Test Equipment Anonymous

Tuesday update. It's taken until today to get our complex totally dug out. The 18 year Kubota tractor broke down and they had to get an outside firm with a track loader to finish up. The piles of snow are enormous. The track loader was much more efficient at moving the snow anyway. There are rumors ...

0800 hours Monday. The snow stopped overnight. Local reports state we got 2 feet but I'm not so sure. 18 inches I'd say. Regardless it's a mess. All schools and many businesses are closed. Later I'll go out and clean off the CR-V. My Civic and Blondie's Accord will remain buried for a few days. http...

Cubdriver wrote: ↑Sun Jan 25, 2026 11:05 pm Faraday observing the snowfall earlier today from his heated perch:

Heated? Now that's rich.

Don't tell Harley.

1400 hour update. Been snowing all day. Forecast is for snow to continue until at least 0400 hours tomorrow morning. Total so far seems to be around 8 to 10 inches. 2nd pix shows my CR-V (With the wipers pulled forward) which hasn't moved all day. Gives a good indication at how deep the snow is curr...

Me: "You are so cruel to those cute little mice". Him: "Shut up human and let me sleep. Keep my food bowl filled and when I nip your ankle give me treats". https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/921/8ETaVL.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/922/XvE0h1.jpg Him: "My ...

Over the past 2 hours the intensity of the snow has really ramped up. There's a slight breeze and the temp is -14C. So the snow is very light and fluffy with little risk of collecting much on trees and power lines. So the risk of power outages is rather small....unless some idiot who shouldn't be ou...

As of 0900 hours this morning. Snow started approx 0600 hours. For some reason the falling snow doesn't show up well on the camera. Predictions are still holding for upwards of 18 inches. Updated pix later today. We are hunkered down and not going anywhere. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/92...

I guess it's time to get the snowblower out and running... Haven't used it in years. No doubt the stores will be a mob scene on Saturday, and look like a plague of locusts have passed through. On a different note, MGJ was the destination for my first dual cross country from Oxford, CT (OXC) back in...

I guess it's time to get the snowblower out and running... Haven't used it in years. No doubt the stores will be a mob scene on Saturday, and look like a plague of locusts have passed through. On a different note, MGJ was the destination for my first dual cross country from Oxford, CT (OXC) back in...

Going to be a fun weekend. Frigid temps, winds, and snow.....lots of snow. Upwards of 2 feet predicted. That's a once in 5 to 10 year storm. We'll see if the predictions are accurate. I'll post photos from the balcony.

Cats have absolutely phenomenal hearing. Harley could be in the lab with me and will go rushing to the front door because there's a delivery that us humans don't even hear. And he could be sound asleep anywhere and as soon as I crack that can of cat food he's there before I even get the lid fully of...

Cubdriver wrote: ↑Fri Jan 23, 2026 7:26 am Mice foolish enough to enter my house have a VERY short half-life.

-Pat

I think the mouse he caught 2 nights ago was stealing kibble out of his food dish. Nothing like signing your own death warrant.

And I believe cats can hear the ultrasonic noises that mice make.

Years ago, I had a tortoiseshell cat who was an excellent hunter. She would bring prey into the front room and let it run around a bit for me to see. Then, she would quickly catch it, kill it and eat it whole. Crunch, crunch. The whole demonstration would take, ooh, 30s. Next pair of cats also incl...

Charlie is exceptionally good at indicating their presence even if he can't get at one. He stops playing with his ball, runs around obsessively sniffing where he has heard them, with the occasional explosive snort as he clears out his secondary mouse-detecting-organ. These are excellent at catching...

Remember this? https://teanonymous.com/f1/viewtopic.php?p=11646#p11646 Last night Harley is crouched in the kitchen growling. WTF? Then he ran into the main hallway and dropped a dead mouse. Before I could get the mouse away from him he grabbed it and ran into the bedroom. He dropped it again and I ...

Harley at about the same age. Harley lacks the black tufts on the ears but otherwise damn near identical.

My condolences too. 17 years is a very long time for a cat....which makes the loss even more difficult.

Zenith wrote: ↑Sat Jan 10, 2026 3:13 pm Definitely a gremlin. I've heard you can remove them by placing the infested equipment in a pentagram with a goats fat candle at each point and making certain incantations. I haven't tried it myself.

Accompanied by a flame thrower.

Had to lookup "stilton". Never heard of it but if it's anything like other bleu cheeses I would probably like it.

I'm surprised it doesn't have a "tip" jar. Seems everyone today feels they are entitled to a tip for just doing their basic job.

Shit like this is why I order my groceries online and have them delivered. I prefer going to the shops and browsing for what is good/new/cheap. Searching online would mean I would stay with repeat purchases, and miss serendipity. Plus the they would also make stupid substitution for the item I real...

Zenith wrote: ↑Fri Jan 02, 2026 10:19 pm

MED6753 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 02, 2026 9:39 pm Shit like this is why I order my groceries online and have them delivered.

And tell me, are they delivered by the little bots tggzzz encountered?

Nope. Delivered by a nice lady driving a motor vehicle.

Shit like this is why I order my groceries online and have them delivered.

Tight round about and extra length buses. I fail to see the problem?

My needs are much simpler. Two AD584-M references and an hp 3456A that probably hasn't been calibrated this century.