“As any one of Trenchard’s little b******s will tell you ALWAYS CHECK THE POWER SUPPLY FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

In 1988, one of the lads in the barracks (Military Police type) was throwing a nice portable component stereo set out (the speakers, tape deck, and receiver were all separate parts, but hooked together with a carry handle).

I (being an avionics type) asked him what was wrong with it. He said “It won’t even turn on!”, so I asked could I have it. He said sure, I took it home, removed the cover, removed the 1/2 inch of dust, replaced the 2 blown fuses, and had a great stereo for several more years… then gave it to a civvie friend who is still using it!!

Jon H, I graduated from high school and started in University in 1980… 😀