It was early morning when Natalie arrived at the lab. Jeff as usual was already there with a cup of tea while he browsed his latest copy of Practical Wireless. “Morning Jeff”, Natalie said as she walked to her desk. “Morning Natalie, good day at college?” Jeff replied. “Yes”, Natalie went on. “We covered capacitors”. “OK”, Jeff mused, “So I suppose we’ll be spending lunchtime talking about them”. “Yes please”, Natalie replied, “Archie says that he is going to spend a couple of weeks talking about passive components that work differently for alternating current than they do for direct current”.
Lunchtime arrived and after they’d consumed their lunches, Natalie wandered over to Jeff’s desk. “Right, let’s talk capacitors shall we”, said Jeff. “Actually, there is quite a lot to talk…