As for 10% more fuel, you need to be careful with simplistic assumptions.
Like I said, back of fag packet - I allowed for the change in momentum (i.e. v2) and rounded up, ignored the calculus of 'you have to carry that fuel', and qualified it with "at least".
Mommy, he said a bad word. 
Over here poor people bum fags so they can put them in their mouth.
Or beat fags on their bum.
Or like/dislike being fagged, depending on what caused them to be fagged.
waiting for that Tektronix auction to end ... a small Tek224 ...
will my bid be enough ? hmmmm
I know that you can sea launch a rocket. I seriously doubt though, that German politicians meddling in these things can accomplish anything. The new Berlin airport has busted the original budget with how many billion euros sunk and how much delay ? Wasn't the philharmonic orchestra hall in Hamburg 2 - 3 times as expensive as planned ? What about Stuttgart train station ? Aren't they even able to build an effing train station ? The day dreaming about an aircraft carrier without even having the ships available to set up the escorts ? Or the planes to put onto the carrier ?
And then daydreaming about getting a rocket into space even though they never did it before ?
On an oil rig that they never built ?
I know that you can sea launch a rocket. I seriously doubt though, that German politicians meddling in these things can accomplish anything. The new Berlin airport has busted the original budget with how many billion euros sunk and how much delay ? Wasn't the philharmonic orchestra hall in Hamburg 2 - 3 times as expensive as planned ? What about Stuttgart train station ? Aren't they even able to build an effing train station ? The day dreaming about an aircraft carrier without even having the ships available to set up the escorts ? Or the planes to put onto the carrier ?
And then daydreaming about getting a rocket into space even though they never did it before ?
On an oil rig that they never built ?
Government projects which balloon to incredible costs, many times to original projection with disappointing or outright dysfunctional results? No! Which government is that? All of them you say?
waiting for that Tektronix auction to end ... a small Tek224 ...
will my bid be enough ? hmmmm
Nope, it ain't. Not gonna raise my bid tho.
Aaaand today it is TE on a field trip.
which of course is
here if the image management still is b0rkened.
A UK MOD Avometer, in its protective case, doing some resistance measurements for electrical installations in my brother-in-laws cold, damp basement. Luckily enough, the instrument is tropicalised (for the already then nearly-nonexistant colonies, one supposes) and there is a niche in the wall allowing it to sit horizontally so it'll reach its stated accuracy.
I remember I defined "Overkill" as a synonym to "
Appropriate", upthread, yep. This is to that spirit.
I also had the crank Megger out to test a buried cable between two buildings. Worked just fine, it did.
Today arrivals:
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a new keyboard from Logitech- a new 4l ultrasonic cleaner from the EMMI AG near Walldorf (ordered @ Voelkner)
- some electron tubes (E90CC, EF80)
- empty boxes for electron tubes (the white one below the EF80)
- some 2mm mini banana plugs from Stäubli MultiContact
- some grabbers from Stäubli MultiContact to be connected with 2mm plugs
- some transistors for an upcoming project (MPSA 42 and MPSA 92)
- three USB chargers with an LED display. Was an offer @ Voelkner for around 7 Euro each (otherwise nearly 20 Euro)
- Some Pomona grabbers (3781-24-0 and -2)
I was surprised, how cheap the Pomonas and the Stäubli MultiContact Stuff is @
Voelkner. Couldn't resist.
This is the EMMI ultrasonic cleaner. The pcb in it is a standard one with 160 x 100mm²
Overview:
Details:
There are a lot of Phillips users who think they're blissfully ignored JIS for many a year, but if they go and examine the screw heads on anything Japanese that they own, and have taken apart, the apprentice marks will be witness that it wasn't quite as blissful as they thought.
Ok, it's been in my watch list enough long. Here goes.
Done! Thanks for enabling me.
This is genuinely one reason why you never see any Japanese kit in my place.
There are a lot of Phillips users who think they're blissfully ignored JIS for many a year, but if they go and examine the screw heads on anything Japanese that they own, and have taken apart, the apprentice marks will be witness that it wasn't quite as blissful as they thought.
Ok, it's been in my watch list enough long. Here goes.
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Done! Thanks for enabling me.
Glad to be of service!
Tip for anyone who cares to know. Wera's small precision screwdrivers have a grind that makes them a proper fit both for Phillips and JIS. These ones:
Ahha I have that set too. Very nice screwdrivers. Didn’t know they worked with JIS heads.
As a heads up to any who may be interested, apparently someone on the bay of evil has stumbled onto a cache of those HP coffee mugs:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/114327183149?ul_noapp=true&shqty=2&isGTR=1#shIdThere are allegedly more than ten available, and the price is not too insane compared to what I've seen them go for in the past.
-Pat
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As a heads up to any who may be interested, apparently someone on the bay of evil has stumbled onto a cache of those HP coffee mugs:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/114327183149?ul_noapp=true&shqty=2&isGTR=1#shId
There are allegedly more than ten available, and the price is not too insane compared to what I've seen them go for in the past.
-Pat
Shipping them here makes it very uninteresting, unfortunately.
Damn I’d buy one buy £28 shipping plus charges on top.
Damn I’d buy one buy £28 shipping plus charges on top.
"$40.74 International Priority Shipping to Germany via the Global Shipping Program"
"$68.02 for 2 International Priority Shipping to Germany via the Global Shipping Program"
Arrrgh! This is insane! I'd like to have one, but this shipping is ridiculous.
Wow that’s cheaper for us. That’s a first!
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