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Quote from: mnementh on December 28, 2019, 03:46:15 amQuote from: mansaxel on December 27, 2019, 11:02:38 pmThe soup divides families in this country too. But I am an insistent supporter of it. A very dry (Sercial) Madeira is the optimum drink to go with the soup.There is not enough wine in Paris to wash the taste of that from my mouth... I tried it once, and in all honesty I'd rather eat mud bugs than so much as SMELL it again. I don't think you'll find very good Sercial in Paris, since Madeira is part of Portugal, and the French, for reasonably good reasons, think they have enough good wine in-country.
Quote from: mansaxel on December 27, 2019, 11:02:38 pmThe soup divides families in this country too. But I am an insistent supporter of it. A very dry (Sercial) Madeira is the optimum drink to go with the soup.There is not enough wine in Paris to wash the taste of that from my mouth... I tried it once, and in all honesty I'd rather eat mud bugs than so much as SMELL it again.
The soup divides families in this country too. But I am an insistent supporter of it. A very dry (Sercial) Madeira is the optimum drink to go with the soup.
Quote from: tggzzz on December 28, 2019, 11:45:57 amQuote from: bd139 on December 28, 2019, 11:17:34 amThat's fairly nice compared to what is out there. Go find yourself a Tiet Canh. Last time I ever step foot in a Vietnamese restaurant and get them to recommend something. Bleurgh. That rates up there with fermented Herring on the list of things that actually made me gag. The latter someone bought me as a joke and I opened it, nearly puked in the tin, bailed out of the back door and slung it over the back fence Now I begin to understand why you seem to want to move somewhere where the neighbours aren't too close to your house Or did you think their dog/cat would like it, eat it, and... ? For more amusement w.r.t. traditional foods, lookup garum / liquamen; wakypedia is sufficient.Oh yes. I've heard of that before. It certainly sounds grim! From the article, my favourite line happens to be "The biological anthropologist Piers Mitchell suggests that garum may have helped spread fish tapeworms across Europe." All this talk of food is making me hungry again! Will raid the veg section and knock up something steaky and salady related later. May attempt duck again tomorrow.
Quote from: bd139 on December 28, 2019, 11:17:34 amThat's fairly nice compared to what is out there. Go find yourself a Tiet Canh. Last time I ever step foot in a Vietnamese restaurant and get them to recommend something. Bleurgh. That rates up there with fermented Herring on the list of things that actually made me gag. The latter someone bought me as a joke and I opened it, nearly puked in the tin, bailed out of the back door and slung it over the back fence Now I begin to understand why you seem to want to move somewhere where the neighbours aren't too close to your house Or did you think their dog/cat would like it, eat it, and... ? For more amusement w.r.t. traditional foods, lookup garum / liquamen; wakypedia is sufficient.
That's fairly nice compared to what is out there. Go find yourself a Tiet Canh. Last time I ever step foot in a Vietnamese restaurant and get them to recommend something. Bleurgh. That rates up there with fermented Herring on the list of things that actually made me gag. The latter someone bought me as a joke and I opened it, nearly puked in the tin, bailed out of the back door and slung it over the back fence
@MED, How many valves/tubes has that got? It should also double up as a space heater when being used.
Here's the Vertical Amplifier after cleaning. The brown crap on the chassis was a dried liquid so I had to resort to using a liquid cleaner to remove it.
Looking good. If only if known a few days ago. Just got rapid delivery this afternoon. Power supply looks pretty good. Definitely no nasty issues from what I can see. Just got back from actual shopping and am now considering Dignitas.
synthetic leather, Tek blue, here in stock. can go in a letterthe handles must have a metal plate inside, easy to build from packing steel band.
Quote from: Martin.M on December 28, 2019, 07:33:01 amsynthetic leather, Tek blue, here in stock. can go in a letterthe handles must have a metal plate inside, easy to build from packing steel band.Synthetic leather? Please no.@medIf you want I can send you some real leather. Plenty to choose from here: tan English saddle leather in two weights, some black grained automotive leather (I have ~2 m2 left of that stuff from re-lining the car roof) and odds and sods in all sorts including some nice Pittards gloving leather offcuts. If you can come up with a pattern I'll even cut, sew and finish handles for you.
Quote from: bd139 on December 28, 2019, 03:10:38 pmLooking good. If only if known a few days ago. Just got rapid delivery this afternoon. Power supply looks pretty good. Definitely no nasty issues from what I can see. Just got back from actual shopping and am now considering Dignitas. Nah, don't do it, we'd all miss our London buddy badly, you know that. Rapid order is in, I bit the bullet, my OCD part of me snapped into place and made me do it, it would drive me up the wall looking at it and wondering just where in the scale things was the fine pot positioned. I'm loving the DC load switch, it avoids any overshoot and also allows for easy current limit adjustment. I have to say however that the cheaper Chinese power supply I'm retaining has finer adjustments on both current and voltage.
Just got back from actual shopping and am now considering Dignitas.
Quote from: bd139 on December 28, 2019, 03:10:38 pmJust got back from actual shopping and am now considering Dignitas.Before shopping I can understand, unless shopping for TEA type things.After shopping, not so much.
[...]I suspect that in this case the despair is brought on by observing the rest of humanity in action while shopping and losing all hope for the race.
Quote from: tggzzz on December 28, 2019, 05:58:34 pmQuote from: bd139 on December 28, 2019, 03:10:38 pmJust got back from actual shopping and am now considering Dignitas.Before shopping I can understand, unless shopping for TEA type things.After shopping, not so much.I suspect that in this case the despair is brought on by observing the rest of humanity in action while shopping and losing all hope for the race.
535A clean up..... These are the tools I'll be using to clean the 535A interior. A duster to loosen the dirt and a gentle vacuum (hoovering) to pull it out. I want to be the least invasive as possible and therefore I won't be pulling tubes or other components unless necessary. It just invites additional problems. And definitely no liquids. Now that will obviously leave some dirt/dust behind but I consider it a good compromise. But I will pay special close attention to the HV cage and the B+ circuits. Those areas will be done last.