Also found in my cheap-ass curb-score Samsuck TV... and on Amazon for $12 delivered: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07LCBLB8N
mnem
*clicky-clicky...clickety-clickety...*
There are half a dozen cute little relays in the thing. Keyboard : tactile switches, however not the cheap kind : Look at them, 100% metallic construction ?! Never seen luxurious ones like that... probably because all the ones I salvaged came form cheap consumer devices, not pro stuff made for field use !
Thank you for burning 10 dollars from my bank account.
did I do now?!?
mnem
*looks all over his keyboard for the "burn $10 from your bank account" macro...*
It's those darn tactile switches you found on Amazon! His currency is not the Canadian peso, so it is only $10 instead of $12.99 CAD.
-- you can tell a Canadian price by the .99 cause it appears a whole dollar cheaper that way
EDIT: still holding on to my wallet ... Must resist ...
Oh... now I see. I thought Z was blaming me for something Vince said. Looks like the "nested quotes mismatch bug" in SMF bit us both.
Huh... I always thought the xxx99.99 pricing thing was mostly a 'merkin flimflam marketeering thing. Guess I shouldn't be surprised the infection crossed the border ahead of me.
As for the switches... why resist...? I bought them cuz I needed 6 of the metal ones to fix that curb-score Samsuck TV; and we both know there's no way in hell the rest of the kit will go unused in any of our labs. For 10 bux, a total no-brainer.
mnem
In the end, could not resist.However, these cost me much more than the $12.99 CAD.
The dog got very excited on the arrival of the delivery person. Yeah, we do not get many visitors out here.
A friend who lives slightly further out into the boonies told me that Amazon does not deliver to them, and instead uses Purolator for delivery service.
Anyways, in the excitement, the dog got accidentally tangled up in a table cloth.
Said table cloth covered a work table of 42" by 96" .... in turn completely covered by completed LEGO sets (some completed per LEGO instructions, some completed with custom designed add-ons by the kid).
Everything ended up on the floor in bits scattered everywhere (and some bits in places other than the floor)
It took almost an hour to pick up all the LEGO, inspect the room, find more LEGO pieces, inspect again, find more pieces ... and so on.
I have no idea how much time it is going to take to rebuild all those LEGOs, with the kid asking for help to find the pieces he wants from the parts boxes.
SWMBO saying that she could finally put the tablecloth in the laundry is not sufficient consolation by any means ....
... all of this for just a tiny box of switches