After some research and a few emails around, someone I used to work with years ago has an old Weller desoldering station in his loft that was skip dived so he's going to dig that out for me. It's a Weller 801 apparently
I hate cats. Fluff, hair, spit, get in everything, destructive, smelly, poop everywhere, bring in dead things, lick their arses, fussy, expensive vet bills, scratchy. Trade off in cute factor isn't worth it.
Thats a result on the weller, I'm sure you'll love it apart from its a bit of big beast to sit on your bench, needs a lot real estate.
What have cats done to you? my cats are not like that at all, they are very clean and loving animals.
What have cats done to you? my cats are not like that at all, they are very clean and loving animals.
Because it starts counting at zero, duh.
mnem
There are 10 kinds of people in the world; those who don't understand binary and those who get their heads bashed in for making stupid binary jokes.
I can honestly say that my cats do not leave the garden, we have 6ft wooden fence all round which was put up to keep neighbours dogs out who used to come into our garden and use it as a loo, a playground because theirs was a mud patch and also to chase and worry our cats. Prior to the fence being installed their dogs got one of my cats and bit its tail which cost us almost £1,000 in vets bills having its tail amputated to save its life as a result of those dogs in our garden.
My cats were terrified of going out in the garden because of the dogs, so they have become more of a house cat but now because of the fence, they do enjoy going out and enjoying the garden but they stay in the garden as long someone is with them. when we come in, the cats will follow, just like dogs in that respect, so I do know for 100% certainty that my cats do not cause any problems to neighbours and neither do they poop in the house or in the garden without burying it in a patch we keep dug for them to use as a toilet. We keep them in at night as responsible owners, we take care of our pets unlike many others who love them when they are at the cute kitten stage and then leave outside to fend for themselves 24/7 almost for the rest of their lives.
I can honestly say that my cats do not leave the garden, we have 6ft wooden fence all round which was put up to keep neighbours dogs out who used to come into our garden and use it as a loo, a playground because theirs was a mud patch and also to chase and worry our cats. Prior to the fence being installed their dogs got one of my cats and bit its tail which cost us almost £1,000 in vets bills having its tail amputated to save its life as a result of those dogs in our garden.
My cats were terrified of going out in the garden because of the dogs, so they have become more of a house cat but now because of the fence, they do enjoy going out and enjoying the garden but they stay in the garden as long someone is with them. when we come in, the cats will follow, just like dogs in that respect, so I do know for 100% certainty that my cats do not cause any problems to neighbours and neither do they poop in the house or in the garden without burying it in a patch we keep dug for them to use as a toilet. We keep them in at night as responsible owners, we take care of our pets unlike many others who love them when they are at the cute kitten stage and then leave outside to fend for themselves 24/7 almost for the rest of their lives.While I'm not saying it's the same in your case, I've heard cat owners claim the exact same thing. The story fell apart just a tiny bit when the furball had to be removed from the living room of the neighbouw for the third time That it must be other cats is fairly typical cat owner banter.
Again, I'm not saying this is true in your case.
Haha, well that is not true for our house, these 2 cats don't kill anything unless you count moths and daddy long legs, even spiders make them jump. I caught them in the kitchen the other day with a spider, admittedly its a pretty big spider but the cats stood between it the back door and the spider stood its ground and they having a Mexican standoff. Suddenly the spider decided to make a run for the open door and freedom and ran towards the cats and they lept up and over the spider, who escaped into the garden. My cats are such big killers that couldn't manage to see a spider off even
The furball in this story was the cat itself. Despite the owner feverously denying the cat ever went outside of the house or yard, having it brought back a handful of times by a neighbour who found the creature in his own house ruined to story just a tad.
Nice! Maybe you'll get lucky again and be uncontested.
I can hope, but i really must quit looking at ebay now. She's tying the noose and picking the tree to use the next time i say ebay.
Because it starts counting at zero, duh.
mnem
There are 10 kinds of people in the world; those who don't understand binary and those who get their heads bashed in for making stupid binary jokes.
Try again. This isn't fencepost errors, it's an instrument that operates in the time domain; it's a counter/timer.
I shall resist linking the obvious picture of Bob Widlar.
What have cats done to you? my cats are not like that at all, they are very clean and loving animals.
Er, no.
People worry about infections from dogs, so now dog owners carry their shit around in their pockets. But for some reason they ignore toxoplasmosis gondii from cats. The lifecycle is https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/toxoplasmosis/biology.html
Solid estimates are that 60m (~20%) of people in the USA are infected (95% in some places). It is symptomless except when it isn't - but why worry, heart/brain/eye damage only occurs much later, so the cause can't be isolated and the owner prosecuted. https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/toxoplasmosis/gen_info/faqs.html
The effect of t. gondii in the other host, rats, is "entertaining": it suppresses rats' fear so that they become more likely to eaten by cats, thus completing the lifecycle. There is inconclusive suggestive evidence that t. gondii has mind-altering affects in humans, viz schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, cognitive defect. However, t. gondii does stop humans smelling cat urine, so maybe it is only a matter of time before a causal link is shown. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasma_gondii
That too.
Also: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/cats_actually_kill
Because it starts counting at zero, duh.
mnem
There are 10 kinds of people in the world; those who don't understand binary and those who get their heads bashed in for making stupid binary jokes.
Try again. This isn't fencepost errors, it's an instrument that operates in the time domain; it's a counter/timer.
I shall resist linking the obvious picture of Bob Widlar.
FFS man... How much more obvious do I have to MAKE it? Do I have to write "<~~~ THIS IS A JOKE!!!" next to it?!?
Argh here we go again! It went like this:
1. Wooh this thread is getting lame.
2. Let's throw some HP porn on it.
3. Wow those HP/Harrison power supplies look nice. Have been on my mind for a few days.
4. I really miss my HP6236B. Boo hoo ... But I need something with some more voltage for building high compliance voltage current sources with.
5. Let's have a look on ebay and cheer myself up with some luck.
6. Nothing in the usual categories. Let's just try searching for what I want in some vein hope that it will exist.
7. IT EXISTS but the price is a little higher than I was hoping.
8. Meh feck it, it's like two curries and all I do is turn them to poop.
9. Now I own a 6206B
Alright then here is some more TEA stuff.
I picked up a Keithley 617 Electrometer on ebay. Listing said that the voltage output is broken but it otherwise works.
[repair story]
And there we go. The entire unit put back together and she works like a dream now!
Here it is showing a zero offset current of 0.0026pA . That is 2.6 femtoamps!