2017 Chuff thread

[Howard_Casto]

Never really thought about it, but yup, you are right. 

[yotsuya]

Actually, I've made some decent cash this year fixing stuff. As long as people need help, they can gimme a call.


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[ChadTower]

With vids I work mostly in the 1980-1985 range.  Nowadays the problems are more like 90% sockets and 10% connectors.

[GrizzlyThunder]

This may not be relative to this topic but huge chuff in my book. A couple of months ago I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder and I immediately took action through perfecting diet, managing stress, and remedies. Just had my second followup and I buried it. I currently am not afflicted by it, which of course can change at anytime.


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[yotsuya]

This may not be relative to this topic but huge chuff in my book. A couple of months ago I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder and I immediately took action through perfecting diet, managing stress, and remedies. Just had my second followup and I buried it. I currently am not afflicted by it, which of course can change at anytime.


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That's some good chuff, brother!


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[Mike A]

That's chufftastic.

[BadMouth]

I decided to go ahead and build a decent workshop in my basement instead of waiting until "someday" when I could afford a separate building.

Picked up a harbor freight dust collector and accessory kit today using 25% off coupons. (Friend went through separately with the kit).  I was chuffed it was still in stock mid day.

The employees there were having a rough day.  4 registers open and long lines at all of them.  A steady stream of pissed off people expecting to get 25% off big air compressors only to be told they were specifically excluded.

In response to someone complaining about the stuff being made in China, I heard an employee loudly say "oh, you're looking for American Freight.  That's across street.  LOL

[Howard_Casto]

That is a harsh burn because you'd immediately feel stupid after realizing that the fact it's imported goods is right in the name of the store.  I'd have to give a man a high 5 on that one. 

[Slippyblade]

The employees there were having a rough day.  4 registers open and long lines at all of them.  A steady stream of pissed off people expecting to get 25% off big air compressors only to be told they were specifically excluded.

It's amazing what one learns when one actually reads the coupon.  Those 25% coupons specifically have compressors in the exclusion lists.  Right next to sale/clearance items.  Which is a shame, cause I really NEED a 30 gal compressor. 

[pbj]

They opened up a shockingly nice Harbor Freight about 2 miles from my house.  Clean, well lit, spacious, and has friendly employees.

I'm already on their mailing list, so between that and the fliers stuffed in my mail slot, I'm getting 2-3 20% off coupons per week.  So I still get to be the coupon fairy when I go, but I've already got pretty much every tool I could conceivably need these days...

[thomas_surles]

I got to fire 2 people i absolutely hated today. Ive been waiting so long for this.

[mrhowell]

Were they bad employees or did you just "absolutely hate" them?

[thomas_surles]

Were they bad employees or did you just "absolutely hate" them?

Terrible employees.

[yotsuya]

Sammich time!!




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[jdbailey1206]

Sammich time!!




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Subway?

[HaRuMaN]

Cheba Hut

[pbj]

Eat what you like... but... eh....

[yotsuya]

Eat what you like... but... eh....

Sez the guy who is a prime candidate for botulism...


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[DeLuSioNal29]

+1 on Cheba Hut. That place is great. They need them over in NYC.

[pbj]

Eat what you like... but... eh....

Sez the guy who is a prime candidate for botulism...

At least the inside of my throat doesn't have any wrinkles....

But, seriously, getting about time to take that meat down from the ceiling.  Looks like a dead baby up there.

[Howard_Casto]

Relevant:

[Howard_Casto]

Worked on world of Nintendo repro today.  Barely got anything done, but the bottom is screwed together and upright, so that's something.  Had to use stupid mdf, so tomorrow I have to spackle.  I'm not real chuffed about that, but I do like to say spackle.  Can't wait to get enough done to haul it inside.  Due to the size of the glass I had to work with, the thing is 4' 1/5" wide by 2' deep.  It's a beast so navigating through the hall will be an adventure. 

[harveybirdman]

I'm drunk and it's not even 8 pm CST!

[pbj]

No pic = no world of nintendo repro

[Howard_Casto]

No pic = no world of nintendo repro

Eh, right now it's just a 2x4x2 mdf box.  When I get enough done for it to be interesting I'll take some pics. 

[yotsuya]

I'm drunk and it's not even 8 pm CST!

 No pic = no drunk


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[harveybirdman]

I'm drunk and it's not even 8 pm CST!

 No pic = no drunk


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[yotsuya]

I'm drunk and it's not even 8 pm CST!

 No pic = no drunk


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Homedrinkin'! Nice! Hopefully it leads to some wild shimmysham!


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[harveybirdman]

Scoreboard:

3 apple crown and cranberries
1 house Margarita rocks
1 Vieux Carre

[Slippyblade]

I'm officially a member of the Makerspace at my local Science Center.  So far I'm cleared to use the laser cutters and the 3D Printers.  Super excited!  So, if anybody wants some custom etched dust washers, gimme a shout!

[DeLuSioNal29]

I may take you up on that. I'm building an ESP Ra.De. themed bartop. Custom joystick washers would be cool.

I need to come up with a design and I'll hit you up. :-)

DeL

[DeLuSioNal29]

On another note, I upgraded my EPROM eraser. No more el cheapo eraser that takes forever to erase. Chuffed!



DeL

[yotsuya]

On another note, I upgraded my EPROM eraser. No more el cheapo eraser that takes forever to erase. Chuffed!



DeL

Cool story bro. Where'd you get that idea? :-)


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[Slippyblade]

On another note, I upgraded my EPROM eraser. No more el cheapo eraser that takes forever to erase. Chuffed!



DeL

New tech is NEVER a bad idea!

[DeLuSioNal29]

All credit goes to Yots.

Although I must say I almost pulled the trigger on one when I first bought my programmer, but then cheesed out on the Chinese crap one. Live and learn...

[yotsuya]

All credit goes to Yots.

Although I must say I almost pulled the trigger on one when I first bought my programmer, but then cheesed out on the Chinese crap one. Live and learn...

Yeah, I remember having that conversation with you at ZC. Glad you finally pulled the trigger, there's no substitute.


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[Howard_Casto]

Worked on the WON repro again today.  Now it's a box... with spackle!!!  I actually tried to take pics but the thing was... it's too big.  My workshop is a 12x12 building and as you'd expect three of those walls are lined with tables and tools and such.  Well it's 4 feet long so it takes up most of the floor and I can't back up enough to get the whole thing in the shot.  I might have some crappy partials in my phone... I'll check later tonight. 

[pbj]

Still have no idea what a World of Nintendo is.

Anyway, I've apparently become the cider whisperer and was conscripted into teaching people yesterday.  A home brew shop was found in Houston, where a bunch of buzzed middle aged white dudes shoved cigars, hot dogs, and free beer at us.  And they were cheaper than Amazon. 

My friends also announced I'm not allowed to have a "thing" because my "thing" changes every six months.  Besides pinball.

So here's 4 more gallons churning...

[ChadTower]

I don't post much of this stuff anymore but was repairing my Tempest the other day and decided to plug something else into the cabinet.  Took some tweaking but it looks pretty good...

[PL1]

(are  the youtube tags gone?  It tried several variations and nothing is working)

Just change "https" to "http" -- no tags required.

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Scott