Apologies if this was mentioned in the thread a short while ago.

There's this:

http://myfreewares.weebly.com/resist...de-solver.html

Seems versatile: colours to value, value to colours and P(ower)-V-I-R.

There's a portable zip on the page - no setting up needed.
--
Peter.
The head of a pin will hold more angels if
it's been flattened with an angel-grinder.

On Oct 17, 7:44 am, PeterC wrote:
Apologies if this was mentioned in the thread a short while ago.

There's this:

http://myfreewares.weebly.com/resist...de-solver.html

Seems versatile: colours to value, value to colours and P(ower)-V-I-R.

There's a portable zip on the page - no setting up needed.

I use this web-based one. No program to download:
http://samengstrom.com/nxl/3660/4_ba...e_page.en.html

Although most of the resistors that I have are not the value stated,
because they have been removed from aircraft and replaced.

"Matty F" wrote in message ...
On Oct 17, 7:44 am, PeterC wrote:
Apologies if this was mentioned in the thread a short while ago.

There's this:

http://myfreewares.weebly.com/resist...de-solver.html

Seems versatile: colours to value, value to colours and P(ower)-V-I-R.

There's a portable zip on the page - no setting up needed.

I use this web-based one. No program to download:
http://samengstrom.com/nxl/3660/4_ba...e_page.en.html

I use a mnemonic, too racist to be repeated here ;-)

--
Graham.

%Profound_observation%

On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:48:51 +0100, "Graham." had
this to say:



"Matty F" wrote in message ...
On Oct 17, 7:44 am, PeterC wrote:
Apologies if this was mentioned in the thread a short while ago.

There's this:

http://myfreewares.weebly.com/resist...de-solver.html

Seems versatile: colours to value, value to colours and P(ower)-V-I-R.

There's a portable zip on the page - no setting up needed.

I use this web-based one. No program to download:
http://samengstrom.com/nxl/3660/4_ba...e_page.en.html

I use a mnemonic, too racist to be repeated here ;-)

Don't we all? ;-)))

--
Frank Erskine

Matty F
wibbled on Friday 16 October 2009 22:57

I'm out of date... Can anyone explain how you know which direction to read a
6 band resistor in? There doesn't seem to be an obvious asymmetry...

Cheers

Tim


--
Tim Watts

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"Tim W" wrote in message ...
Matty F
wibbled on Friday 16 October 2009 22:57

I'm out of date... Can anyone explain how you know which direction to read a
6 band resistor in? There doesn't seem to be an obvious asymmetry...

Left to right. (Yes I know, I know).
Bring back "Body-Tip-Spot" is what I say.

--
Graham.

%Profound_observation%

On Oct 17, 11:48 am, "Graham." wrote:
"Matty F" wrote in ...
On Oct 17, 7:44 am, PeterC wrote:
Apologies if this was mentioned in the thread a short while ago.

There's this:

http://myfreewares.weebly.com/resist...de-solver.html

Seems versatile: colours to value, value to colours and P(ower)-V-I-R.

There's a portable zip on the page - no setting up needed.

I use this web-based one. No program to download:
http://samengstrom.com/nxl/3660/4_ba...e_page.en.html

I use a mnemonic, too racist to be repeated here ;-)

Quoting "young girls" and "virginity" is not racist

On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:12:00 +0100, Graham. wrote:

"Tim W" wrote in message ...
Matty F
wibbled on Friday 16 October 2009 22:57

I'm out of date... Can anyone explain how you know which direction to read a
6 band resistor in? There doesn't seem to be an obvious asymmetry...

Left to right. (Yes I know, I know).
Bring back "Body-Tip-Spot" is what I say.

FSVO rotsiser

(I think I've just molished a new jbeq)
--
Peter.
The head of a pin will hold more angels if
it's been flattened with an angel-grinder.

Graham. wrote:
"Matty F" wrote in message ...
On Oct 17, 7:44 am, PeterC wrote:
Apologies if this was mentioned in the thread a short while ago.

There's this:

http://myfreewares.weebly.com/resist...de-solver.html

Seems versatile: colours to value, value to colours and P(ower)-V-I-R.

There's a portable zip on the page - no setting up needed.
I use this web-based one. No program to download:
http://samengstrom.com/nxl/3660/4_ba...e_page.en.html

I use a mnemonic, too racist to be repeated here ;-)

Do you? 10 years as a design engineer left them second nature to me.

In article ,
The Natural Philosopher writes:
Graham. wrote:
"Matty F" wrote in message ...
On Oct 17, 7:44 am, PeterC wrote:
Apologies if this was mentioned in the thread a short while ago.

There's this:

http://myfreewares.weebly.com/resist...de-solver.html

Seems versatile: colours to value, value to colours and P(ower)-V-I-R.

There's a portable zip on the page - no setting up needed.
I use this web-based one. No program to download:
http://samengstrom.com/nxl/3660/4_ba...e_page.en.html

I use a mnemonic, too racist to be repeated here ;-)

Do you? 10 years as a design engineer left them second nature to me.

I certainly knew them well before age 11 (and before I would have
known what a virgin or a racist was, so it's unlikely any mnemonics
would have helped me), but I do remember "body, tip, spot"!

TBH, one of the things that initially attracted me to electronics at
such a young age was the pretty colours on resistors, and being
curious about why. My father had done lots of electronics before I
was born, and I retrieved his boxes of it from the loft, and started
from there.

--
Andrew Gabriel
[email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]

On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 09:06:08 +0000, Andrew Gabriel wrote:

In article ,
The Natural Philosopher writes:
Graham. wrote:
"Matty F" wrote in message
news:f5d531e1-56ba-4fef-8330-
...
On Oct 17, 7:44 am, PeterC wrote:
Apologies if this was mentioned in the thread a short while ago.

There's this:

http://myfreewares.weebly.com/resist...de-solver.html

Seems versatile: colours to value, value to colours and
P(ower)-V-I-R.

There's a portable zip on the page - no setting up needed.
I use this web-based one. No program to download:
http://samengstrom.com/
nxl/3660/4_band_resistor_color_code_page.en.html

I use a mnemonic, too racist to be repeated here ;-)

Do you? 10 years as a design engineer left them second nature to me.

I certainly knew them well before age 11 (and before I would have known
what a virgin or a racist was, so it's unlikely any mnemonics would have
helped me), but I do remember "body, tip, spot"!

TBH, one of the things that initially attracted me to electronics at
such a young age was the pretty colours on resistors, and being curious
about why. My father had done lots of electronics before I was born, and
I retrieved his boxes of it from the loft, and started from there.

Ther capacitors were even nicer - don't see them these says. Looked a bit
like liquorice allsorts.




--
Use the BIG mirror service in the UK:
http://www.mirrorservice.org

On 17 Oct 2009 10:10:20 GMT, Bob Eager wrote:

Ther capacitors were even nicer - don't see them these says. Looked a
bit like liquorice allsorts.

Oy! I don't look like a capacitor, although I am becoming a little
rounder than I was.

--
Cheers
Dave.

PeterC wrote:

FSVO rotsiser

(I think I've just molished a new jbeq)

Opps. ye shed door is ajar. Wrong planet!

--
Adrian C

"Matty F" wrote in message
...
On Oct 17, 11:48 am, "Graham." wrote:
"Matty F" wrote in
...
On Oct 17, 7:44 am, PeterC wrote:
Apologies if this was mentioned in the thread a short while ago.

There's this:

http://myfreewares.weebly.com/resist...de-solver.html

Seems versatile: colours to value, value to colours and P(ower)-V-I-R.

There's a portable zip on the page - no setting up needed.

I use this web-based one. No program to download:
http://samengstrom.com/nxl/3660/4_ba...e_page.en.html

I use a mnemonic, too racist to be repeated here ;-)

Quoting "young girls" and "virginity" is not racist

Blimey! That brings back memories!

JW

"Bob Eager" wrote in message
...

Ther capacitors were even nicer - don't see them these says. Looked a bit
like liquorice allsorts.

Capacitors were all quite boring when I started. Just blue or orange film
around the metal.

But I did love hoarding resistors. I used to nip into Tandy on the way home
from school - buy a pack of resistors, and use my Battery Club card! :-)

On 17 Oct, 11:10, Bob Eager wrote:

Ther capacitors were even nicer - don't see them these says. Looked a bit
like liquorice allsorts.

Pigs for the end breaking off the swiss-roll though, if you pulled on
the lead when soldering.

What was the name for these? Polyethylene foil and a cement dip AFAIR,
but they had a name too?

In message , Frank Erskine
writes
On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:48:51 +0100, "Graham." had
this to say:



"Matty F" wrote in message
...
On Oct 17, 7:44 am, PeterC wrote:
Apologies if this was mentioned in the thread a short while ago.

There's this:

http://myfreewares.weebly.com/resist...de-solver.html

Seems versatile: colours to value, value to colours and P(ower)-V-I-R.

There's a portable zip on the page - no setting up needed.

I use this web-based one. No program to download:
http://samengstrom.com/nxl/3660/4_ba...e_page.en.html

I use a mnemonic, too racist to be repeated here ;-)

Don't we all? ;-)))

I don't know what you're on about


--
geoff

In message
,
Matty F writes
On Oct 17, 11:48 am, "Graham." wrote:
"Matty F" wrote in

ps.com...
On Oct 17, 7:44 am, PeterC wrote:
Apologies if this was mentioned in the thread a short while ago.

There's this:

http://myfreewares.weebly.com/resist...de-solver.html

Seems versatile: colours to value, value to colours and P(ower)-V-I-R.

There's a portable zip on the page - no setting up needed.

I use this web-based one. No program to download:
http://samengstrom.com/nxl/3660/4_ba...e_page.en.html

I use a mnemonic, too racist to be repeated here ;-)

Quoting "young girls" and "virginity" is not racist

You'd better remind me of that one ...

--
geoff

In message , Bob Eager
writes
On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 09:06:08 +0000, Andrew Gabriel wrote:

In article ,
The Natural Philosopher writes:
Graham. wrote:
"Matty F" wrote in message
news:f5d531e1-56ba-4fef-8330-
...
On Oct 17, 7:44 am, PeterC wrote:
Apologies if this was mentioned in the thread a short while ago.

There's this:

http://myfreewares.weebly.com/resist...de-solver.html

Seems versatile: colours to value, value to colours and
P(ower)-V-I-R.

There's a portable zip on the page - no setting up needed.
I use this web-based one. No program to download:
http://samengstrom.com/
nxl/3660/4_band_resistor_color_code_page.en.html

I use a mnemonic, too racist to be repeated here ;-)

Do you? 10 years as a design engineer left them second nature to me.

I certainly knew them well before age 11 (and before I would have known
what a virgin or a racist was, so it's unlikely any mnemonics would have
helped me), but I do remember "body, tip, spot"!

TBH, one of the things that initially attracted me to electronics at
such a young age was the pretty colours on resistors, and being curious
about why. My father had done lots of electronics before I was born, and
I retrieved his boxes of it from the loft, and started from there.

Ther capacitors were even nicer - don't see them these says. Looked a bit
like liquorice allsorts.

I used to have a girlfriend who used to nick them and turn them into
eaarrings

--
geoff

On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:04:10 -0700, Andy Dingley wrote:

On 17 Oct, 11:10, Bob Eager wrote:

Ther capacitors were even nicer - don't see them these says. Looked a
bit like liquorice allsorts.

Pigs for the end breaking off the swiss-roll though, if you pulled on
the lead when soldering.

What was the name for these? Polyethylene foil and a cement dip AFAIR,
but they had a name too?

Are we talking abiut the same thing? These were rectangular, flattish,
with rounded edges (typically about a cm per side, 2-3mm thick, wires
from two of the bottom corners, horizontal stripes. Polyester ISTR.



--
Use the BIG mirror service in the UK:
http://www.mirrorservice.org

On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:34:42 +0100, Frank Erskine wrote:

On 17 Oct 2009 23:13:34 GMT, Bob Eager had this to
say:

On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:04:10 -0700, Andy Dingley wrote:

On 17 Oct, 11:10, Bob Eager wrote:

Ther capacitors were even nicer - don't see them these says. Looked a
bit like liquorice allsorts.

Pigs for the end breaking off the swiss-roll though, if you pulled on
the lead when soldering.

What was the name for these? Polyethylene foil and a cement dip AFAIR,
but they had a name too?

Are we talking abiut the same thing? These were rectangular, flattish,
with rounded edges (typically about a cm per side, 2-3mm thick, wires
from two of the bottom corners, horizontal stripes. Polyester ISTR.

They were modern things. Proper condensers (mica) were maybe 1" x 3/4" x
1/16" and dipped in brown wax, or encased in brown bakelite (engraved
with the value) with large flat tags sticking out of the ends.

Or Hunts/TCC paper ones in an aluminium tube with rubber seals in the
ends.

Then of course there were wet electrolytics that had to be kept
upright...

Yep, seen (and mostly used) all of those too. But not as pretty...




--
Use the BIG mirror service in the UK:
http://www.mirrorservice.org

On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:07:19 +0100, geoff wrote:

In message , Bob Eager
writes
On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 09:06:08 +0000, Andrew Gabriel wrote:

In article ,
The Natural Philosopher writes:
Graham. wrote:
"Matty F" wrote in message
news:f5d531e1-56ba-4fef-8330-
...
On Oct 17, 7:44 am, PeterC wrote:
Apologies if this was mentioned in the thread a short while ago.

There's this:

http://myfreewares.weebly.com/resist...de-solver.html

Seems versatile: colours to value, value to colours and
P(ower)-V-I-R.

There's a portable zip on the page - no setting up needed.
I use this web-based one. No program to download:
http://samengstrom.com/
nxl/3660/4_band_resistor_color_code_page.en.html

I use a mnemonic, too racist to be repeated here ;-)

Do you? 10 years as a design engineer left them second nature to me.

I certainly knew them well before age 11 (and before I would have
known what a virgin or a racist was, so it's unlikely any mnemonics
would have helped me), but I do remember "body, tip, spot"!

TBH, one of the things that initially attracted me to electronics at
such a young age was the pretty colours on resistors, and being
curious about why. My father had done lots of electronics before I was
born, and I retrieved his boxes of it from the loft, and started from
there.

Ther capacitors were even nicer - don't see them these says. Looked a
bit like liquorice allsorts.

I used to have a girlfriend who used to nick them and turn them into
eaarrings

I gave SWMBO a pair of proper Pentium II earrings once.



--
Use the BIG mirror service in the UK:
http://www.mirrorservice.org

"Bob Eager" wrote in message
...

I gave SWMBO a pair of proper Pentium II earrings once.

Did the increase to triple-core processing help with multi-tasking?

On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:40:59 +0000, Bob Eager wrote:

On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:07:19 +0100, geoff wrote:

In message , Bob Eager
writes
On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 09:06:08 +0000, Andrew Gabriel wrote:

In article ,
The Natural Philosopher writes:
Graham. wrote:
"Matty F" wrote in message
news:f5d531e1-56ba-4fef-8330-
...
On Oct 17, 7:44 am, PeterC wrote:
Apologies if this was mentioned in the thread a short while ago.

There's this:

http://myfreewares.weebly.com/resist...de-solver.html

Seems versatile: colours to value, value to colours and
P(ower)-V-I-R.

There's a portable zip on the page - no setting up needed.
I use this web-based one. No program to download:
http://samengstrom.com/
nxl/3660/4_band_resistor_color_code_page.en.html

I use a mnemonic, too racist to be repeated here ;-)

Do you? 10 years as a design engineer left them second nature to me.

I certainly knew them well before age 11 (and before I would have
known what a virgin or a racist was, so it's unlikely any mnemonics
would have helped me), but I do remember "body, tip, spot"!

TBH, one of the things that initially attracted me to electronics at
such a young age was the pretty colours on resistors, and being
curious about why. My father had done lots of electronics before I
was born, and I retrieved his boxes of it from the loft, and started
from there.

Ther capacitors were even nicer - don't see them these says. Looked a
bit like liquorice allsorts.

I used to have a girlfriend who used to nick them and turn them into
eaarrings

I gave SWMBO a pair of proper Pentium II earrings once.

She still has them - just seen!



--
Use the BIG mirror service in the UK:
http://www.mirrorservice.org

On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:48:20 +0100, John Whitworth wrote:

"Bob Eager" wrote in message
...

I gave SWMBO a pair of proper Pentium II earrings once.

Did the increase to triple-core processing help with multi-tasking?

Not really. But total power increased at least tenfold.



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"Bob Eager" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:34:42 +0100, Frank Erskine wrote:

On 17 Oct 2009 23:13:34 GMT, Bob Eager had this to
say:

On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:04:10 -0700, Andy Dingley wrote:

On 17 Oct, 11:10, Bob Eager wrote:

Ther capacitors were even nicer - don't see them these says. Looked a
bit like liquorice allsorts.

Pigs for the end breaking off the swiss-roll though, if you pulled on
the lead when soldering.

What was the name for these? Polyethylene foil and a cement dip AFAIR,
but they had a name too?

Are we talking abiut the same thing? These were rectangular, flattish,
with rounded edges (typically about a cm per side, 2-3mm thick, wires
from two of the bottom corners, horizontal stripes. Polyester ISTR.

They were modern things. Proper condensers (mica) were maybe 1" x 3/4" x
1/16" and dipped in brown wax, or encased in brown bakelite (engraved
with the value) with large flat tags sticking out of the ends.

Or Hunts/TCC paper ones in an aluminium tube with rubber seals in the
ends.

Then of course there were wet electrolytics that had to be kept
upright...

Yep, seen (and mostly used) all of those too. But not as pretty...




--
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http://www.mirrorservice.org


The 2.2uF bumblebees made decent xmas streamers.

On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:34:42 +0100, Frank Erskine
wrote:


Are we talking abiut the same thing? These were rectangular, flattish,
with rounded edges (typically about a cm per side, 2-3mm thick, wires
from two of the bottom corners, horizontal stripes. Polyester ISTR.

They were modern things. Proper condensers (mica) were maybe 1" x 3/4"
x 1/16" and dipped in brown wax, or encased in brown bakelite
(engraved with the value) with large flat tags sticking out of the
ends.

Or Hunts/TCC paper ones in an aluminium tube with rubber seals in the
ends.

That is *OLD* .


Then of course there were wet electrolytics that had to be kept
upright...

Really ? Never new that. That could explain one or two things ...

Presumably one only ever encountered them hard mounted on (pre-war)
wireless set chassis.

Derek.

On Oct 18, 12:04 pm, geoff wrote:
In message
,
Matty F writes



On Oct 17, 11:48 am, "Graham." wrote:
"Matty F" wrote in

ps.com...
On Oct 17, 7:44 am, PeterC wrote:
Apologies if this was mentioned in the thread a short while ago.

There's this:

http://myfreewares.weebly.com/resist...de-solver.html

Seems versatile: colours to value, value to colours and P(ower)-V-I-R.

There's a portable zip on the page - no setting up needed.

I use this web-based one. No program to download:
http://samengstrom.com/nxl/3660/4_ba...e_page.en.html

I use a mnemonic, too racist to be repeated here ;-)

Quoting "young girls" and "virginity" is not racist

You'd better remind me of that one ...

As taught to teenage Air Force engineers:
Bad Boys Root Our Young Girls Before Viginity Gives Way.
I have no idea what that means

Matty F wrote:

As taught to teenage Air Force engineers:
Bad Boys Root Our Young Girls Before Viginity Gives Way.
I have no idea what that means

Oh, so that's what the "virginity" was all about. I learned 6-7-8-9 as
"...But Violet Grey's Willing."


--
Ian White

On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:57:29 +0100, Adrian C wrote:

PeterC wrote:

FSVO rotsiser

(I think I've just molished a new jbeq)

Opps. ye shed door is ajar. Wrong planet!

Sorry - been on the PPs and BAs.
--
Peter.
The head of a pin will hold more angels if
it's been flattened with an angel-grinder.

On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:04:10 -0700 (PDT), Andy Dingley
wrote:


What was the name for these? Polyethylene foil and a cement dip AFAIR,
but they had a name too?

Mullard c280 Polyesters
Tropical fish
http://www.electrojumble.org/DATA/C280_Series.pdf

Ebay uk item (sold) 160359738926


--
Geo

In message
,
Matty F writes
On Oct 18, 12:04 pm, geoff wrote:
In message
,
Matty F writes



On Oct 17, 11:48 am, "Graham." wrote:
"Matty F" wrote in

ps.com...
On Oct 17, 7:44 am, PeterC wrote:
Apologies if this was mentioned in the thread a short while ago.

There's this:

http://myfreewares.weebly.com/resist...de-solver.html

Seems versatile: colours to value, value to colours and P(ower)-V-I-R.

There's a portable zip on the page - no setting up needed.

I use this web-based one. No program to download:
http://samengstrom.com/nxl/3660/4_ba...e_page.en.html

I use a mnemonic, too racist to be repeated here ;-)

Quoting "young girls" and "virginity" is not racist

You'd better remind me of that one ...

As taught to teenage Air Force engineers:
Bad Boys Root Our Young Girls Before Viginity Gives Way.
I have no idea what that means

I've led a sheltered life ...

cheers

--
geoff

On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:09:15 +0000, Geo wrote:

On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:04:10 -0700 (PDT), Andy Dingley
wrote:


What was the name for these? Polyethylene foil and a cement dip AFAIR,
but they had a name too?

Mullard c280 Polyesters
Tropical fish
http://www.electrojumble.org/DATA/C280_Series.pdf

Ebay uk item (sold) 160359738926

That's the ones! They *were* polyester after all!



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In article ,
geoff writes:
I used to have a girlfriend who used to nick them and turn them into
eaarrings

You could have left them charged up...

--
Andrew Gabriel
[email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]

"Ian White" wrote in message
...
Matty F wrote:

As taught to teenage Air Force engineers:
Bad Boys Root Our Young Girls Before Viginity Gives Way.
I have no idea what that means

Oh, so that's what the "virginity" was all about. I learned 6-7-8-9 as
"...But Violet Grey's Willing."

We were taught it a little bit different. I'm sure it was 'rape' instead of
'root', and the last four words were 'but virgins go without'.

I don't remember it being 'bad' either. But can't think what it was.

In message , Andrew Gabriel
writes
In article ,
geoff writes:
I used to have a girlfriend who used to nick them and turn them into
eaarrings

You could have left them charged up...

But I chose to live, instead

--
geoff

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "John Whitworth"
saying something like:


We were taught it a little bit different. I'm sure it was 'rape' instead of
'root', and the last four words were 'but virgins go without'.

I don't remember it being 'bad' either. But can't think what it was.

Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls, But Virgins Go Without.
Throwing sensitivity to the wind, the other version substituted 'Black'
for 'Bad'. I've no doubt there's a perfectly acceptable but dead boring
version out there.

On Oct 22, 3:00*pm, Grimly Curmudgeon
wrote:
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "John Whitworth"
saying something like:



We were taught it a little bit different. I'm sure it was 'rape' instead of
'root', and the last four words were 'but virgins go without'.

I don't remember it being 'bad' either. But can't think what it was.

Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls, But Virgins Go Without.
Throwing sensitivity to the wind, the other version substituted 'Black'
for 'Bad'. I've no doubt there's a perfectly acceptable but dead boring
version out there.

I was taught "willingly" not "without".

'Bad' Boys Rape Our Young Girls, But Virgins Go Willingly.

R

RobertL wrote:
On Oct 22, 3:00 pm, Grimly Curmudgeon
wrote:
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "John Whitworth"
saying something like:



We were taught it a little bit different. I'm sure it was 'rape' instead of
'root', and the last four words were 'but virgins go without'.
I don't remember it being 'bad' either. But can't think what it was.
Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls, But Virgins Go Without.
Throwing sensitivity to the wind, the other version substituted 'Black'
for 'Bad'. I've no doubt there's a perfectly acceptable but dead boring
version out there.

I was taught "willingly" not "without".

'Bad' Boys Rape Our Young Girls, But Virgins Go Willingly.

R

Its the 7 colours of the spectrum, with black for nought, brown for one
(halfway between black and red) grey for eight and white for nine.

I never had any problems, or need for mnemonics.

After a while the coses were second nature for preferred values in the
E20 range anyway.

Had to think a bit for high precision sometimes.