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by tggzzz
Sat Jan 11, 2025 10:48 pm
Forum: Test Equipment
Topic: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) : Discussion and Group Therapy Thread
Replies: 3402
Views: 1205603

Re: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) : Discussion and Group Therapy Thread

Civilisation comes in waves I suspect. People who lived through wars tell stories. Eventually they wear off and new people demand more wars. Civilisations rot from within. A classic warning sign is when an unnecessarily high proportion of the total wealth is held in too few hands, and too many peop...
by tggzzz
Fri Jan 10, 2025 8:10 pm
Forum: Test Equipment
Topic: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) : Discussion and Group Therapy Thread
Replies: 3402
Views: 1205603

Re: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) : Discussion and Group Therapy Thread

History doesn't repeat itself, but does rhyme. I can't remember which TV/film it was, but a doctor was testing an elderly patient for dementia. One of the questions was "when did WW2 start?" . The patient said 1919. After a pregnant pause she added "Because of the treaty of Versaille&...
by tggzzz
Thu Jan 09, 2025 4:41 pm
Forum: Test Equipment
Topic: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) : Discussion and Group Therapy Thread
Replies: 3402
Views: 1205603

Re: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) : Discussion and Group Therapy Thread

I'd buy black Christmas lights :lol: They are difficult to find in the shops, but I'll sell you my spare set for £50. :roll: I expect hipsters will have a kickstarter for a half-hearted gray version in 2025 Beige is the new grey which was the new beige which was an improvement of the previous brown...
by tggzzz
Thu Jan 09, 2025 10:47 am
Forum: Test Equipment
Topic: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) : Discussion and Group Therapy Thread
Replies: 3402
Views: 1205603

Re: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) : Discussion and Group Therapy Thread

bd139 wrote: Thu Jan 09, 2025 10:17 am I'd buy black Christmas lights :lol:
They are difficult to find in the shops, but I'll sell you my spare set for £50. :roll:

I expect hipsters will have a kickstarter for a half-hearted gray version in 2025
by tggzzz
Thu Jan 09, 2025 9:31 am
Forum: Test Equipment
Topic: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) : Discussion and Group Therapy Thread
Replies: 3402
Views: 1205603

Re: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) : Discussion and Group Therapy Thread

but what if you need more than 16 million colors? don't we all need 20 to 30 million colors in our holiday display? Wasted on 8% of men and 0.1% of women. Besides, who wants almost-but-not-quite black lights outside a house :) (Unless you are designing a black control panel front door bell illumina...
by tggzzz
Wed Jan 08, 2025 9:49 pm
Forum: Test Equipment
Topic: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) : Discussion and Group Therapy Thread
Replies: 3402
Views: 1205603

Re: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) : Discussion and Group Therapy Thread

Plus it means we don't have to accumulate and store a very boring collection of shit single use PSUs.
by tggzzz
Sat Jan 04, 2025 1:33 pm
Forum: Test Equipment
Topic: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) : Discussion and Group Therapy Thread
Replies: 3402
Views: 1205603

Re: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) : Discussion and Group Therapy Thread

bd139 wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2025 11:10 am People will buy anything these days :lol:
'Twas ever thus :) Or perhaps :(
by tggzzz
Thu Jan 02, 2025 5:53 pm
Forum: Test Equipment
Topic: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) : Discussion and Group Therapy Thread
Replies: 3402
Views: 1205603

Re: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) : Discussion and Group Therapy Thread

... which is all rational, and therefore is orthogonal to the audiophile market :twisted:

Hells teeth, I long long ago heard the comment that if a luxury item isn't selling, take it off the market and put it back on the market at twice the price.
by tggzzz
Wed Jan 01, 2025 3:23 pm
Forum: Test Equipment
Topic: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) : Discussion and Group Therapy Thread
Replies: 3402
Views: 1205603

Re: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) : Discussion and Group Therapy Thread

AVGresponding wrote: Wed Jan 01, 2025 2:09 pm I'm selling/have been trying to sell an Aerialite TV signal booster.
Relist it, but mark it as "rare, valve/tube, audiophile" - with an increased price, of course.
by tggzzz
Wed Jan 01, 2025 11:14 am
Forum: Test Equipment
Topic: Happy New Year!
Replies: 2
Views: 2120

Re: Happy New Year!

teadmin wrote: Wed Jan 01, 2025 3:34 am Here's hoping 2025 is bigger and better for everyone. May you find TEAlight in all your endeavors (test equipment-related or otherwise).
Perhaps a good generic T-shirt slogan or Christmas Card slogan might be along the lines of "Hope you can reverse entropy in 2025".
by tggzzz
Sun Dec 15, 2024 3:26 pm
Forum: Test Equipment
Topic: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) : Discussion and Group Therapy Thread
Replies: 3402
Views: 1205603

Re: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) : Discussion and Group Therapy Thread

Specmaster wrote: Sun Dec 15, 2024 12:35 pm Where would that watt hour meter have been designed / used for then at just 25Hz, I always thought the standard was for either 50 or 60Hz?
Niagara Falls?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility_f ... Hz_origins
by tggzzz
Sun Dec 15, 2024 9:04 am
Forum: Test Equipment
Topic: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) : Discussion and Group Therapy Thread
Replies: 3402
Views: 1205603

Re: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) : Discussion and Group Therapy Thread

Manually operated knitting machines had manual row counters like such. My mother has one of those when I was a kid, but I don't remember her using it in anger. I remember playing with it an bit, but it seemed to require careful use to avoid dropping a stitch. ISTR learning to knit during a long bor...
by tggzzz
Sat Dec 14, 2024 9:31 am
Forum: Test Equipment
Topic: Post a picture of a cat
Replies: 201
Views: 89515

Re: Post a picture of a cat

BU508A wrote: Sat Dec 14, 2024 8:26 am
tggzzz wrote: Fri Dec 13, 2024 8:52 am
BU508A wrote: Fri Dec 13, 2024 8:37 amxbox_xboxbox.jpeg
I don't know about Germany, but in the UK a traditional "joke" is that young kids spend longer playing with the box than the present.
Yes, it is the same here. :D
Mensch ist mensch - the whole world over :)
by tggzzz
Fri Dec 13, 2024 1:06 pm
Forum: Test Equipment
Topic: Post a picture of a cat
Replies: 201
Views: 89515

Re: Post a picture of a cat

xbox_xboxbox.jpeg I don't know about Germany, but in the UK a traditional "joke" is that young kids spend longer playing with the box than the present. I had a colleague whose brother wanted a bike for Christmas when they were kids. The parents were hard up but made the effort to buy him ...
by tggzzz
Fri Dec 13, 2024 9:10 am
Forum: Test Equipment
Topic: Post a picture of a cat
Replies: 201
Views: 89515

Re: Post a picture of a cat

Do cartoon pictures count? According to one last minute present list... "We buy Exploding Kittens or Wreck this Journal for all the children we know. Exploding Kittens keeps my three kids (12, 10 and 7) entertained on train journeys, holidays and trips to the dentist. The game is reasonably sim...
by tggzzz
Fri Dec 13, 2024 8:52 am
Forum: Test Equipment
Topic: Post a picture of a cat
Replies: 201
Views: 89515

Re: Post a picture of a cat

BU508A wrote: Fri Dec 13, 2024 8:37 amxbox_xboxbox.jpeg
I don't know about Germany, but in the UK a traditional "joke" is that young kids spend longer playing with the box than the present.
by tggzzz
Mon Dec 02, 2024 9:29 am
Forum: Test Equipment
Topic: Tek 7B92 Plug-in Repair
Replies: 15
Views: 9068

Re: Tek 7B92 Plug-in Repair

I don't think I can see any way to set that up other than width-wise which means working on anything on the far side of the plugin while it's seated in the extender is going to be difficult, particularly taking measurements from anything on that side while it's running and live. Not forgetting turn...
by tggzzz
Sat Nov 30, 2024 4:14 pm
Forum: Test Equipment
Topic: HP 427A
Replies: 6
Views: 4110

Re: HP 427A

I wouldn't have that much patience with a flaking scale!

I like the concept of using an e-ink scale https://arnweb.nl/gitea/arne/EinkAnalog but I would prefer it if the e-ink display could have a cutout in it
by tggzzz
Sat Nov 30, 2024 11:42 am
Forum: Test Equipment
Topic: Making Screenshots of Test Equipment Old and New
Replies: 1
Views: 2010

Making Screenshots of Test Equipment Old and New

Just popped up on my RSS feed. His blog has other interesting stuff. In the blog post, describe the procedures that I use to create screenshots of the test equipment that I personally own, so that don’t need to figure it out again when I use the device a year later. That doesn’t make it all that use...
by tggzzz
Sat Nov 30, 2024 8:49 am
Forum: Test Equipment
Topic: Post a picture of a cat
Replies: 201
Views: 89515

Re: Post a picture of a cat

This friendly hungry cat came around while I was cleaning the barbecue up the other night. ... This sweetheart of a cat wanted attention feeding. FTFY. People are often blind to other people's intentions, so it isn't surprising they misinterpret other species' intentions. My daughter's dog is remar...
by tggzzz
Tue Nov 26, 2024 1:13 pm
Forum: Test Equipment
Topic: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) : Discussion and Group Therapy Thread
Replies: 3402
Views: 1205603

Re: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) : Discussion and Group Therapy Thread

nixiefreqq wrote: Tue Nov 26, 2024 12:47 pm others here disagree......but I have always really liked the look of those dot LEDs.
No disagreement here. The "font" on my HP5302A frequency meter is very readable.

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by tggzzz
Sat Nov 23, 2024 3:39 pm
Forum: Test Equipment
Topic: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) : Discussion and Group Therapy Thread
Replies: 3402
Views: 1205603

Re: Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) : Discussion and Group Therapy Thread

I'd post a text description to the TekScopes group. If you aren't a member, send me the text and I'll post it.
by tggzzz
Mon Nov 18, 2024 10:36 pm
Forum: Test Equipment
Topic: Interesting findings on the internet
Replies: 852
Views: 264318

Re: Interesting findings on the internet

Allergy testing is a known pig. Binary searching of dietary ingredients is not something that be easily fitted into a standard appointment :( That's a bit old school. Radioallergosorbent tests and fluorescence enzyme-labeled assays have been standard for quite some time now. One blood sample and yo...
by tggzzz
Mon Nov 18, 2024 9:35 am
Forum: Test Equipment
Topic: Interesting findings on the internet
Replies: 852
Views: 264318

Re: Interesting findings on the internet

Oh, I've occasionally tweaking those with a natural/alternative/etc bent. I start off by showing sympathy by noting that we should never forget that many "alternative medicine" remedies are indeed effective. I then put the knife in by pointing out that they are so important that they are ...
by tggzzz
Sun Nov 17, 2024 7:53 pm
Forum: Test Equipment
Topic: Interesting findings on the internet
Replies: 852
Views: 264318

Re: Interesting findings on the internet

Oh, I've occasionally tweaking those with a natural/alternative/etc bent. I start off by showing sympathy by noting that we should never forget that many "alternative medicine" remedies are indeed effective. I then put the knife in by pointing out that they are so important that they are ...