Aww, take a gander at the "Lil' Captain". Although I was unable to put in most of the finishing touches I intended (check out the hovering gain knob), Dad still loved it. Hey he's the one who taught me how to solder in the first place. He was an electronics engineer in the US Navy. I told him how frustrating I found resistor color codes and he agreed. Due to slight color blindness he almost wasn't admitted into the service. He explained,
"They had to give me a special test to get in. A guy held up a yellow pencil and a blue pencil and asked - 'Which one's yellow?' I pointed to the bright yellow pencil, and he said 'Fine, you're in.' "
Ah the rigorous scrutiny of military enrollment. Happy Father's Day, Captain Mel!
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