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Hi Kevin - back in the day when I was working for General Dynamics, I wired up prototype field replaceable units for the F-16. Something the old-timers there taught me was that all electronic devices run on smoke, and that if you let the smoke out, the device will cease to operate... LOL! Since then I've soldered up this and that over the years. One of the other companies I worked for was having a trivia contest one year and the grand prize was a trip somewhere, can't remember where to. Anyway we needed a device with a button for each of two contestants so whoever hit their button first when they thought they had the answer would lock out the other contestant and trigger a light on either side indicating who was first. Then you could hit a button to reset the system and clear the lights, ready for the next question. Wired that all up from scratch and it worked well - I think I may still have that thing down in the basement somewhere. I'd be hard pressed to tell you how I did it now, that was a long time ago. So the short answer is yes, I've been around electricky stuff over the years, and I do own a multimeter.
I've had better trips for sure. As I mentioned, driving the last 200 miles from Des Moines to Rochester Saturday night we had blowing snow and I could see barely see the lines on the road and only maybe three or four cars ahead at times. Being from Arkansas, I figured I'd do as the Romans do and go with the flow, but folks were still driving 60 - 70 mph. All I could think of was this is how pile ups happen, but what do I know. Folks up there are seasoned veterans when it comes to driving in the snow, I reckon:-) We spent the night, picked up the TV Sunday morning, and then it was smooth sailing heading back in the daylight, thank goodness!
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