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Old 08-16-2025, 06:12 AM   #3151
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Perhaps the universal converter?
It's missing the 30-pin doc connector for old Apple iPhones and iPads.
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Old 08-16-2025, 01:04 PM   #3152
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RS232 port? C'mon give the guy a break!
It really tickled me.
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Old 08-16-2025, 02:19 PM   #3153
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It's missing the 30-pin doc connector for old Apple iPhones and iPads.
Oh it's missing much more than that.
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Old 08-16-2025, 04:07 PM   #3154
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Oh it's missing much more than that.
The good thing about standards (or connectors) is that there are so many to choose from.
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Old 08-16-2025, 10:09 PM   #3155
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I borrowed a DVD from the public library. Looks like someone took a scouring pad to the underside. Surprised it plays. WTF are people doing with these?
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Old 08-16-2025, 11:21 PM   #3156
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Old 08-17-2025, 01:00 AM   #3157
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Old 08-17-2025, 03:59 AM   #3158
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I got a very badly scratched disk to play by cleaning and then wiping with baby oil. The kind for putting on babies. It's not made from babies (see corn oil, olive oil, whale oil).
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Old 08-17-2025, 04:17 AM   #3159
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I got a very badly scratched disk to play by cleaning and then wiping with baby oil. The kind for putting on babies. It's not made from babies (see corn oil, olive oil, whale oil).
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Old 08-17-2025, 05:40 AM   #3160
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It's not made from babies (see corn oil, olive oil, whale oil).
Well what about elbow grease?
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Old 08-17-2025, 05:50 AM   #3161
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Well what about elbow grease?
Not made from real elbows.
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Old 08-17-2025, 03:45 PM   #3162
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I bought a Velleman VTSS210 hot rework station. I needed a hot air gun for heat shrink and I sometimes work on surface mount components. But I hate to squander money on things that I don't use enough which is why I ended up with Velleman instead of a more professional unit. It actually works ok for what it is. My complaint is with the case. It's overly large, ugly and seems to be trying to impersonate the professional units with the fan built into the base. I briefly debated 3D printing a whole case but dismissed the idea. So instead I just hacksawed a chunk out of the case and replaced it with two 3D printed faces and globs of hot glue. It's less offensive now.
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Old 08-18-2025, 10:46 AM   #3163
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Not made from real elbows.
Isn't it, though? I always assumed it derived from the gesture of someone literally polishing a piece of wood or something with their elbow. In which case, it actually would be "elbow grease".
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Old 08-18-2025, 11:39 AM   #3164
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Isn't it, though? I always assumed it derived from the gesture of someone literally polishing a piece of wood or something with their elbow. In which case, it actually would be "elbow grease".

It's an archaic euphemism for sweat from hard manual labor.
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Isn't it, though? I always assumed it derived from the gesture of someone literally polishing a piece of wood or something with their elbow. In which case, it actually would be "elbow grease".
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