Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread

[Saskia]

that's what you need a military trained k9 for.

With the proper training and instructions the home invader as well as any evidence is quietly and efficiently disposed of.

[med6753]

Libtard NY has no castle doctrine laws. Shoot a home invader and chances are you're going to jail.

States like Colorado and Texas DO have castle doctrine laws. Shoot a home invader and it's one less dirtbag in the world.

edit...how in the hell did we get on this subject? 

[Saskia]

great tasks for Dec 23rd
cleaning out my benches, preparing ebay / ebay classifieds and egun auctions.
sorting through 1000s of pinball parts

[med6753]

I've basically shut down all projects here until after New Years but I might be taking a road trip Thursday or Friday to check out something. 

[bd139]

edit...how in the hell did we get on this subject? 

Christmas angst 

Today I am amostly going to the tip. Getting a head start on the trash. Probably find it’s shut now

[med6753]

Same flight I was on 3 weeks ago. 

https://www.foxnews.com/travel/united-airlines-jet-makes-rough-landing-at-denver-international-airport

[SmokeyTheElectrician]

Fellow EEVBlog Forumers,

If anyone has the need real bad, for a their next TE fix.
uCenter's web store was showing they still have a handful
or two Rigol 1054z, scattered around the USA and last I checked they
were down to 184.31.
   ( store pick up only -- 1@Duluth-GA, 2@Rockville-MD, 2@Westbury-NY,
      1@Brooklyn-NY, and 3@Yonkers-NY )

Near as I can tell, The only caveat is that they are likely out of the factory
calibration period (that and I jumped at $230.39).

Seriously, by the time they sell the last one, someone is going to walk away
with a 1054z for something entirely ridiculous, like $35.

[mnementh]

Louisiana cooking tonight - made crawfish etouffee'. GOOD! 

Never had crawfish. Is it more like lobster or shrimp ?

Fukkin' mud bugs...   

Shrimp etouffee', chicken or shrimp gumbo, red beans & rice all get a "Not only yes, but HELL YES!" though... 

mnem

[Cerebus]

I think this is quite interesting and on topic as lots of us have tasty looking expensive equipment floating around. At worst the average dumbass criminal may see something worth nothing we have as an interesting theft possibility and damage property.  One reason we should strive for anonymity on the internet.

On that note I think I shall make a public service announcement, what with this being the season of houses stuffed to the brim with things worth stealing. (The season of goodwill to all men being so pre-consumer age.  )

One of the primary ways that burglars figure out whether there's something tempting to steal inside a building or home is to look for the packaging of something interesting being left outside in the garbage. So, if anybody is treating themselves to a new infeasibly large HD TV for Christmas or similar, do not leave the boxes sitting intact by the bin. Take the old Stanley knife and cut the packaging up and put it out of sight in the bin.

[bd139]

Excellent advice. Me, I keep the boxes for eBay sales 

Edit: also to note I heard some dumbass G4 this morning on 2m who explained exactly what days he was on holiday 

[Cerebus]

Today I am amostly going to the tip. Getting a head start on the trash. Probably find it’s shut now

Weirdly, so am I. Going to the tip that is. The annual pre-Christmas box room tidy is done and dusted^*, and it yielded too much WEEE (which can't go in the bin) so it's off to the tip for me too. 

^*Not 100% true. As in all grand tidies there are a few boxes of things that were half re-organised and are now mentally labelled "tidy properly in a few days". Which realistically means "Wait three months and then disgorge contents onto living room floor while desperately searching for X".

[AVGresponding]

This is an intriguing looking boat anchor, not sure I can justify the price just to satisfy my curiosity though...   

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nuclear-Enterprises-Ltd-Pulse-Height-Analyzer-PHA1/293389789876

[mnementh]

Libtard NY has no castle doctrine laws. Shoot a home invader and chances are you're going to jail.

States like Colorado and Texas DO have castle doctrine laws. Shoot a home invader and it's one less dirtbag in the world.

edit...how in the hell did we get on this subject? 

No, Texas has "Stand Your Ground" laws... where, just before I left, one well-known (in the neighborhood) racist POS shot a black man in the street A BLOCK AWAY FROM HIS OWN HOME, and the Police didn't even CHARGE the motherfucker because he said he "felt threatened". Because he was a racist POS and there was a black man on the same street.

So yeah... a BIG fucking difference between reasonable self-defense and what I just escaped from. Fucking shitheads walking around Wally World with assault rifles slung over their shoulders... in New York, that kind of infantile public display is (or at least WAS when I lived there) considered "brandishing a weapon" or "intimidation with a firearm" and legally a form of assault. And quite rightly so.

New York State has very broad self-defense and defense of home & family laws; my grandfather shot an ex-neighbor in the doorway (non-fatally, with birdshot) when he refused to leave after a disagreement over farmhand wages.

The Sheriff was more annoyed over the paperwork than interested in pressing charges; said it would've been less assache if he'd shot the motherfucker dead. 

mnem
*seething-ily*

[Specmaster]

This is down to £100 now. Hmm.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F324019821514

I’m literally 30 min drive away.

Edit: skipping it. Looks like water corrosion.

Well the scope front panel actually has water droplets on it, scary stuff running in that state

[Specmaster]

There should always be 2 shots fired to defend one's castle, inhabitants and their possessions.
One MUST be a warning shot but it needn't come first. 
Only proof it was fired like a hole in the ceiling.   

I’m not sure castle doctrine should apply otherwise we end up with shot TV licensing officers and debt collectors. Ok I just changed my mind mid sentence there. 

Why, what do you have against debt collectors?? I used to be a part time one years ago when my ankle biters were little. 

[AVGresponding]

Well the scope front panel actually has water droplets on it, scary stuff running in that state

I know you're not supposed to buy a used car when it's out in the rain, but I never expected to have to apply the same rule to TE...   

[med6753]

New York State has very broad self-defense and defense of home & family laws; my grandfather shot an ex-neighbor in the doorway (non-fatally, with birdshot) when he refused to leave after a disagreement over farmhand wages.

The Sheriff was more annoyed over the paperwork than interested in pressing charges; said it would've been less assache if he'd shot the motherfucker dead. 

mnem
*seething-ily*

I agree walking around Wally world with an assault weapon is sheer lunacy.

When did this incident take place with your grandfather? I'll bet greater than 60 years ago. Under the same scenario today with the same laws on the books you know darn well he would have been taken in and charged.   

[mnementh]

This is an intriguing looking boat anchor, not sure I can justify the price just to satisfy my curiosity though...   

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nuclear-Enterprises-Ltd-Pulse-Height-Analyzer-PHA1/293389789876

So it's like what... a SA with a frontal lobotomy...? 

mnem
 

[Saskia]

just bought 130 BGA reballing stencils for like 15c apiece.

[xrunner]

Never had crawfish. Is it more like lobster or shrimp ?

Like little shrimp.

Is that a starter or a main course?

Main course for sure. Another common way to fix 'em is to just have a crawfish boil with corn on the cob.

Fukkin' mud bugs... 

Yeah! Mud bugs...   

[mnementh]

New York State has very broad self-defense and defense of home & family laws; my grandfather shot an ex-neighbor in the doorway (non-fatally, with birdshot) when he refused to leave after a disagreement over farmhand wages.

The Sheriff was more annoyed over the paperwork than interested in pressing charges; said it would've been less assache if he'd shot the motherfucker dead. 

mnem
*seething-ily*

I agree walking around Wally world with an assault weapon is sheer lunacy.

When did this incident take place with your grandfather? I'll bet greater than 60 years ago. Under the same scenario today with the same laws on the books you know darn well he would have been taken in and charged.   

When I was a teenager; so 30-ish years. Sheriff said two things made it pretty clear-cut: Bloodstains inside the house, and the fact it wasn't a handgun. If there'd been a handgun, he would've at least had to take him in until they ran the numbers on the weapon and permit, to make sure he was licensed properly. Makes sense to me.

BTW... with all due respect old friend... terms like "libtard" have no place in this setting. It is literally a hate-speech trigger-word, created by a worthless right-wingnut piece of shit whose very existence is a cancer on the soul of America. Please don't promote his mentality by using his language.

mnem

[GreyWoolfe]

Libtard NY has no castle doctrine laws. Shoot a home invader and chances are you're going to jail.

States like Colorado and Texas DO have castle doctrine laws. Shoot a home invader and it's one less dirtbag in the world.

edit...how in the hell did we get on this subject? 

No, Texas has "Stand Your Ground" laws... where, just before I left, one well-known (in the neighborhood) racist POS shot a black man in the street A BLOCK AWAY FROM HIS OWN HOME, and the Police didn't even CHARGE the motherfucker because he said he "felt threatened". Because he was a racist POS and there was a black man on the same street.

So yeah... a BIG fucking difference between reasonable self-defense and what I just escaped from. Fucking shitheads walking around Wally World with assault rifles slung over their shoulders... in New York, that kind of infantile public display is (or at least WAS when I lived there) considered "brandishing a weapon" or "intimidation with a firearm" and legally a form of assault. And quite rightly so.

New York State has very broad self-defense and defense of home & family laws; my grandfather shot an ex-neighbor in the doorway (non-fatally, with birdshot) when he refused to leave after a disagreement over farmhand wages.

The Sheriff was more annoyed over the paperwork than interested in pressing charges; said it would've been less assache if he'd shot the motherfucker dead. 

mnem
*seething-ily*

I am a long time gun owner and CCW permit holder and that fucktard in Texas should have been prosecuted to the full extent of the law.  And the other fucktards carrying assault weapons into wally world just to make a point should have all their toys taken away for being stoopit.  Florida castle doctrine is based on the fucktard coming into your home or occupied car. Break into my home whilst I'm in it, I will let the dogs chew for a minute then shoot what's left.  Otherwise, when I leave the house armed, you'll never notice it unless I move the wrong way and you know what to look for.

[mnementh]

just bought 130 BGA reballing stencils for like 15c apiece.

mnem
Pants are highly overrated.

[bd139]

Why, what do you have against debt collectors?? I used to be a part time one years ago when my ankle biters were little. 

Nothing personal but it seems to attract a particular breed of arsehole. I had a run in with one over a water bill administrative error (ass end call centre operative wrote wrong address down). Threatened me and lied and said he was a court bailiff. He was removed from my property by force which he wasn’t expecting.

Today I am amostly going to the tip. Getting a head start on the trash. Probably find it’s shut now

Weirdly, so am I. Going to the tip that is. The annual pre-Christmas box room tidy is done and dusted^*, and it yielded too much WEEE (which can't go in the bin) so it's off to the tip for me too. 

^*Not 100% true. As in all grand tidies there are a few boxes of things that were half re-organised and are now mentally labelled "tidy properly in a few days". Which realistically means "Wait three months and then disgorge contents onto living room floor while desperately searching for X".

I’m trying to do the same. The “cupboard”, aka bedroom as probably described on rightmove, in my place is the equivalent hole in which things are attempted to be forgotten. I found 5 reels of AVX tantalum SMD capacitors this morning in the back that I don’t even remember buying which have been emptied into little bags and filed properly. Result from one roll, a not insignificant haul:

[Saskia]

@GreyWoolfe
I wholeheartedly agree.

However you might be surprised what a well trained person can read from your way of walking, from your way of holding your hands (are you keeping your strong arm slightly angled and under tight control, or does it hang loose and swing freely ...) there are a couple of other things that could give you away to the trained eye that you may not even be aware of.