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Originally Posted by merlinmaxwell
I remember when I was just a kid the doctors lamps, there where three about 1 1/4 inch diameter made of glass, lit by a proper bulb and with a chrome ring holding each of them.
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We had those at school outside the Headmaster's office, although I never remember them being used. They fascinated me, nonetheless! Three vertically-mounted indicator discs with lamps behind in a rectangular surface-mounted box.
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Originally Posted by merlinmaxwell
Just one of those things that stick in your mind, I (still do) regarded them as beautiful. Modern plastic and LEDs just doesn't cut it, it's like the difference twixt a plastic and glass beer vessel.
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When I was a kid the doc had an annunciator panel in the waiting room with wagging flags and bell, which 'sowed the seeds' as it were... I couldn't wait to have to go to the doctor so I could gaze at it!
