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Originally Posted by JohnCT

My father was a staff sergeant in WWII (Third Armored), and one of his duties was to take care of the radios and other wired communications. After the war, dad took radio and TV courses through the GI bill and opened up the family business which I still run. Dad was a very good tech, but he was smart enough to have 5 sons..

Here's another true story. My older brother is truly gifted and brilliant. Electronics is a hobby for him. His career was as a research chemist. He holds a patent on plated through hole chemistry. Anyway, my dad used to take him to TV service seminars when he was 12 or so. During one of the service seminars (Motorola I believe it was), the presentation was color theory followed by questions from the Motorola engineer. My brother kept sticking his hand up to answer. The Motorola engineer's assistant came over to my dad and told him to keep the kid quiet as he was embarrassing the other seasoned techs who were struggling with the new technology.

By the time he was in high school, my brother was my dad's bench tech. By the time my brother got a full time job for a large chemical corp, I was at the age and took over.

But my father was thorough and taught us a lot about TV and life in general. He had more common sense than any person I ever met. If I could spend just one more day with my father, I'd pick a day when I worked with him.

John

I can feel the pride and love you have for your father. I asked the question, because that is why the color looked great on the Admiral.