Re: Why JFET amp instead of Non-inv Op amp? Do they both not have high Imp?

On 16 Apr 2005 17:18:35 -0700, Winfield Hill
<hill_a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Jim Thompson wrote...
>>
>> Fred Abse wrote:
>>
>>> Jim Thompson wrote:
>>>
>>>> I know, I speak from experience... had a very raw ass after my
>>>> first week in Germany ;-)
>>>
>>> Thought you Arizonans still had a catalog hanging from a nail :-)
>>
>> Not in Arizona, but, as a kid in West Virginia, the Sears catalog
>> was prominent in the outhouse on my grandparent's farm in Pendleton
>> County.
>>
>> But, in the late 1940's, there was rural electrification (IIRC, "REA",
>> actually started by FDR, but very slow moving to encompass the whole
>> country) which allowed the use of electric-powered water pumps.
>>
>> So my father and all his brothers went together and plumbed the farm
>> house for running water, flush toilets, septic tank, etc.
>>
>> ...Jim Thompson
>
> Rural electrification, started by FDR as you say, something that
> wouldn't have happened under a GW Bush utility-privatization scheme.
> We privatized here in MA, and have been royally screwed as result.
> Reminds me of California. Thankfully we escaped their mess, so far.

Careful there, Win, you're going to need a bigger gyro ;-)

...Jim Thompson
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