What the flux does, when you heat a workpiece, is it reacts with these metal oxides that are forming with the temperature and exposure to the air, that tend to interfere with the metal-forming process of soldering.
What the Olympic medals mean... it was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times definition. The opening sentence of A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens, referring to the time of the French Revolution. Discover our greatest slideshows.
Throughout A Tale of Two Cities, there is also the dichotomy between the societal and personal wrestling with the good times and bad times. To paraphrase Dickens, It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... a lot like the present in which we are torn between global and personal good and bad times.s I look back upon 7-decades of my life, much of my life was a lot like the present day being the best of times and the worst of times. In addition, most of the good times years ago, I took for granted without fully appreciating them.