++ ATOT official NEF thread part IV ++

[MotF Bane]

still packing. And now also doing the horror that is furniture shopping.

God help you.

 

[sdifox]

heath kit is back in business!

 

[MotF Bane]

I was in grade 6...

Well, I was right! That's longer ago than I'd thought.

:awe:

 

[sdifox]

time to build a oscilloscope

 

[MotF Bane]

time to build a oscilloscope

Out of new furniture and partially packed boxes!

 

[MotF Bane]

Buddy of mine was out with his sister and sister's boyfriend at a bar. Two drunk guys started a fight with them.

1) One of the drunk guys "hits like a girl".
2) Sister got punched in the face. From her wording of the events, she has no recollection of that punch or anything immediately following.
3) Drunks got beat down.
4) Drunks went to jail.

Oh yeah, my friend in question? Army officer.

 

[MotF Bane]

My sister has a cold. She's decided to go to the doctor. WTF.

 

[zzuupp]

heath kit is back in business!

That's a name I haven't heard in a loooong while

gotta check that out

 

[sdifox]

Out of new furniture and partially packed boxes!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heathkit

 

[sdifox]

That's a name I haven't heard in a loooong while

gotta check that out

I had an electronics set that had components mounted inside a plastic block with contacts on the side wall and you build circuits just like lego. The name escapes me.

 

[Rubycon]

heath kit is back in business!

They will never have the quality they did in the 60's and 70s.

MADE IN CHINA D:

 

[sdifox]

They will never have the quality they did in the 60's and 70s.

MADE IN CHINA D:

everything is made in china. Just make sure you get the quality stuff.

 

[Rubycon]

everything is made in china. Just make sure you get the quality stuff.

No it's not.

I'm not made in China! :biggrin:

 

[MotF Bane]

Nef.

 

[MotF Bane]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heathkit

I see.

 

[sdifox]

No it's not.

I'm not made in China! :biggrin:

that is what you mom told you :whiste:

 

[MotF Bane]

They will never have the quality they did in the 60's and 70s.

MADE IN CHINA D:

Pretty much can't find stuff that's not made in that fucking country.

Tools? China! Computer parts? China! Clothing? China! American flags? China!

 

[MotF Bane]

You want a decent reliable handtool? Yeah, hope you owned it for thirty years, otherwise, it's stamped out in China, probably is half lead, and it'll snap when you want to use it.

 

[MotF Bane]

I remember some companies used to run off motherboards out of Taiwan. DFI used to do it, back when DFI was awesome. Then DFI moved everything into China, and headed towards Suckville, population: DFI.

 

[MotF Bane]

I think a drunk has better quality control over his vomit. D:

 

[MotF Bane]

Ridgid makes a pipe wrench, made in America, it weighs about a pound per inch. If it EVER breaks, send it back to Ridgid, they'll replace it. The end.

 

[MotF Bane]

Even o-scopes and shit. How many people are still using those really old CRT Teks and Agilents? Yeah, thousands of them.

Now you have the colleges and workplaces buying all sorts of crap, not Teks and Agilents, cheap shit from China, and it breaks in a few years.

 

[MotF Bane]

I can't say made in America really always means quality. Cars? LOL. Of course, most cars aren't really made in America anymore, Mexico is a favorite. Made in Japan cars are pretty awesome. Infinitis!

 

[MotF Bane]

Well, at least, last I knew, all Infinitis are made in Japan, every single one of them. Last I checked on that was probably 03-04, but I know mine has a plate listing its construction as someplace in Japan, damned if I can read the name though.

 

[MotF Bane]

And I remember after that tsunami seeing a Nissan carpark in Japan with a ton of new Infinitis tossed onto each other.