Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread

[med6753]

Have you got some Stilton then 

Nope, sorry...you'll have to source it from your neck of the woods. Maybe Amazon has it? 

[Specmaster]

Don't tell me that you chucked it all in the Boston Harbour, you heathen

[med6753]

Don't tell me that you checked it all in the Boston Harbour, you heathen

Oh, so you noticed that the harbor smelled of stinky cheese. Oopsie. 

[Specmaster]

Don't tell me that you checked it all in the Boston Harbour, you heathen

Oh, so you noticed that the harbor smelled of stinky cheese. Oopsie. 

Yes, its not a good smell either with all of that perfectly fine TEA we sent you mixed in with it 

[med6753]

Don't tell me that you checked it all in the Boston Harbour, you heathen

Oh, so you noticed that the harbor smelled of stinky cheese. Oopsie. 

Yes, its not a good smell either with all of that perfectly fine TEA we sent you mixed in with it 

We'll get a hazmat team to clean it up. 

[Cerebus]

Have you got some Stilton then 

Now, now, you'll make poor ole Med feel inadequate, just look up what "American Cheese" is and you'll see what i mean. Under European food labelling regulations it would probably have to be classified as "hot melt woodworking glue". 

[Specmaster]

Don't tell me that you checked it all in the Boston Harbour, you heathen

Oh, so you noticed that the harbor smelled of stinky cheese. Oopsie. 

Yes, its not a good smell either with all of that perfectly fine TEA we sent you mixed in with it 

We'll get a hazmat team to clean it up. 

Oh, and don't forget when the hazmat team set to work, the tea chests make great storage for all kinds of TEA, even make great impromptu benches, scope carts etc   

[jxjbsd]

This is a 178plugin, it is NOS, very beautiful, and 176received together. It's for 577. Well, I need to get a 577.

[Brumby]

Have you got some Stilton then 

Nope, sorry...you'll have to source it from your neck of the woods. Maybe Amazon has it? 

[0culus]

I scored a mostly complete accessory kit for the Tek 519. It does appear to contain an extra reed for the calibration-step generator, which is a highly useful find.

[Saskia]

@Tony No time, sorry.
Still working on my taxes, doin overtime each day, and fighting usofts hive madness. Need to get rid of those w10 pieces of excrement. W7 was the last acceptable windows ...

[mnementh]

Mnem, we are completely surrounded by Brits on the rag today. All we can do is grin and bear it. 

you got that right.

an update just killed windows live mail on swmbos computer.

apparently microsoft dropped support for that application in 2016.

she is a brit, so i tried an approach learned from an old britcom i have been watching.

said.... "oh dear, so sad, never mind".

do you think the UK will take her back? 

Yes, after she kills you. 

Well... they can 'ardly 'elp it; you know they're all on the same cycle... 

mnem
med really knows where 'is towel is. All Y'alls should get one too.

[mnementh]

OK, first I DO NOT HAVE TEAS!  I can quit anytime I want to!  I just need to get a few more pieces...

Besides, compared to some people here, I'm almost a virgin.

Your virginity is well and truly gone now.

Before I joined the EEVblog, I had one oscilloscope - now I have seven.  I had a couple of el cheapo irons and one cheap soldering station - now I have 3 soldering stations (one with hot air) and a desoldering station.  I had no HP test gear - now I have 8 pieces - most of which work.  Meters....? - I'm not sure how many I have now, but I have a BM235 and a HP 3478A that wouldn't have even been on my radar outside of this place.  Power supplies ... (I'll get back to you).

... and I'm one of the lesser bower birds here!

Pfffffttt! I first came in here looking to find a home for two sad and neglected (by me) Space Age Tek scopes. I DID find homes for them... but not before tripling my meter count and acquiring 3 more soldering stations and a dozen more PSUs... even moving to the cold as 'ell of Canada hasn't made me mend my wicked, wicked ways...

mnem
*toddles off to ded*

[mnementh]

Don't tell me that you checked it all in the Boston Harbour, you heathen

Oh, so you noticed that the harbor smelled of stinky cheese. Oopsie. 

Nope, Spec just took 'is shoes off.   

mnem
*knocks self unconscious with a tapir mallet*

[AVGresponding]

OK, first I DO NOT HAVE TEAS!  I can quit anytime I want to!  I just need to get a few more pieces...

Besides, compared to some people here, I'm almost a virgin.

Scope, meter, RF mV meter, VTVM, frequency counter, 2 sig gens, RF power meter, and spectrum analyzer.

And as I near retirement, I'm thinking about maybe getting into refurbing vintage audio equipment, so I might need more gear.

____________________________________________________

Welcome to Enablement Station. Here are a few things to get you started...

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TTi-Thurlby-Thandar-PL330QMT-Triple-Output-Bench-Power-Supply-2x32V-3A-5V-7A/393038916822


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Hope you're not one of those wobbly pointy weirdos...   

[mansaxel]

Have you got some Stilton then 

Nope, sorry...you'll have to source it from your neck of the woods. Maybe Amazon has it? 

The only place I could get actual cheese as opposed to "cheese" in Vegas was at Whole Foods, which store was almost up to European standards. And I believe that's a part of the bookstore now. So, yes. Amazon it is.

[med6753]

Have you got some Stilton then 

Now, now, you'll make poor ole Med feel inadequate, just look up what "American Cheese" is and you'll see what i mean. Under European food labelling regulations it would probably have to be classified as "hot melt woodworking glue". 

No inadequacies here. I like cheese but American Cheese is utter crap. "Domestic Swiss" is also crap. Looks like the real thing, has holes like the real thing, but tastes no where near like the real thing. 

[BU508A]

I'm living in the area, where Switzerland, France and Germany are meeting each other.
One can choose literally between hundreds of different kinds of cheese.

[tggzzz]

Rules of thumb for cheese:

• hard cheese: English
• soft cheese: French, or a decent ripe Gorgonzola or Stilton
• a few other speciality cheeses when bored or seeking adventure
• avoid others, except for sustenance purposes

You can still get less good cheeses in the above, of course. Too many supermarket hard cheeses are rubbery rather than crumbly, and after you've had a decent truckle cheddar you'll only put them in a mousetrap (but peanut butter is more effective there!)

[BU508A]

This one is for Saskia:

[bd139]

Rules of thumb for cheese:

• hard cheese: English
• soft cheese: French, or a decent ripe Gorgonzola or Stilton
• a few other speciality cheeses when bored or seeking adventure
• avoid others, except for sustenance purposes

You can still get less good cheeses in the above, of course. Too many supermarket hard cheeses are rubbery rather than crumbly, and after you've had a decent truckle cheddar you'll only put them in a mousetrap (but peanut butter is more effective there!)

I eat a lot of Emmental and Gruyere cheese. Also Harzer is nice.

Only thing that's decent that comes from here is a good Stilton. Rest of it is crap.

Edit: back to today's evil project idea ... IR seeking drone with can of black spray paint attached 

[Specmaster]

Question for you guys who regularly post clips from videos, what program(s) are you using to extract the clips from the main video?

[McBryce]

OK, first I DO NOT HAVE TEAS!  I can quit anytime I want to!  I just need to get a few more pieces...

Besides, compared to some people here, I'm almost a virgin.

Scope, meter, RF mV meter, VTVM, frequency counter, 2 sig gens, RF power meter, and spectrum analyzer.

And as I near retirement, I'm thinking about maybe getting into refurbing vintage audio equipment, so I might need more gear.

____________________________________________________

Welcome to Enablement Station. Here are a few things to get you started...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fluke-8060A-True-RMS-multimeter/233802533556


https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TTi-Thurlby-Thandar-PL330QMT-Triple-Output-Bench-Power-Supply-2x32V-3A-5V-7A/393038916822


https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Thurlby-Thandar-PL310-x-2/264958606162


https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hewlett-Packard-4145B-Semiconductor-Parameter-Analyzer/353302272263


https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HP-8904A-DC-600kHz-Multifunction-Synthesizer-opt-001-002-003-10/324101294632


Hope you're not one of those wobbly pointy weirdos...   

Opabob is in the US. It's unlikely that he's going to buy any boat anchors from the UK.

McBryce.

[tonyalbus]

Rules of thumb for cheese:

• hard cheese: English
• soft cheese: French, or a decent ripe Gorgonzola or Stilton
• a few other speciality cheeses when bored or seeking adventure
• avoid others, except for sustenance purposes

You can still get less good cheeses in the above, of course. Too many supermarket hard cheeses are rubbery rather than crumbly, and after you've had a decent truckle cheddar you'll only put them in a mousetrap (but peanut butter is more effective there!)

or some fine Dutch cheese

[tonyalbus]

Question for you guys who regularly post clips from videos, what program(s) are you using to extract the clips from the main video?

don't  .. but i am using the 'Photo' app inside windows10 .. no fancy stuff
yes the Photo app can do video.... took me a while, i was looking for the old movie maker, that does not excist anymore.. tried to find it from old versions..
then it turned out the photo app could.