Test Equipment Anonymous

For those who're wondering how he's doing, I pinged specmaster via e earlier tonight; just got a reply saying he's well and busy being dad-chauffeur, moderating on the NextDoor site, and generally being more active IRL. He did say he plans to pop in here and drop a little holiday cheer in the next f...

EC8010 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 05, 2025 3:43 pm Hmmm, it's 9C in the garage at the moment, and that's a bit brisk. 9F is definitely cold. But tolerable if it's dry. If it's damp (pretty well a given in Dampland) then it's seriously cold.

I know... I actually put on a vest. And pants.

mnem
even God thought pants were a bad idea.

Soooo... 9°F/-13°C this morning when I went out to defrost wifey's car. That's not "nipply"; that's "Nipples cracking off" weather.

mnem

I plan to bring as much cash and as little common sense as I can muster. :mrgreen: mnem https://www.vrcmct.org/ It's remotely possible I'll get my nocturnal ass there early enough to cross paths with you this time... -Pat There are two strategies to these things: Get there early, preferably as a st...

I plan to bring as much cash and as little common sense as I can muster.

mnem
https://www.vrcmct.org/

Surely there are smoked fish in the US? I've seen a big orange one If you're thinking of the one I am, this is the only fish that could possibly represent: https://teanonymous.com/f1/download/file.php?mode=view&id=3090&sid=aa5fd503dcf3214fbb106b174d17f516 mnem *hiding out far, far upwind*

Well, that was a good pre-Christmas day: a good start followed by three miracles. (SNIP for brevity's sake) It is the yellow shop on the left https://www.google.com/maps/@51.4549406,-2.6201361,3a,75y,298.92h,80.96t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1slw09LJy95U5QGQR1e7kKNw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.goo...

mnem
where's muh damned coffee...?

Maybe I should've said "...the shaggy moo-moos will be needed again to pull the bus"...

mnem
what goes around comes around, yo.

The counter to that would be Anne, and Edward+Sophie, who seems to do a reasonable low-key job. Wish Anne would keep her cows in her own fields; I've had to play cowboy to get a herd off the runway. Mind you, at least they could be chased away. Two miles away on Minchinhampton Common, the damn thin...

So... have you started collecting the parts to build a UniLoader to complete your "estate"...? Your survivors will be glad you did... :lol: mnem yes, you may touch it. :lol: :lol: :lol: I was standing outside my garage with my friend and his wife a few years ago when she gazed in through ...

Oooh er! Hadn't considered that. Anybody buying aged test equipment for its valves is an idiot; if not worn out, the valves will be well on their way. Would I buy a DMM using nixies? Not really; I want better accuracy than was achievable in that era. I can't imagine much useful test gear is lost to...

Yes, and you and I are both proof that this is a winning mate-acquisition strategy. :lol: Acquiescing to the female being the key to "success". I wondered a bit on the first occasion, but went with the flow. Decisive, you see. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC10VWDTzmU Hey.... you gotta ...

As for Arthur Dent's inability to hold a love interest... no, you are absolutely wrong there; it was literally the entire focus of later books in the series. Indeed it was, but Arthur floundered everywhere in his relationship with Fenchurch and never really knew what was going on. I suspect I may h...

Amazingly Americans still use top loading washing machines. We have a high efficency washer and seperate heat pump drier (super efficent) both front loading. I use a toploader because it is Kenmore/Whirlpool made back when they were bulletproof and the only thing that killed them was decades of rus...

I bought the radio series on six CDs on the same day I bought my first CD player. The original radio series was by far the best and the television version was a severe disappointment for the reasons you mentioned. I didn't like the TV Marvin either. No idea what Marvin should have looked like, but ...

https://teanonymous.com/f1/download/file.php?mode=view&id=3062 https://www.youtube.com/@Physicsduck This guy is smart, uses colorful speech, and has fucked up and fixed his life pretty publicly. He is mad passionate about bringing science and applied physics to everybody, and describes himself ...

https://teanonymous.com/f1/download/file.php?mode=view&id=3059 https://archive.org/details/the-hitch-hikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-read-by-stephen-moore_202302#reviews Current playlist; all of the HHGttG read by the original Marvin . Thankfully, he only reads Marvin as Marvin . :lol: I loved the r...

I didn't step through it, but if it's real, then that cat moved pretty quickly. Mind you, they do. As for the "Blue Peter" clip, thank you for finding that. Presenters were made of sterner stuff than they are today. All hail Valerie Singleton! And as for John Noakes climbing Nelson's Colu...

On the subject of cats (albeit large ones), I had breakfast at "The Shack" https://www.communityad.co.uk/exclusives/100-years-shack-cafe-hook/ on Saturday. There was a poster above our table telling of a little history. Apparently, the owners of The Shack also ran a fairground where one o...

Amusingly horrifying? Horrifyingly amusing? https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExOTAyMW0zdXlqbWwzdGM0aXludTc4bGZ6eGhxOHZnam55N2RxbWNuYyZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/LhenEkp5EsPJe/giphy.gif Ya know, I must've scrolled past that a couple dozen times since you posted it... and ...

Cat vs Roomba: Cat Wins!



https://www.youtube.com/shorts/C9kQVW2VICM

mnem
zfg, yo.

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mnem
*drawn*

I actually considered several times aboot asking how much on the jukebox... then I decided I'd better not; "I might just have enough..." :? Probably at least $3,000. Also they are quite big. The big Wurlitzer ones with bubbles go for a lot more. Pinball machines are another thing like tha...

Got an open container of IPA at home? If you see any white crystals in it, gently put it down, run away, and call the bomb squad.... https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468170924000754 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0379711225000347 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.10...