Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread

[McBryce]

A bargain for any German members here. At that price it's almost worth getting even if you just wanted it for the display or the case:

https://www.ebay.de/itm/202902076548

McBryce.

[Cerebus]

Aw, shucks. The pages just go by so quickly!

Some bit of my brain just tried to read that as "The pages just get so sticky".

[mnementh]

Ok sampling head in progress. Have discovered MMBD354/355 diode pairs have suitably low capacitance and storage time and are really really cheap on RS. MAX961 can still get for pocket money. Have a roll of "mil spec" RG58 in the cupboard with enough on it to produce a 40ns delay line. Already have some LF355 opamps for S&H. Have most of the discretes. Will keep front end SMD based to keep stray capacitance and inductance down so will have to spend on that a bit. Reckon I can do that for £15. Whether or not it'll work effectively is another thing. NanoVNA should be able to be used to tune input to around 300MHz and check delay line matching so a win there at least.

Edit: Will do a board via JLCPCB though over next few days and order it. Don't expect miracles for weeks

Very cool. I'll be watching your project with great interest!

Same here. I love it when you get a bug up your arse to "knock something together"... some of the best reality TV out there. 

I have a box of shame in the cupboard of doom 

Don't we all? Although I try to keep mine as small as possible. 

I box up my shame for export to the US. I have oodles; business is booming!

Some but certainly not all things Blue from the 80's were cool  Lipstick on a pig still looks and smells like a ..... 

https://youtu.be/9Bul0dJVfFQ

But it is at least a useful little piglet. I wish I could say the same for even half the people I've worked with over the years... 

Thanks for that blast from the past... been a dwagon's age since I heard that cut. 

Aw, shucks. The pages just go by so quickly!

Some bit of my brain just tried to read that as "The pages just get so sticky".

Yes, that will happen when you let your brain turn the pages. Try using your hands instead.   

mnem
*currently applying for a grant to develop my funny walk*

[BU508A]

How long have you been sitting on the blue MacGyver just waiting for the right moment ? 
Poor Med.

I didn't. He came out-of-the-blue when I started google image search. 

[mnementh]

*groooooannnnn*

*throws soggy ol' boots in BU508A's general direction*

mnem
I forgot to put something pithy down here.

[bd139]

Surprisingly low post count today while I was busy doing other things (pah). Bunch of slackers 

[med6753]

Surprisingly low post count today while I was busy doing other things (pah). Bunch of slackers 

We may be slackers today but at least we show up in the Saturday Discord sessions. So far you Brits have been a bunch of wankers. 

[bd139]

We were too busy on ebay 

[Specmaster]

We were too busy on ebay 

Quite right too, but I'm still waiting for mine to be dispatched from a company as well  I really would have expected better from them 

[Specmaster]

*groooooannnnn*

throws soggy ol' boots in BU508A's general direction*

mnem
I forgot to put something pithy down here.

You can't have too many soggy ol' boots left to throw now 

[GreyWoolfe]

All happy - I will have to be good for a while - the house air-conditioning has died 17yrs old - replacement 12k AUD!
We can get max temps here around 40C in the next month - I am praying for mild weather!

Ours was 27 years old when it shit the bed.  We needed a full, complete new upgraded system as the old was really was too small for the house.  Even had to get new ducting as the ducting was undersized for the new unit.  $15K USD.  Thank God we don't have a big house, about 148 square meters, 1590 square feet.  Since we didn't have that much coin of the realm on hand, the company financed us at 0% interest for 5 years.  It's like having a car payment but the house is cool or warm when appropriate and the electric bill is less every month.

[mnementh]

*groooooannnnn*

*throws soggy ol' boots in BU508A's general direction*

mnem
I forgot to put something pithy down here.

You can't have too many soggy ol' boots left to throw now 

Went walkies this afternoon & had a right proper snowball fight with the whole fam; probably been a decade or two since my last.

But now we have a whole new crop of soggy ol' boots. 

mnem
*currently frying up sausages and bakin' taters*

[VK5RC]

All happy - I will have to be good for a while - the house air-conditioning has died 17yrs old - replacement 12k AUD!
We can get max temps here around 40C in the next month - I am praying for mild weather!

Ours was 27 years old when it shit the bed.  We needed a full, complete new upgraded system as the old was really was too small for the house.  Even had to get new ducting as the ducting was undersized for the new unit.  $15K USD.  Thank God we don't have a big house, about 148 square meters, 1590 square feet.  Since we didn't have that much coin of the realm on hand, the company financed us at 0% interest for 5 years.  It's like having a car payment but the house is cool or warm when appropriate and the electric bill is less every month.

I am hoping that the bills go down a bit too, the new system will be an inverter type - said to save a bit. Fingers crossed.

[mnementh]

Sometimes simple is best...

Some yummy honey-garlic czech-polska recipe sausage... baked taters with too much butter and too much sour cream... a little salt & pepper and some Dijon mustard for dippin'. 

Turning the fact it's all still hottern'ell into a opportunity... to crow a little. 

mnem
*nom-nom-nom-nom-nommm*

[tautech]

...........baked taters with too much butter ...........

Wubbish ! 
Never too much butter but tatties are better still deep fried in beef dripping. Yum !
With lotsa salt !

[mnementh]

...........baked taters with too much butter ...........

Wubbish !     Never too much butter but tatties are better still deep fried in beef dripping. Yum !   With lotsa salt !

TOO MUCH is JUST enough! 

mnem
*gurkle-gurkle-gurkle...*

[xrunner]

mnementh, it looks like an albino dog pooped on the left side of your plate. 


Been doing a lot of 3D printing this week. I ordered a fresh supply of PLA from Atomic filament in Indiana, USA. None of the mystery Chineseium PLA this time. All good quality home grown ingredients.

Even comes with a pack of gummy bears and a cool sticker. 

[mnementh]

@med... I think this wingnut fellow TEAddict puts your cupboard of shame... to shame.    https://www.youtube.com/user/maxkoschuh

mnem
aren't we all wingnuts... just a little?

[mnementh]

mnementh, it looks like an albino dog pooped on the left side of your plate. 

*licking fork clean* yummeh!

Yer just jelly I got da magic pup dat poops Dijon!!!

mnem
*squeeeze... squeeeze... squeeeze...*

[bitseeker]

Aw, shucks. The pages just go by so quickly!

Some bit of my brain just tried to read that as "The pages just get so sticky".

Depends on the topic.

[med6753]

@med... I think this wingnut fellow TEAddict puts your cupboard of shame... to shame.

mnem
aren't we all wingnuts... just a little?

I've seen him before but didn't realize he had an entire garage full of old Teks. 

If I wanted just one 555 I would have to move to a bigger place. 

[tautech]

...........baked taters with too much butter ...........

Wubbish !     Never too much butter but tatties are better still deep fried in beef dripping. Yum !   With lotsa salt !

TOO MUCH is JUST enough! 

mnem
*gurkle-gurkle-gurkle...*

10kg at a time much ?

[worsthorse]

i am having a not-so-great evening.  sitting in a pet hospital er waiting room, hoping my dear old dog’s kidneys haven’t failed.

[beanflying]

  Went through losing an old Whippet a few years ago as his body was failing quickly. Tough decision but sometimes it is kindest to let them go. I took the old bloke for a last smell and a pee on a Rabbit hole and he wobbled his way into the vets shortly afterward.

edit how I like to remember him aged about 16 here of his 19 years in the end 

[mnementh]

i am having a not-so-great evening.  sitting in a pet hospital er waiting room, hoping my dear old dog’s kidneys haven’t failed.

Awww, man... that’s the worst. Been there a few times; you always feel like you’ve failed them somehow. Here’s hoping you both catch some good fortune. 

mnem
*casts a prayer to Ifni for good health and friends; furry and otherwise*