Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread

[djos]

Grill still works but I'm actually running out of things to grill now.

And it's still too blood cold for salad.

The only legitimate use for salad imo, is in Burgers or Steak Sangers so you can tell your wife it's actually healthy food. 

[beanflying]

Beans on Toast is a thing. Useful when you have blown the food budget on TEA  Three Poached eggs on my Spanish Style Bean Mix with a side of Bacon or Chorizo with a slab of homemade bread under it.

The slightly Crusty reason for the beans is below 

[neo]

IMHO, if its green it ain't food, it's just what food eats.

[Cubdriver]

Beans on Toast is a thing. Useful when you have blown the food budget on TEA  Three Poached eggs on my Spanish Style Bean Mix with a side of Bacon or Chorizo with a slab of homemade bread under it.

The slightly Crusty reason for the beans is below 

Sweet!  You got a nice new-looking one!  That should clean up beautifully.   

-Pat

[bd139]

Well, we had mushrooms on toasted freshly baked ciabatta for Tea tonight.

Then we had the sweet, sweet cinnamony oven-baked apple strudel that I'd also made because I knew that mushrooms on toast was a bit 'lightweight'.

Pasta bake tomorrow I think, but I might go with some pan fried chicken with tarragon, finished off in the oven.

Heh, heh, heh... 

All true by the way.

So when can I move in? 

IMHO, if its green it ain't food, it's just what food eats.

Meat is concentrated vegetables!

[GreyWoolfe]

swmbo once tried to feed me "beans on toast" and claimed it was a real thing back home.

come on......she made that up.....right?

Nope, I used to eat Campbell's pork and beans on white toast as a teenager( over 40 years ago), didn't even heat up the beans, right out of the can.  I would put a slice of american cheese on them and put them in the toaster oven until the cheese melted and browned.

[nixiefreqq]

swmbo just walked in and said that her mom never put an egg on beans on toast.

but she did put a fried egg on mashed potatoes.

ok....you can tell her that she is wrong. 

i am too scared of her to dispute her childhood memories. (she might only be 4' 10"  but she is a us army vet.....yeah i know.....its complicated)

[Cerebus]

she might only be 4' 10"

Oooh, they're the dangerous ones...

I used to have a friend, Kay, 4' 10", Welsh, perhaps 7st/100lb sopping wet. Once saw her drink a whole rugby 15 under the table.

[Cerebus]

So when can I move in? 

Ya can't. What little spare space is left is reserved for more kit.

[bitseeker]

Or not because my oven is broken

Please don't talk about any food which involves oven cooking as I'm missing it . New oven on Thursday.

You're an engineer. Stop whining and MacGyver something.

How many PSUs have you got? Or boatanchors?

Reminded me of

[bd139]

Hahaha hasn’t seen that before

[beanflying]

There is always this option if you are really desperate or a slightly eccentric Islander 

[Specmaster]

Beans on Toast is a thing. Useful when you have blown the food budget on TEA  Three Poached eggs on my Spanish Style Bean Mix with a side of Bacon or Chorizo with a slab of homemade bread under it.

Yep, fraid so, beans on toast is a real thing and if anyone should know, beans should, though I suspect that flying beans would be difficult 

Actually beans on toast is rather nice and if you have blown all the housekeeping budget on TEA related purchases is a fairly cheap but nutritious food, takes very little preparation and of course is very easy to wash up afterwards.   

[VK5RC]

You guys haven't lived until you have had a 'pie floater'; a tradition in my state - typically consumed at around 3AM coming home from a night out - still 'motoring' (if you know what I mean). Sold by a mobile food van that only works from 2400 to 0800 Fri and Sat nights
A pastry and meat pie floating in pea soup topped with tomato sauce (ketchup)

[Specmaster]

There is always this option if you are really desperate or a slightly eccentric Islander 

Have you seen his Brother Ralph?

[djos]

You guys haven't lived until you have had a 'pie floater'; a tradition in my state - typically consumed at around 3AM coming home from a night out - still 'motoring' (if you know what I mean). Sold by a mobile food van that only works from 2400 to 0800 Fri and Sat nights
A pastry and meat pie floating in pea soup topped with tomato sauce (ketchup)

Lol, how to recognize someone who is also from Adelaide! 

PS, I grew up there but live in Melbourne these days.

[Specmaster]

You guys haven't lived until you have had a 'pie floater'; a tradition in my state - typically consumed at around 3AM coming home from a night out - still 'motoring' (if you know what I mean). Sold by a mobile food van that only works from 2400 to 0800 Fri and Sat nights
A pastry and meat pie floating in pea soup topped with tomato sauce (ketchup)

Lol, how to recognize someone who is also from Adelaide! 

PS, I grew up there but live in Melbourne these days.

You could hide a Croc in that pea soup, is that pie floater meant to represent the boat in the river that the crocs out there love to attack by any chance

[VK5RC]

You guys haven't lived until you have had a 'pie floater'; a tradition in my state - typically consumed at around 3AM coming home from a night out - still 'motoring' (if you know what I mean). Sold by a mobile food van that only works from 2400 to 0800 Fri and Sat nights
A pastry and meat pie floating in pea soup topped with tomato sauce (ketchup)

Lol, how to recognize someone who is also from Adelaide! 

PS, I grew up there but live in Melbourne these days.

You could hide a Croc in that pea soup, is that pie floater meant to represent the boat in the river that the crocs out there love to attack by any chance

Nah - no Crocs in SA just 'drop bears'! HiHi - the babies we call Koalas but then they grow BIG - we hide that part - it would put off the tourists  If the snakes and spiders don't!

[bd139]

Australia: go for the scenery and wildlife, stay for the medical treatment required after seeing the wildlife!

[Specmaster]

You guys haven't lived until you have had a 'pie floater'; a tradition in my state - typically consumed at around 3AM coming home from a night out - still 'motoring' (if you know what I mean). Sold by a mobile food van that only works from 2400 to 0800 Fri and Sat nights
A pastry and meat pie floating in pea soup topped with tomato sauce (ketchup)

Lol, how to recognize someone who is also from Adelaide! 

PS, I grew up there but live in Melbourne these days.

You could hide a Croc in that pea soup, is that pie floater meant to represent the boat in the river that the crocs out there love to attack by any chance

Nah - no Crocs in SA just 'drop bears'! HiHi - the babies we call Koalas but then they grow BIG - we hide that part - it would put off the tourists  If the snakes and spiders don't!

Yep, its the old spider in the dunny that would do it for me, Jesus, those things are fearsome even without teeth. 

[nixiefreqq]

You guys haven't lived until you have had a 'pie floater'; a tradition in my state - typically consumed at around 3AM coming home from a night out - still 'motoring' (if you know what I mean). Sold by a mobile food van that only works from 2400 to 0800 Fri and Sat nights
A pastry and meat pie floating in pea soup topped with tomato sauce (ketchup)

wow!  just............ wow! 

have done lots of regrettable stuff when extremely lubricated.

but that is........well its.........there are no words for it.  wow!

[Brumby]

You guys haven't lived until you have had a 'pie floater'; a tradition in my state - typically consumed at around 3AM coming home from a night out - still 'motoring' (if you know what I mean). Sold by a mobile food van that only works from 2400 to 0800 Fri and Sat nights
A pastry and meat pie floating in pea soup topped with tomato sauce (ketchup)

Lol, how to recognize someone who is also from Adelaide! 

PS, I grew up there but live in Melbourne these days.

You could hide a Croc in that pea soup, is that pie floater meant to represent the boat in the river that the crocs out there love to attack by any chance

Nah - no Crocs in SA just 'drop bears'! HiHi - the babies we call Koalas but then they grow BIG - we hide that part - it would put off the tourists  If the snakes and spiders don't!

Yep, its the old spider in the dunny that would do it for me, Jesus, those things are fearsome even without teeth. 

Just remember ... there's a reason we have a song called "Redback on the toilet seat"

[bd139]

Fucks sake. Never hire an "electrician". Use those TEA skills to do it yourself:

"Loose wire. Put it back on. Oven work! Ug!"

Suspect! So I go a-poking and find this:



Fucking switch is burned and to fix it they just stuffed it on another pole. Now the thing doesn't work properly apart from on the small case of "oven get hot! Ug!"

You know a shit electrician when they have to go back to the car to get their DMM.

Zero service info available saying what the correct wiring is. Switch is 40 quid which is not end of world. FFFFFS

[frozenfrogz]

What’s the make and model of that oven? I have quite some google foo to offer

[bd139]

Have spoken to supplier. They're just going to replace it