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

[nixiefreqq]

We have had steampunk AVO's before but today I noticed a new trend that was posted over on EEVblog, but this I think falls a bit wide of the mark IMO at least, any thoughts?

https://www.amazon.de/Handwerk-Porthole ... uage=en_GB

that is a total POS and the guy should be ashamed.

(on second thought.......do they make one with a nixie tube?)

[bd139]

I hope whoever buys that puts it in their pocket with their keys and sits down.

[Specmaster]

I hope whoever buys that puts it in their pocket with their keys and sits down.

Exactly my thinking as well

[mnementh]

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DAWN BREAKS, AND THE UNIVERSAL DREAMER GREETS THE WORLD:


"fuck you. i'm having a pants-free day."


mnem

[MED6753]

To my fellow Yanks.....Happy Thanksgiving.

[Specmaster]

If IIRC, turkey is the tradional meat for Thanksgiving, what is the tradional meat for Christmas?

[nixiefreqq]

If IIRC, turkey is the tradional meat for Thanksgiving, what is the tradional meat for Christmas?

roast beast.

[Robert]

Things you don't want to hear at thanksgiving:
"We're going vegan"
"Who's watching the turkey fryer?"

(for those who don't know, some 'mericans deep fry whole turkeys in large hots of oil heated on bottled gas burners. This keeps the fire brigade and ER busy).

[bitseeker]

To my fellow Yanks.....Happy Thanksgiving.

Happy Thanksgiving! Time to consume mass quantities. (But, first, must prepare mass quantities.)

[Specmaster]

Just had this video suggested to me by YT, and before anyone jumps to the wrong conclusion that I'm saying this because I don't like EV cars, no, that is not the case at all. I have never driven a EV car so I have no reason to dislike them. At the present moment, discounting all the arguments about price difference when new, carbon footprint during the cars production etc etc, this video is looking at purely the actual running costs on a day to day basis. Based on not being able to charge at home (which many owners/drivers cannot do) and doing trips on the motorway between London and Leeds etc, which many sales reps etc have to do in order to conduct business.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzZYRFZUbn0

Edit, this video has also just been suggested..makes some sort of sense don't you think?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sytWLB4-W-M

[25 CPS]

If IIRC, turkey is the tradional meat for Thanksgiving, what is the tradional meat for Christmas?

Turkey again.

Traditions probably vary somewhat but many families frequently have turkey at both Christmas and Thanksgiving. The Canadian Thanksgiving is in mid-October so there is a bit of time before Christmas comes around and another turkey goes in the oven but for Americans families that do turkeys on both holidays, it's almost back-to-back when you consider how long the leftovers can last for. And mass-market turkey is such a bland, flavourless bird that needs all the help it can get.

My cousin's family was going to host Christmas last year right up until Doug Ford told everyone to cancel it at the last minute after many families already made their plans and purchased food. My cousin's family of four ended up stuck having a turkey sized for a family gathering to themselves. I wouldn't blame them if they don't want to see another turkey again for a long time.

Personally, I've cooked roast beef or ham on the handful of different holidays I've been off work and at home for. It looks like I'm going to be working this Christmas so I'll be having an employer provided turkey dinner, most likely.

[Specmaster]

Yes, I think turkey is very much overrated, it is so dry, and certainly I feel needs the other ingredients of a Christmas dinner to make it more palatable. I think for me, we all get caught up in the hype that you must have a turkey that I look forward to the annual turkey dinner, but the time Boxing Day dinner comes around when our family has most of the remains of the turkey, along with a boiled ham and mashed potatoes and hopefully some left over roast parsnips and pigs in blankets, I'm glad to see the back of turkey for another year.

[25 CPS]

I'm so thrilled! I was able to get the HP 35 up and running! I did a full post updating the thread in the calculator section of the forum.

[vk6zgo]

I hope whoever buys that puts it in their pocket with their keys and sits down.

I'm not laughing---I did that with my hp10C and my Samsung smart phone (at different times).
It killed the calculator display, but the Samsung was made of sterner stuff.
It only has a smallish "spiderweb graphic" on the screen!

I would happily swap the two---I would probably have a chance to find a replacement LCD display for the hp10C these days (not back then, though!)
If I had killed the Samsung, ---Meh, it's just a phone!

[Specmaster]

I hope whoever buys that puts it in their pocket with their keys and sits down.

I'm not laughing---I did that with my hp10C and my Samsung smart phone (at different times).
It killed the calculator display, but the Samsung was made of sterner stuff.
It only has a smallish "spiderweb graphic" on the screen!

I would happily swap the two---I would probably have a chance to find a replacement LCD display for the hp10C these days (not back then, though!)
If I had killed the Samsung, ---Meh, it's just a phone!

Just after reading your post, I checked on my emails and among them was one with this topic highlighted for me, how weird is that?

Essex Police stung by hoax 999 callers 'ordering pizza' and parents 'butt-dialling' on school run

[Specmaster]

Quick update on the ongoing saga with the solar panels. The HA have been in contact with the company and told them it is not good enough that it has taken them so long to resolve the issue. The company said that they had now decided that they needed to arrange a site meeting with the network operators to try and resolve the problem and they were now waiting for the network operator to respond.

Now that sounds like a huge stinking great pile of BS to me, unless of course, and I suppose it could just be that the RCD on the PV system, connects directly to the incoming supply, which runs underground, could it be that there is leakage on that supply to ground and the PV RCD is detecting that?

If that is the case, it doesn't bode well for the winter if that is leaking and decides to bloody fail on us

Edited.

[mnementh]

So now we need network operators for a fucking battery charger...?

mnem
one step forward and two steps back... humanity is fucking doomed.

[tggzzz]

...and told them it is good enough that it has taken them so long to resolve the issue.

...not good enough... I hope!

[mnementh]

Good process. Was indeed can't-fail; even the "dwagon who murdered a hundred birds" got a nicely-browned skin and tender, juicy breast meat.

My seasoned butter was a mix of finely-shredded onion and my "Red Stuff" (RED AND GREEN BELL PEPPER, ROASTED GARLIC, ONION, GARLIC, SALT, SUGAR) with a little Montreal Steak seasoning to add a wee bit of salt & black pepper.

I did baste, but only a couple times in the last hour.

I think the key difference is a) butter under the skin as well as outside and 2) (as every chef will tell you) cook to temp, not time. USDA sez 4 minutes at 155F will make poultry safe; stop temp of 165F in the deepest part of the breast had the leg/thigh joints at 170-175F.

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mnem

[Zenith]

I knew a photographer who specialised in pictures of food for advertisements. One of his pictures appeared in several magazines. It was a roast turkey set up for a Christmas feast on a table with a log fire in the background, and a beautifully dressed Christmas tree in the corner. He had a kitchen in the studio and he had cooked the turkey, but had later coloured it with woodstain and varnished it. The vegetables and sauce boats, place setting etc were genuine. The Christmas tree and log fire came through the magic of Photoshop.

He had a commission for pictures of ice cream. He said you can't take good pictures of ice cream. What he photographed for the client was a mixture of Plaster of Paris and Angel Delight, with food colouring and fruit and bits of nut added to look like the real thing.

[tggzzz]

He had a commission for pictures of ice cream. He said you can't take good pictures of ice cream. What he photographed for the client was a mixture of Plaster of Paris and Angel Delight, with food colouring and fruit and bits of nut added to look like the real thing.

I was under the impression that the traditional "food porn" "body double" for ice cream was instant mashed potato.

[Robert]

The hard way
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga1MlectyMU

[bd139]

The hard way
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga1MlectyMU

Thank you for posting this. I'd forgotten about one of my yearly highlights

[mnementh]

Yeah; braving the oil asplosion is a Tejas tradition.

Wifey's GPs did it every holiday season up til gramomma had a stroke a few years back; that kindof took all the piss outta the ol' man. He did at least use a thermometer and RTFM on the pot; it has a line stamped in it to show you how much oil you need.

The most common causes of these infernos are

a) too much oil in the pot - RTFM.

2) oil too hot - RTFM.

c) trying to cook a still-frozen bird - RTFM. RTFM AGAIN.

Yeah, it's still dangerous... but you can minimize the risk. Just like when we usedta grill hundreds of pounds of chicken over a 30-foot long trench grill for the Fire Dept's quarterly fundraisers...


mnem
I have a special procedure just for that guy...

[bitseeker]

He had a commission for pictures of ice cream. He said you can't take good pictures of ice cream. What he photographed for the client was a mixture of Plaster of Paris and Angel Delight, with food colouring and fruit and bits of nut added to look like the real thing.

I was under the impression that the traditional "food porn" "body double" for ice cream was instant mashed potato.

Food mockup is a fascinating art, from the creative ways food is emulated by all sorts of unexpected materials for photos to the realistic and durable displays in Japanese restaurant entrances.