Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread

[BU508A]

Jeezus you bastards... now you've got me thinking about med Smurfing off!  I can't decide which is worse; that or his vinyl-clad sack of wrinkles!!!

Where's muh fukkin' bottle o' Brain Bleach...?

mnem

Here. But I advise to choose wisely. 

[0culus]

And now for something completely different:  stripper!



The blades are heavily used and worn out. Maybe I'll find one day a good replacement for them.

?  ? 

*Image snipped to save on eye bleach*

 

 

...

OK, I'm going to go throw up now.

[bd139]

I’ve dated worse.

[Brumby]

I’ve dated worse.

Have you NO shame?


I don't drink  - but geez I'm thinking about it!

[tautech]

I’ve dated worse.

b<desperate>139

  

[bd139]

I’ve dated worse.

Have you NO shame?


I don't drink  - but geez I'm thinking about it!

Nope. I suggest not starting drinking because that’s what (a) causes the shameful things, (b) erases the ability to feel shame and (c) makes you look back fondly at the shameful things and wonder how the fuck life got so dull since and (d) wonders if the mid life crisis should involve drinking again to see what shameful situations you can find myself in again. 

I’ve dated worse.

b<desperate>139

  

I prefer less fussy 

Incidentally she was my age now 20 years ago 

[Kosmic]

Nope. I suggest not starting drinking because that’s what (a) causes the shameful things, (b) erases the ability to feel shame and (c) makes you look back fondly at the shameful things and wonder how the fuck life got so dull since and (d) wonders if the mid life crisis should involve drinking again to see what shameful situations you can find myself in again. 

nah the problem is that you didn't drink enough. Normally you should not remember anything. Work great for me. No shame, no guilt, nothing, I don't remember anything.

[med6753]

Just think guys...when you're 90 years old how good she's gonna look. 

[Brumby]

You do know you're going to hell, don't you?

You've put some of us there already!

[Brumby]

Brain bleach...!
Eye bleach...!
Screen bleach...!
Disk bleach...!
RAM bleach...!
.... and all the networking travelled by those bits!!!!

[Cubdriver]

Just think guys...when you're 90 years old how good she's gonna look. 

I suspect she'll be long dead in 35 years, and probably won't look very good at that point...

-Pat

[Cubdriver]

(Assuming of course that I make it another 35 years without being crushed in an avalanche of old, heavy test gear, or otherwise meeting my demise...)

[Mr. Scram]

I suspect she'll be long dead in 35 years, and probably won't look very good at that point...

-Pat

I suppose dead people won't say no.

[Cerebus]

(Assuming of course that I make it another 35 years without being crushed in an avalanche of old, heavy test gear, or otherwise meeting my demise...)

I suspect the death certificates of 30+% of us will probably read "Beaten to death by a long suffering partner with the large heavy item of test equipment that 'broke the camel's back'".

[tautech]

Good place to drop this in again:

[mnementh]

Jeezus you bastards... now you've got me thinking about med Smurfing off!  I can't decide which is worse; that or his vinyl-clad sack of wrinkles!!!

Where's muh fukkin' bottle o' Brain Bleach...?

mnem

Here. But I advise to choose wisely. 

   I'll take the 100mL bottle of nail polish remover; it can remove brain cells with similar precision. 

Brain bleach...!
Eye bleach...!
Screen bleach...!
Disk bleach...!
RAM bleach...!
.... and all the networking travelled by those bits!!!!

I can't hear you over the song of the nulls. 

mnem
"Tonight, the zeros were singing for you..."

[Zucca]

Will wait for 4" version as well then  . Want to play with 2.4GHz antennas.

2.4GHz would be veeeeery sexy, keep us posted.

[Zucca]

been subjecting my small audio server to a whole lot of grief.

Can you not find what you need in spotify? Sorry for the stupid question, it is more curiosity driven.. yes I am a cat.

[Zucca]

I should train myself not to check using bid now how high an auction will go ...

Won a threshold preamp, albeit not the one I originally wanted.

Should be good as a spare amp in case one of my current ones needs restoration.

After some money burned, I use now only Gixen.
Anyway I always find new way to trash my hard worked salary out of the window. Resistence is futile.

EDIT: I just love this trump gif...

[mansaxel]

been subjecting my small audio server to a whole lot of grief.

Can you not find what you need in spotify? Sorry for the stupid question, it is more curiosity driven.. yes I am a cat.

I have a so old Spotify account that it predates their offical launch, which has everything to do with having one of the very early developers over for dinner one evening. In those days, you could tell by the song titles from which "release group" they had their files (which is not a problem in Sweden, as long as you pay the fees when it is streamed).

Thus, I've seen what happens when people have a beef with the distribution channels over various issues, mostly money. (The Taylor Swift brouhahaha is particularly well known, but I was more concerned with the Zappa case) If you want to be certain that music that is important to you is going to be available to you, nothing beats a local library.

Also, while the encoding of Spotify is quite good, there are always improvements to be had in quality.

I'd suggest going to NPR for their sound quality test and assess your quality needs, in a soul-searching way, afterwards. If you can tell which is which, "congratulations", you need a bigger hard drive and better sound system. If not, well, go buy a Boom Box off the Dwagon. Collect, before the end of month ;-)

[BU508A]

been subjecting my small audio server to a whole lot of grief.

Can you not find what you need in spotify? Sorry for the stupid question, it is more curiosity driven.. yes I am a cat.

"Che chazzo vuoi?" "Welche Katze wollen sie?"

Sorry, it is a bit rude but I couldn't resist. 
(And I know that you are understanding enough German to catch the joke.)   

[Zucca]

Thanks Mansa....

I compared my loseless .flac song with the spotify one: hard to find a difference with my (crappy?) speakers...

[Zucca]

"Che chazzo vuoi?" "Welche Katze wollen sie?"

Sorry, it is a bit rude but I couldn't resist. 
(And I know that you are understanding enough German to catch the joke.)   

Ohhh you don't want to go there my friend, the third position bronze medal for this remarkable jem

"Die Katze in der Kuhlschrank"

second position silver medal for

#immerda

and the wimmer is, gold medal, no discussion here, the German National Anthem, beginning second verse

"Deutsche Frauen, deutsche Treue"

when the the whole german stadium is singing it I always stand up and clap vigorously.

PS: If you need clarification PM me.

[capt bullshot]

been subjecting my small audio server to a whole lot of grief.

Can you not find what you need in spotify? Sorry for the stupid question, it is more curiosity driven.. yes I am a cat.

Can't speak for Saskia, but I wouldn't touch spotify or similar with a barge-pole. Not for sound quality, money or similar reason, but for freedom reason. Any music I have on my own server (and devices) I'm free to listen to when or where I want to, and nobody knows when or what I listen to. Digitizing ones CD collection is a way to make it more convenient to access it.

[Specmaster]

I’ve dated worse.

You must have been desperate or drunk