Test Equipment Anonymous

I've got some stuff lined up for Fall when the weather is cooler. Even with A/C running a boat anchor can get uncomfortable.

gnif is some sort of IT professional, like a DBA or something. Definitely not a professional Moderator, in fact more like an Unprofessional Moderator. "Professional" is an elastic and much abused term. e.g. a "professional quality angle grinder", costing about £20 and unlikely t...

Shame they went and used a pile driver on a fly. -Pat What's worse, as I understood it, it was done on the prompting of someone with about 40 posts - basically a passer-by. Anyway, that's been four years ago. Yes, 4 years ago but I'm still pissed about it. I was called a "bad actor" by on...

I was a moderator for three years at diyAudio; it required a good deal of delicacy and we found that a gentle warning was most effective. So I doubt if there's really a "slash and burn". But I haven't looked closely; I don't waste my time watching playground arguments. I do notice that th...

It's August. Must be that time of year when the mods come out of hibernation and start their slash and burn. Which is why I'm here and not over there.

I've considered that, but never wanted to find out how easy it isn't to cancel. VirginMedia is appalling in that respect, to the point of being fined £28m! https://www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-and-broadband/switching-provider/ofcom-fines-virgin-media-28m-for-repeatedly-preventing-customers-from-cancelli...

We just have to pick and choose what services to subscribe to because it can get real expensive. That's the problem, even with the range of programmes available OTA with Freeview. I see reviews for quite a few programmes I might like to watch, but I'm not paying a subscription without being sure. A...

In the days of analog TV picking up NYC TV stations here was no issue with a decent antenna. But since the conversion to digital those signals don't reach as far so we are in a complete dead zone for over the air signals. So our only choice is subscription services over the internet. I have 500Mb co...

I thought I was the only one having problems accessing this site as well as others. And it refreshed with a bunch of unread posts.

Question for my fellow Brits. I noticed that most British homes have a Yagi type antenna on the roof. Is this for local HD broadcasts? And if so, why not over the net instead? Roof antennas on this side of the pond are a unicorn today. In the days of analog TV and before cable TV they were on every ...

Up until a few days ago I never knew this video existed. It was taken 3 years ago when Harley and Motley first arrived at barely 6 weeks old. Harley is the feisty one smacking his brother in the head.

The names shown at the bottom are temporary.

https://youtube.com/shorts/YN6AJdtUyAU?feature=share

A piece of good news and a miracle of sorts. After nearly 6 days Motley showed up. Apparently OK. Where he was is a mystery. I will keep further opinions of that whole situation to myself.

Yesterday while at Blondie's daughter's picnic we learned that Motley, Harley's brother, hasn't been seen for 5 days. :shock: That's not a good sign at all and further angers me that they let their cats outside with those traffic conditions. I guess it's a miracle that Dually made it 5 years and Mo...

Yesterday while at Blondie's daughter's picnic we learned that Motley, Harley's brother, hasn't been seen for 5 days. :shock: That's not a good sign at all and further angers me that they let their cats outside with those traffic conditions. I guess it's a miracle that Dually made it 5 years and Mot...

I hope all you left pondians enjoyed your celebrations, and that they concentrated on what brings Americans together to create a special country. mid-afternoon it was 101F yesterday and both the blue and gray wool wearing re-enactors over at the "daniel lady farm" were reported to have be...

Interesting that a copy of Declaration was found in the British Archives and that it even survived this long.

Tomorrow's activities are a picnic at Blondie's Daughter's and lots of (illegal) fireworks in the evening.

I forgive you Marco

I've seen a cat throw a live snake up in the air several times and catch it each time as it fell.

Some more miscellaneous rambling.... Did you ever get a thank you card from an auto mechanic? I never did either, until now... I recently discovered that there was a dedicated Honda/Acura repair shop about 10 minutes away. Been in business since the 1980's. Since we are a 3 Honda household I figured...

Here's another pix of Dually. That kitten is Motley, who is....drum roll....Harley's brother.

Yes, we got Harley from Blondie's daughter.

Very sorry to hear, Mike. Mine are strictly indoor because they're on the food chain here, cars would also be a potential issue. RIP, little guy. Hopefully Blondie's daughter reevaluates the outdoor cat thing for her others. :( :( :( -Pat Yea, one of the coyote's favorite prey is house cat. There d...

This is Dually. Dually was 5 years old. Key word.....was. His 9 lives got used up and it wasn't his fault. And I'm not happy about it. He was one of Blondie's daughter's 5 cats. She lives in a house on a corner lot next to an extremely busy road. All 5 cats are allowed outside. You know where this i...

I'm not familiar with DAB and I don't know what it stands for. I suppose Google will tell me but I'm lazy. :P I'm also not aware of any steps to eliminate VHF FM (88 - 108MHz) and there are still many stations across the band. Even AM broadcast isn't dead although many stations have gone silent over...

I had a Sparkelec DP-666 radio out last night close to midnight while I was in an easy chair in the living room. The radio only had the stock whip antenna on it but I was able to pull in CHU on 3330 and 7850 KHz. It was noisy but discernible on both frequencies. Like any radio, the DP-666 was prett...

One of our present cats is very keen to come and see me when I'm on the throne. She's absolutely fascinated by it. Or maybe she just likes the fact that I can't really move and have to make a fuss of her. Harley does the same to me although he is on the vanity next to the throne. So it's head bumps...

I wonder what people who run caesium beam clocks use for cables? It certainly won't be something they picked up at a swapmeet for a quid. These. https://verdantaudio.com/products/wireworld-platinum-eclipse%E2%84%A2-10-speaker-cable-pair?variant=42701378879586&country=US&currency=USD&utm...