken logo)
and Rolf Harris :-)
(UK readers might not see the joke!)
> I do understand that he has no actual association with the company now.
> His callsign is (or was) "VK3(I think) DIK"
>
> Nicer chappie than Billy Goats, i feel. But, I am biased, parochial, or
> just plain cynical.
I actually thought Dickie did a good job in the electronics field.
Bringing home electronics construction to you at a corner shop was admirable.
For UK readers, buying a Dick Smith Kit was as easy as buying a loaf of
bread back in VK and just as cheap.
Electronics and kit building is seen in the UK as a specialist thing,
only practiced by beardy weirdies and obtainable from specialist
sources.
Long Live Dickie Smith.
- Andy -
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