Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread

[bd139]

I’ve seen a few of my old Teks go round on eBay now in house clearances 

I have yet to get a decent deal on one of them 

[Saskia]

ok, I just fucking hate my life.
someone gimme some hemp and a tree, willya ?

Hubby is back in ICU/Chest pain unit. Awaiting blood test results.

[AVGresponding]

You might also want to take a close look at what's lurking in the background behind that HP rack stack...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hewlet-Packard-Test-Equipment-HP3582A-HP3585A-HP35601-HP11729C-HP8662A/114555994505

The Galv lattice masts ?

Nope, the thing that's on top of those... you can check his other items for sale if you need clues...

[bd139]

ok, I just fucking hate my life.
someone gimme some hemp and a tree, willya ?

Hubby is back in ICU/Chest pain unit. Awaiting blood test results.

Good luck to you both. Hope all works out ok.

[AVGresponding]

ok, I just fucking hate my life.
someone gimme some hemp and a tree, willya ?

Hubby is back in ICU/Chest pain unit. Awaiting blood test results.

You just gotta breathe deep, grit your teeth, and keep on keepin' on.

[med6753]

ok, I just fucking hate my life.
someone gimme some hemp and a tree, willya ?

Hubby is back in ICU/Chest pain unit. Awaiting blood test results.

Oh no. 

[Specmaster]

Silly price for a geiger counter on ebay
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Geiger-Counter-Radiation-Detector-Dosimeter-Eagle-CO-96-1979-/143860131303
£3100  I can't work out why two people (one zero feedback) bid it this high but hve a feeling it won't be paid.
Seller is a house clearence type. I recognise the counter, sold it on ebay in 2011 for about £120.
I guess my cusomer died 

Maybe the bidder is a 5G nutter and thought it would be of some use to him 

[Specmaster]

ok, I just fucking hate my life.
someone gimme some hemp and a tree, willya ?

Hubby is back in ICU/Chest pain unit. Awaiting blood test results.

Oh no. 

ok, I just fucking hate my life.
someone gimme some hemp and a tree, willya ?

Hubby is back in ICU/Chest pain unit. Awaiting blood test results.

Oh no, so sorry to hear that, but a tree and hemp is not the answer either. I understand it's difficult, but positive thoughts will help.

[Specmaster]

You might also want to take a close look at what's lurking in the background behind that HP rack stack...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hewlet-Packard-Test-Equipment-HP3582A-HP3585A-HP35601-HP11729C-HP8662A/114555994505

The Galv lattice masts ?

Nope, the thing that's on top of those... you can check his other items for sale if you need clues...

It look like it could be a small jet engine, or at least a jet pipe.

[Cerebus]

ok, I just fucking hate my life.
someone gimme some hemp and a tree, willya ?

Hubby is back in ICU/Chest pain unit. Awaiting blood test results.

Oh fuck, not again!

Keep your spirits up, chances are it'll all work out OK.

[Robert763]

You might also want to take a close look at what's lurking in the background behind that HP rack stack...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hewlet-Packard-Test-Equipment-HP3582A-HP3585A-HP35601-HP11729C-HP8662A/114555994505

The Galv lattice masts ?

Nope, the thing that's on top of those... you can check his other items for sale if you need clues...

Looks like part of a small gas turbine engine can't tell what though.

[tautech]

ok, I just fucking hate my life.
someone gimme some hemp and a tree, willya ?

Nope, you're just teasing us as you already have the tools should you chose to to get all brutal and use them. Please don't.

Old chap down the road warned me to call his family should I ever see a tent pitched on his lawn....a decade later he's still sucking air and going to the trap shooting range each week where he shoots one round of DTL single barrel.
At 80+ he's shot the possible 25/25 a few times....a feat I've only accomplished once with 2 shots/bird but hey only used the 2nd shot 3 times.
While you can still see and pull a trigger there is still more to live for. 

[bd139]

Something ironic about staying alive to shoot things 

[AVGresponding]

Isn't that in the Florida constitution?

[tautech]

Something ironic about staying alive to shoot things 

Sorta plainly shows what different lives we all lead.

[Saskia]

thanks folks, just got a call (not allowed to stay near him cuz of this covid clusterfuck):
it's most likely not his heart, but a ruptured diaphragm/oesophagus (?) and internal hemorrhaging, which absolutely sucks if you are taking anticoagulants because of past heart attacks.
They are still doing their tests.
And yes, they did provoke an emotional response.

[bd139]

Something ironic about staying alive to shoot things 

Sorta plainly shows what different lives we all lead.

Well there’s a subtle difference between staying alive to shoot things and staying alive by shooting things 

[AVGresponding]

You might also want to take a close look at what's lurking in the background behind that HP rack stack...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hewlet-Packard-Test-Equipment-HP3582A-HP3585A-HP35601-HP11729C-HP8662A/114555994505

The Galv lattice masts ?

Nope, the thing that's on top of those... you can check his other items for sale if you need clues...

It look like it could be a small jet engine, or at least a jet pipe.

Specmaster wins the cookie, with Robert763 stealing some of the chocolate chips from it while Spec wasn't looking.

[tautech]

Something ironic about staying alive to shoot things 

Sorta plainly shows what different lives we all lead.

Well there’s a subtle difference between staying alive to shoot things and staying alive by shooting things 

Well yeah but how common is that ?
Public perception of firearms is horrific when in practice their greatest use is for sport admittedly some blood sport however this is to put what is otherwise unobtainable food on the table. A couple chaps just finished checking their rifles here are are now on their way for 7hrs drive to get some Bambi for Xmas.
That said I know of others that shoot frequently and have never drawn blood with their weapons ever !
Competition shooting is a serious thing where those with the skills and experience win the day and not those with the highest priced gear but still these gun sports are frowned upon in the majority of modern societies. 

Yet they turn a blind eye to fencing and archers whose sport has also evolved from warring times.
Not the tool but the nut behind it !

[nixiefreqq]

just got home from the giant in gettysburg.

so is this ok or not?   really have no frickin' idea except that wallace and grommit used to eat something with a name like that.

swmbo said it must be good because of the flag.  so she tossed it in the basket.

was gonna' point out that she also is a product of the UK, and look how that turned out.  (bit my tongue instead)

[AVGresponding]

Wensleydale isn't my favourite cheese (doesn't really grill very well, though it does bake ok) but that looks like a good provenance.

[GreyWoolfe]

We Italy we are still immune against the pineappleonpizza virus.
The situation is somehow much worse than the gloriuos past, we had some sporadic cases on our territory.

Sometime I can't sleep at night thinking about a tropical fruit on a (should be italian) pizza.

On other news, italians who lives in Germany are spreading the virus among their communities so they will finally loose the taste sense...

Most pizza restaurants in Sweden are run by people from what was Yugoslavia, which means that a very common crossover is Döner Kebab on pizza.  I love me my Döner. But I want my pizza without it.  The pineapple pizza is not my favourite, but I've had it a couple of times.  It is something else than italian pizza. And I should know; I drove to Naples last summer, and had it there. I like it like that.

At least as was taught to me in Home Ec, the history of what we call pizza (the particular combination of open-faced pan-bread, with cheese and sweet tomato sauce) is a bit more... American. This was devised by Italian American immigrants; they couldn't get locals to buy Calzone due to racism-fueled distrust of the contents, and eventually they started making it open-faced so their customers could see the ingredients. Soon being able to pick your toppings turned into a feature of the dish, and a international phenomenon was born. 

mnem
That's still no excuse for anchovies. Here, let's put some blobs of axle grease on there while we're at it...

Pineapple on pizza invokes a gag reflex in me but Mrs GreyWoolfe loves the stuff.  She developed a taste when she was stationed with her ex on Hawaii.  I have had fresh pineapple fresh from the plantation there and it is fabulous, just not on pizza.  I do love a good calzone and stromboli.  We have a pizzeria a mile away that is as true to New York pizza as is possible without using NY water, grease running down the arms and everything.   Brings back memories of better days going over to NYC.  Pizza, fresh bagels and knishes.  Kosher rugalach and Sabret's hot dogs in pink water with red onion sauce.  Can't forget the soft pretzels with spicy Goulden's spicy brown mustard, yellow mustard as a last resort.  Everything in Flori-DUH is but a pale imitation except for Crystal burgers which is close enough to White Castel that I am happy.  Fond memories of beer soaked college nights eating White Castel.  Oh, the belly burn.  Enough about food, time to go and find dinner.

[Neomys Sapiens]

Silly price for a geiger counter on ebay
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Geiger-Counter-Radiation-Detector-Dosimeter-Eagle-CO-96-1979-/143860131303
£3100  I can't work out why two people (one zero feedback) bid it this high but hve a feeling it won't be paid.
Seller is a house clearence type. I recognise the counter, sold it on ebay in 2011 for about £120.
I guess my cusomer died 

Hopefully not of radiation poisoning!

[Specmaster]

You might also want to take a close look at what's lurking in the background behind that HP rack stack...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hewlet-Packard-Test-Equipment-HP3582A-HP3585A-HP35601-HP11729C-HP8662A/114555994505

The Galv lattice masts ?

Nope, the thing that's on top of those... you can check his other items for sale if you need clues...

It look like it could be a small jet engine, or at least a jet pipe.

Specmaster wins the cookie, with Robert763 stealing some of the chocolate chips from it while Spec wasn't looking.

Thats a result, I don't mind sharing the cookie with Robert, he's into aircraft as well, so he can join me nibbling on the other side of the cookie.   

[Specmaster]

And now for something completely different, some seasonal tidings and all that crap.