Where do all the clip leeds go?

[2wo]

Long time passing...

It seem I am always buying them. Not long ago I had too many to hang on the designated hook. Today I am cobbling together a project on the bench and I can only come up with a few.

Except for a couple of old nasty ones that won't go away.

I know it is well understood scientific fact, that socks disappear through the
Intergalactic wormhole that is built into your clothes dryer

But clip Leeds?...John           

 

[Paul Birkeland]

I sure wish I knew!  I buy a couple bags and the Ham swap meet every year,  and I think I'm down to 5 at home now.

For my own purposes, I think a lot of my clip leads get gobbled up from powder coating.

 

[Grainger49]

I hadn't realized this.  I am also a victim of whatever eats them.  I guess I have to look out for the next Ham Fest.

 

[Paul Joppa]

It's the same with pens at my house. They disappear into some limbo reality, and turn up again in unexpected places. My theory is that there is a kind of osmotic stability where about 90% of them are in limbo at any given time. You just have to saturate the limbo reality, then you can achieve stability with some 10% of the total always available.

 

[debk]

I think mine are being shunted into a parallel dimension, and occasionally reapear when least expected with that lost single sock 

I end up buying a bag of the every couple of years

Deb

 

[Doc B]

I think mine are being shunted into a parallel dimension, and occasionally reapear when least expected with that lost single sock 

I end up buying a bag of the every couple of years

Deb

Oh yeah, that's the theory of quantum sock/clip lead equilibrium. You need one gray sock to move a red and a green clip lead between dimensions. If the sock is in great shape the red clip lead will come back with a bent alligator clip and be useless. If the sock has a hole the green one comes back messed up. Red leads can also move by themselves if you use a white sock. Interestingly it seems that the yellow clip leads have some characteristic that makes it harder for them to move to the next dimension with any sock, while the black clips leads seem to be able to shift to the other dimension without any sock. Unfortunately the black ones also seem to only take a one way trip, they never come back at all.

 

[ALL212]

Oh yeah, that's the theory of quantum sock/clip lead equilibrium. You need one gray sock to move a red and a green clip lead between dimensions. If the sock is in great shape the red clip lead will come back with a bent alligator clip and be useless. If the sock has a hole the green one comes back messed up. Red leads can also move by themselves if you use a white sock. Interestingly it seems that the yellow clip leads have some characteristic that makes it harder for them to move to the next dimension with any sock, while the black clips leads seem to be able to shift to the other dimension without any sock. Unfortunately the black ones also seem to only take a one way trip, they never come back at all.

I'm beginning to worry about Doc...someone needs to check his temperature! 

 

[patm]

Socks mate in the dryer and one of them dies and the offspring is a metal coat hanger.

 

[grausch]

I'm beginning to worry about Doc...someone needs to check his temperature!

Lately I'm starting to think Doc is the only sane one here...he is spot on with his advice on the upgrades several of us are doing to the Crack.

I....need....more.....caps.....larger.....better......from.....Russia.....cruise.....missiles....whahaha!!!!!

 

[2wo]

Come to think about it, I am kinda short on gray socks  as well...John

 

[Grainger49]

John,

At least you are not short of underwear.

;D . . . 

 

[Bwaze]

"Somewhere in the cosmos along with all the planets inhabited by humanoids, reptiloids, fishoids, walking treeoids, and superintelligent shades of the color blue, there was also a planet entirely given over to clip lead life forms. And it was to this planet that unattended clip leads would make their way, slipping away quietly through wormholes in space to a world where they knew they could enjoy a uniquely clip-leady lifestyle, responding to highly clip lead-oriented stimuli, and generally leading the clip lead equivalent of the good life."

-Douglas Adams

 

[Grainger49]

Douglas,

Then why don't the cheap ones go there?  The ones with tiny wire and malfunctioning clips.  I should just throw them out!

 

[BigAl954]

Does this mean we're going to see you "Sprung" for a clandestine but lucrative business reselling used clip leads in the future ?

"Somewhere in the cosmos along with all the planets inhabited by humanoids, reptiloids, fishoids, walking treeoids, and superintelligent shades of the color blue, there was also a planet entirely given over to clip lead life forms. And it was to this planet that unattended clip leads would make their way, slipping away quietly through wormholes in space to a world where they knew they could enjoy a uniquely clip-leady lifestyle, responding to highly clip lead-oriented stimuli, and generally leading the clip lead equivalent of the good life."

-Douglas Adams

 

[Grainger49]

Ok, my clip leads are dwindling.  I need a Ham Fest.  That is the best place to buy them.