Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread

[Specmaster]

That is how Ive found them as well, or they show signs of heating. e.e, colour changing or actually feel extra warm, either to the touch or show up my infra-red thermometer, like the one that failed the test and became a resistor, this video shows just how this meter works.

[Mr. Scram]

And BTW....I will be on Discord again Saturday at 2100 hours UTC. I expect to see some British participation or else you'll be permanently branded as complete wankers. 

Why the or when it's obviously and?

[mnementh]

i haven't done a board "the tek way" since high school shop.  man, that brought back some memories, thanks for posting it. 

Yup... that was what I was talking about there.  I haven't worked on a board the Tek way since my first gig right out of tech school... they hired me BECAUSE I had training in the multiple cel overlay design process. They were a bit paranoid about having any digital version of anything they made stored anywhere.

I still have an occasionally recurring dream where I come in to work to find I'd laid out a whole board in the wrong scale; somehow the project made it all the way thru the first run in board fab before they realized the boards were 2.54 times too large... and I'm not wearing pants.

mnem
I am not my pants. No, I am not your pants either.

ohmygod this was one of my dreams, only not in metric. 

it made me laugh, as did all the unicorn stuff (what the hell is a bronie?) which is definitely helpful right now. 

If you got a laugh when you needed one, even at my expense, then it was worth it.    BTW, it's Bronies : plural / Brony : singular. Can't you spell?

But Bronies... they're no laughing matter. They come from all walks of life, and all manner of skills. They literally downed the 4Chan servers several dozen times over several weeks when that little war went down; then they got injunctions to keep them down if they didn't make a couple dozen hardcore shitheads back off. 

Myself, I just laughed. I used to mod on Dominion chat... that's the place that spawned 4chan back in the day. A circle-jerk by any other name...

mnem
Ahhhh, mnemories...

[mnementh]

I just noticed this up top...      Some people might use this number to assert that we either (a) have too much time on our hands or (b) need to get out more.   

I think that's more proof-positive of the "Reality TV" nature of some of the content in this thread... 

mnem

[0culus]

i haven't done a board "the tek way" since high school shop.  man, that brought back some memories, thanks for posting it. 

Yup... that was what I was talking about there.  I haven't worked on a board the Tek way since my first gig right out of tech school... they hired me BECAUSE I had training in the multiple cel overlay design process. They were a bit paranoid about having any digital version of anything they made stored anywhere.

I still have an occasionally recurring dream where I come in to work to find I'd laid out a whole board in the wrong scale; somehow the project made it all the way thru the first run in board fab before they realized the boards were 2.54 times too large... and I'm not wearing pants.

mnem
I am not my pants. No, I am not your pants either.

ohmygod this was one of my dreams, only not in metric. 

it made me laugh, as did all the unicorn stuff (what the hell is a bronie?) which is definitely helpful right now. 

If you got a laugh when you needed one, even at my expense, then it was worth it.    BTW, it's Bronies : plural / Brony : singular. Can't you spell?

But Bronies... they're no laughing matter. They come from all walks of life, and all manner of skills. They literally downed the 4Chan servers several dozen times over several weeks when that little war went down; then they got injunctions to keep them down if they didn't make a couple dozen hardcore shitheads back off. 

Myself, I just laughed. I used to mod on Dominion chat... that's the place that spawned 4chan back in the day. A circle-jerk by any other name...

mnem
Ahhhh, mnemories...

I had a brony roommate once back when I had an apartment with roommates. Dude watched my little pony pr0n. 

 


...and he would never do his dishes until forced. 

[worsthorse]

If you got a laugh when you needed one, even at my expense, then it was worth it.    BTW, it's Bronies : plural / Brony : singular. Can't you spell?

But Bronies... they're no laughing matter. They come from all walks of life, and all manner of skills. They literally downed the 4Chan servers several dozen times over several weeks when that little war went down; then they got injunctions to keep them down if they didn't make a couple dozen hardcore shitheads back off. 

Myself, I just laughed. I used to mod on Dominion chat... that's the place that spawned 4chan back in the day. A circle-jerk by any other name...

mnem
Ahhhh, mnemories...

wasn't laughing at you friend but at the shared dream experience. only on this thread would i run into someone who has a recurring dream about pcb layout. 

and now that i've spent an hour of my life reading about bronydom, i know way more than i need to know.  waaay more.  i will never learn: sometimes the best thing you can do for your sanity is click the little x box in the right hand corner.

[WastelandTek]

the bitch is when the tant crowbars the supply out and you are left lifting legs all over the board to find it

[mnementh]

If you got a laugh when you needed one, even at my expense, then it was worth it.    BTW, it's Bronies : plural / Brony : singular. Can't you spell?

But Bronies... they're no laughing matter. They come from all walks of life, and all manner of skills. They literally downed the 4Chan servers several dozen times over several weeks when that little war went down; then they got injunctions to keep them down if they didn't make a couple dozen hardcore shitheads back off. 

Myself, I just laughed. I used to mod on Dominion chat... that's the place that spawned 4chan back in the day. A circle-jerk by any other name...

mnem
Ahhhh, mnemories...

wasn't laughing at you friend but at the shared dream experience. only on this thread would i run into someone who has a recurring dream about pcb layout. 

and now that i've spent an hour of my life reading about bronydom, i know way more than i need to know.  waaay more.  i will never learn: sometimes the best thing you can do for your sanity is click the little x box in the right hand corner.

You're welcome. 

Seriously, the great majority are mostly harmless. Most are halfway decent sort of average folks who enjoy the chance to shift their brains into neutral in one of the few "safe spaces" left on broadcast TV. At least it's not as insipid as Scooby Doo.

I had a brony roommate once back when I had an apartment with roommates. Dude watched my little pony pr0n.         ...and he would never do his dishes until forced. 

Yeah, that's why I posted the Brain Bleach.   

There tends to be a lot of crossover with such a broadly popular media property; the adult fanbase ranges from "Included-Against-Their-Will Parental Units" like myself who appreciate the generally positive message and the much better production values to complete pervs that can't even function on 4chan. 

I've run into a lot of the adult fans and cosplayers at DragonCon and a number of comic cons & Farscape Cons; They're actually funny as hell if you get them drunk or take them to a party where they can catch a few hits off somebody's jay.    I tend to have a bit more of an open mind about such things; I used to hang out in some of the darker, furrier regions of the internet before there was such a thing as tor and most of it was physically in the US. There really were very few places to hide, and folks who didn't understand the difference between "my spirit animal is a dragon" dragonkin and the "closet zoophile" breed of furries lumped us all together in one pile. As a result, Emerald Forest survivors tended to fight back as one pile too. 

IMO, what someone does in the privacy of their own tissue-box is nobody else's business... but on the flip side of that, take reasonable care to KEEP IT PRIVATE, FFS. 

mnem
*veteran of a thousand psychic wars*

[0culus]

*snip*
 but on the flip side of that, take reasonable care to KEEP IT PRIVATE, FFS. 

mnem
*veteran of a thousand psychic wars*

....and that was the problem with that guy.... 

[beanflying]

And BTW....I will be on Discord again Saturday at 2100 hours UTC. I expect to see some British participation or else you'll be permanently branded as complete wankers. 

Why the or when it's obviously and?

Since when did Grammer and Semantics have anything much to do with calling someone a Wanker 

Maybe 'Weak Pommie Bastards' , meant with the usual love and respect from an Aussie might be appropriate too if non appearance happens again. 

[mnementh]

Lick me, ya Foster's-sluckin' summitch. You know you want to. 

mnem

[mnementh]

The sad part is... I know half of you spent at least 5 minutes looking at that pic trying to figure out how to make all the LEDs light up without ruining the composition. 

mnem
*toddling off to a nice warm bed and wife*

[beanflying]

Just to put this right.

[mnementh]

That’s what makes it a insult, DUH! 

mnem
Foster’s: Australian for “Ammunition”.

[beanflying]

It's not an insult it is more just sad that dumb people in other countries can be marketed to and drink the rubbish 

[mnementh]

For other people, not us.  Because you know I know the difference, and I know how much that bourgeois  stereotype irks you. 

mnem
This time it’s personal.

[mnementh]

Oh, and before I forget... welcome to the 1990s.

mnem
Great... Mullets, Institutionalized Desperation and Trickle-down Economics. What could possibly go wrong...?

[beanflying]

Funny just how popular it still is in the UK Like a lot of Branded anythings it has little or nothing of quality inside the packet someone somewhere thought the label was worth a buck

[med6753]

But all the Hispanics I know drink this, despite it being made from donkey piss. 

The lime or lemon helps to kill the smell. 

[tautech]

Demo'ed a couple of Panhead's with the young fella after a busy day and now onto something tamer. 



 

[Henrik_V]

APA : Australian Pale Ale ?

[tautech]

APA : Australian Pale Ale ?

Nope, American Pale Ale.......and it’s got a boot.

BTW K1W1 flag. 

[bd139]

I thought you lot all drank Castlemaine 4X 

https://youtu.be/0FK073qi0tQ

[beanflying]

Way back when I was but a youngster I worked for a local spud Farmer and one of our customers was in Queensland so the Truckie was under instructions to bring a few slabs each trip.There are worse beers in Oz not that I have had a XXXX for a long time.

Life is to short to drink bad Coffee or bad beer 

[rcrook]

Another one... Not as much cool as a 1960s' heathkit, but I like the late 80's ascetic and it works.. (And I swapped a couple of motherboards for it).