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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> bbelec@bonded1.cooleremail.net
[mailto:bbelec@bonded1.cooleremail.net] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Mike Fahrion -
B&B Electronics<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, 1 April 2008 2:26 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
Mackay, Ben<BR><B>Subject:</B> Loneliness, Isolation, and Isolators as a Cure
for Loneliness<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear Friend & Subscriber:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>After nearly 36 months of intensive
research, the engineering staff at B&B Electronics is proud to
announce a brand new technology that will enhance both the jobs and
personal lives of engineers everywhere.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>In 2005, B&B forged a secret
relationship with Lirpa Labs in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania (which is
also the home of Phil the Goundhog), a privately funded institute
that performs research on Engineers' psychological and emotional
problems.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Professor I. Lirpa, director of research
at Lirpa Labs, told me in a private conversation that the most
serious problem that plagues industrial control engineers is
Loneliness and Isolation. He says that while their wives are
the ones that complain loudest about it, it's the engineers
themselves who really feel it. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>"The loneliness and despair are almost
overwhelming, and it causes them to retreat into a private world of
C Code programming, dark humor, and morose afternoons listening to
Depeche Mode albums on their iPods.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>"The loneliness and dark humor are bad
enough, but it's the shameless indulgence in bad '80s music that
really alerted us to the seriousness of this problem," he
says.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Looking at my own playlist, I instantly
knew he was right. But what got my attention in my
conversations with Professor Lirpa was his new research into
circuitry that modifies engineers' moods without the use of drugs,
psychotherapy or medical marijuana. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dr. Lirpa showed me a circuit design that
forms a psychic connection with the engineer who installs it,
creating an emotional bond between the system designer and the
control circuit.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>It takes advantage of the quantum effect
that is generated by crystals and has a powerful mood-lifting
effect. In fact, it sometimes creates halos around peoples'
heads.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Most people know that lucky crystals worn
around the neck can increase golf scores (in fact this truth is
proclaimed on a well-known popular infomercial) but what is much
less known is the fact that clock crystals in electronic circuitry
can have the same effect from afar, if designed properly.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Which means you don't even have to wear
them around your neck. They'll work just fine inside a piece
of equipment as long as it's mounted on a DIN rail.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>This inspired me to investigate this
further. Dr. Lirpa helped me code his proprietary formula into
one of our RS-485 isolators and I tried it on one of our engineers,
Tony.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>I did not tell him I was doing it, so it
was a blind scientific psychological test.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>The very next morning, Tony (who is
normally very morose) came walking in the door snapping his fingers,
listening to "Walking On Sunshine" by Katrina and the Waves on his
shiny new red iPod Shuffle. "No more Depeche Mode for Me!" he
announced with a wide grin on his face. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Then during lunch time I saw him talking
to Patricia from purchasing and making serious eye contact with
her. I knew he'd been admiring her from afar but he'd been
afraid to ask her out. Suddenly I could see this burst of
confidence was forging new connections for him.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was SO happy for Tony.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Right then and there, I decided, we HAVE
to incorporate this feature into our new DIN Rail Mounted converters
and isolators. I couldn't help but smile at the deep irony, that a
product which isolates networks from ground loops and the perils of
Spring would also set engineers free from their isolation from other
people and the love they so desperately need.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm still trying to wrap my head around
the possibilities. The thousands of engineers whose lives will be
immeasurably improved by the vibrations that are put out into the
universe by these new products....</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>We now have "Triple isolated" DIN serial
converters/isolators for 232, 485, Fiber: 485DCRi,485OPDRi,232OPDRi,
FOSTCDRi<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.icebase.com/go2.shtml?0CzEH8eSsh7uZQLv/2fe575a36a222e44/f76d1c1f5505d581/ben.mackay@actewagl.com.au"><FONT
face=Arial
size=2>http://www.bb-europe.com/product_family.asp?FamilyId=302</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>and handy inline isolated serial
converters, 4WSD9OTB, 4WSD25OTB. <BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.icebase.com/go2.shtml?0CzEH8eSsh7uZQLv/bef0937da62b5a8e/f76d1c1f5505d581/ben.mackay@actewagl.com.au"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.icebase.com/go2.shtml?0CzEH8eSsh7uZQLv/7001c81401d47f8d/f76d1c1f5505d581/ben.mackay@actewagl.com.au">http://www.bb-europe.com/product_multi_family.asp?MultiFamilyId=59</FONT></A></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>All of these units incorporate Dr.
Lirpa's proprietary universal vibrational, magnetic mood altering
circuitry. Including crystals that have been shown in
laboratory tests to improve your luck in golf games!</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Isolated USB to serial - 1 port version
perfect for field service 232, 422, 485.... And if you follow the
instructions it will set you free, once and for all, from your
sardonic humor and dark outlook on life:<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.icebase.com/go2.shtml?0CzEH8eSsh7uZQLv/7a1a588c0fad35b9/f76d1c1f5505d581/ben.mackay@actewagl.com.au"><FONT
face=Arial
size=2>http://www.bb-europe.com/product_family.asp?FamilyId=355</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Isolated multiport USB to serial -
Good-bye Depeche Mode, Hello Katrina and the Waves!<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.icebase.com/go2.shtml?0CzEH8eSsh7uZQLv/f7227f8082a28cc4/f76d1c1f5505d581/ben.mackay@actewagl.com.au"><FONT
face=Arial
size=2>http://www.bb-europe.com/product_family.asp?FamilyId=357</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>DIN rail mount isolated USB to serial:
Could this unit help you use the Law of Attraction to find the love
of your life?<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.icebase.com/go2.shtml?0CzEH8eSsh7uZQLv/e31a2d663af49a60/f76d1c1f5505d581/ben.mackay@actewagl.com.au"><FONT
face=Arial
size=2>http://www.bb-europe.com/product_family.asp?FamilyId=349</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>And the classic Isolated PCI cards, 1-4
ports, 232/422/485. Put these in your industrial PC and feel
your moods soar into blissful happiness and a spirit of generosity
to all the people in your life:<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.icebase.com/go2.shtml?0CzEH8eSsh7uZQLv/f6fc0af6cca23993/f76d1c1f5505d581/ben.mackay@actewagl.com.au"><FONT
face=Arial
size=2>http://www.bb-europe.com/product_family.asp?FamilyId=82</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Oh, and by the way, as of today, April 1
the spring catalog is rolling off the presses and will be going into
the mail as soon as the ink dries. Watch the mailroom vigilantly so
as not to have yours stolen by some lonely, isolated soul who has
not yet discovered the B&B solution to love and happiness and
community.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just in time for Spring, I'm celebrating
the end of Loneliness and Isolation - with more than 2000 volts of
triple isolated protection!</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Happy Connections,</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mike Fahrion<BR></FONT><A
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