Relayed from a panix-only forum, in a thread that started out being
about rechargeable batteries:
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>> Back in the dark ages (mid 1950's) someone gave me an old
>> "portable" radio which had a sizeable single cell lead-acid wet
>> cell battery and a vibrator supply to boost it to the plate
>> voltage.
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> Just last night, I encountered a story by Algis Budrys from
> 1957. The hero, at one point, holds a policeman at gunpoint.
> He insists that the policeman open his radio and hand him his
> vibrator. Later, the hero is reflecting that the policeman's
> vibrator is now being blown across the ocean (there's a
> hurricane on), and they'll probably make him buy the police a
> new vibrator, and it may well be treated as robbery and theft of
> official property, &c. I could tell only by context that it was
> likely a part needed for the radio to work.
What story was this? I'd like to read it!
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....and the middle poster hasn't yet answered and for all I know
never will. So, can anyone here ID the Budrys story? (Mind you, it
might not be sf.)
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William December Starr <wdstarr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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