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RE: Definition of "Fully Blown" - brouhaha - 01-12-2015 02:41 AM
I never heard "fully-blown", but I've heard "full-blown" about many things other than HP calculators. For HP-41 and -71B, the phrase I usually heard was "fully loaded".
RE: Definition of "Fully Blown" - vk6ti - 01-12-2015 03:51 AM
I worked in the explosives field for about 15 years, and the term
"fully blown", means a job well done, or a catastrophic result. We did 41C's in the 80's and we called them "hotted up". All sounds too familiar to the hot rod fraternity. :-)
Ray
RE: Definition of "Fully Blown" - Mark Hardman - 01-12-2015 04:02 AM
(01-12-2015 03:51 AM)vk6ti Wrote: I worked in the explosives field for about 15 years, and the term
"fully blown", means a job well done, or a catastrophic result. We did 41C's in the 80's and we called them "hotted up". All sounds too familiar to the hot rod fraternity. :-)
Ray
"A job well done" or "a catastrophic result"?
I get it. When speaking of explosive ordinance, failure to produce a catastrophic result would be considered a failure (a job not well done).
I would like to think of my HP-41CLs as being "souped up".
RE: Definition of "Fully Blown" - John W Kercheval - 01-12-2015 07:14 PM
Thomas Klemm: Very interesting post. I've not seen that before.
RE: Definition of "Fully Blown" - Thomas Klemm - 01-12-2015 09:18 PM
(01-12-2015 07:14 PM)John W Kercheval Wrote: Very interesting post. I've not seen that before.
You might like these old posts then:
old photo with hp logo or name
Hi definition images of the HP-19C decimal dot
Enjoy
Thomas
PS: Unfortunately some of the mentioned pictures can't be accessed anymore.
RE: Definition of "Fully Blown" - Katie Wasserman - 01-13-2015 02:43 AM
(01-11-2015 11:51 PM)Thomas Klemm Wrote: I guess this was the source:
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Yep!