Daily Chuckle

[Speed25]

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I'd never wear a belt like that.

It's okay, wouldn't fit my waist either.

 

[dirtydeed]

 

[Bmyers]

 

[DaOtherOne]

 

[Magicman]

 

[Magicman]

 

[Magicman]

 

[PHPaul]

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Truth. And at 75, it seems I add something to that list every day...

 

[Bmyers]

 

[WanderOn]

I was an electronics tech for years, both in the Navy and civilian jobs. That smell was a "good news, bad news" thing: Bad news: It's broke. Good News: I'm pretty sure I know what the problem is...

It's so much easier when the failed component gives you a sign, as long as it doesn't take everything else with it

 

[chim]

Just saw this in a hat a vendor gave me.

 

[imarobot]

It's so much easier when the failed component gives you a sign, as long as it doesn't take everything else with it

Yeah, that could suck on a submarine

 

[WI_Hedgehog]

It's so much easier when the failed component gives you a sign, as long as it doesn't take everything else with it

I hate when something daisy-chains with a hop-skip-and-a-jump in the middle, and you get 4 of 5 failed things fixed and that fifth one takes out a whole new batch of stuff before frying the other four components you just replaced.

 

[Old_Paint]

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We called this the "MST", Maximum Smoke Test. Wherever it smokes the maximum is probably where the problem is.

 

[Old_Paint]

I hate when something daisy-chains with a hop-skip-and-a-jump in the middle, and you get 4 of 5 failed things fixed and that fifth one takes out a whole new batch of stuff before frying the other four components you just replaced.

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We called that "Crap, Snackle, and Aw S**t!"

 

[PHPaul]

YEARS ago - Like mid-70's - I worked on a lot of vacuum tube stuff. We had monster reel-to-reel recorders that used 14" reels of 1" tape. The tape "deck" was a couple of hundred pounds of cast aluminum. The whole thing was 32 inches wide, about that deep and 7 feet tall. 14 channels if I recall correctly and all the amps and power supply were vacuum tube. They were old then, late 50's technology.

The rectifier for the main power supply hung off the back of the cabinet and had four vacuum tube diodes the size of your fist. When one of those tubes let go, it could be spectacular, both visually and audibly. We actually had operators wet themselves when one blew unexpectedly.

One time, it blew a tube violently enough to set the circuit board it was plugged into on fire. Some well-meaning but misguided operator dumped an entire extinguisher of Purple K into the cabinet. Never did get that recorder working again...

 

[dirtydeed]

 

[Magicman]

 

[WanderOn]

 

[DaOtherOne]