Still early but it looks like this will be another beautiful late summer day in Chicagoland.
I am flying home this am, so I’ll miss it: 🙂 Just a few hours, mostly spent waiting, and we’ll be 1000 miles away. A golden age, and some people can’t wait to destroy it. Fools.
n
I have an older Samsung 32” lcd tv that hangs in my office. I have t turned in on in a couple years. I got a new Riki for the living room, so I moved the old one to that tv. Turned on the tv and got a green light but no picture. So, take it off the wall and open it up. There are a few capacitors that are blown. There was a vendor on amazon that had a complete kit of capacitors for $17.Worth a shot, so I ordered it. It arrived on Friday, so yesterday I removed all of the old ones and soldered the new ones in. TV powered up and gave a picture – woohoo. Yeah, the tv only does 1080i and is old, but for the amount of use it will get, I’m happy. It will mostly play pandora anyways, with the occasional baseball game.
If you still want to see pictures of Flo and what she did; this slideshow is over 400.
https://weather.com/photos/news/2018-09-11-hurricane-florence-photos
Good work it guy. Always satisfying to bring something back to life.
Thanks for the link Roy.
On the plane headed home.
N
If you still want to see pictures of Flo and what she did; this slideshow is over 400.
Bad, but not the apocalypse predicted.
I was reading this article about the Dallas “police officer” who shot the man in what she said was her apartment.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/09/16/bombshell-discovery-in-dallas-police-shooting-of-man-in-wrong-apartment-leads-to-more-questions
What struck me first was the mug shot. That is the face of a meth-head.
The rest of the story is ridiculous. An example, when asked by 911 for the location “… Guyger returned to the front door to observe the address and discovered she was at the wrong apartment, the document states.”
The story that “drugs were found” in the man’s apartment is not mentioned in this article. Maybe the MSM decided it was a lie too far.
I do not doubt that if she gets any kind of sentence that it will way too light and there will be rioting in the streets.
Once again, Affirmative disAction at work.
The story that “drugs were found” in the man’s apartment is not mentioned in this article. Maybe the MSM decided it was a lie too far.
As I’ve written before, the most interesting aspect of the story is that the Texas Rangers are already on the case. Not unusual for an officer involved shooting in Texas, but the Dallas Sheriff’s office made itself scarce.
The Dallas Sheriff is the Democrat candidate for Governor. Even the Democrats don’t expect her to win, but a lot of money is being spent data mining the race for 2020.
I haven’t heard the story about drugs being found in the apartment, but if the Rangers made that statement, take it to the bank.
Yah, but every time I do it I’m chased out of time for “tampering with forbidden knowledge”, “crimes against nature”, or “infringing on God’s prerogatives”. It’s like the ignorant peasants are content with being limited to one heart and two arms.
@Greg Norton said:
“I haven’t heard the story about drugs being found in the apartment, but if the Rangers made that statement, take it to the bank.”
I read that several days ago, it came from the Dallas PD, I believe before the Texas Rangers stepped into the mêlée. I believe it was on The Blaze but damned if I can find it now. Could just be my old man befuddled mind.
Everyone should know that many cops not only carry a gun to plant but also a baggy of herb or magic powder.
Maybe I watch too many old cop shows.
https://raconteurreport.blogspot.com/2018/09/welcome-to-you-bet-your-life.html
“California professor, writer of confidential Brett Kavanaugh letter, speaks out about her allegation of sexual assault”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/california-professor-writer-of-confidential-brett-kavanaugh-letter-speaks-out-about-her-allegation-of-sexual-assault/2018/09/16/46982194-b846-11e8-94eb-3bd52dfe917b_story.html?utm_term=.4809c3840c8a
Lynn’s rephrasing of this weird story:
“So, I was talking to my couples therapist a few years ago and I mentioned getting assaulted by two drunk guys in high school. My therapist wrote down it was four guys for some reason. And one of those guys was Kavanaugh who tried to rape me in a bedroom during a party. I have no idea how I got to the party nor how I got home.”
Really ? Pull the other leg, it has a bell on it.
I am so tired of “weird” stories about conservatives when guys like Teddy Kennedy drowned their pregnant mistress / secretary.
And the claimant is a psychologist also.
Hat tip to:
https://drudgereport.com/
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@SteveF
OFD, wherever he is, is charging toward your windmill with a wooden pitchfork!
And ITguy1998, I think it’s totally cool you could find a capacitor kit for that. How did you search for it?
Home safe, and how nice it is to be home….
WRT recapping kits, either the power supply board number (printed on the board) or the model number from the back of the TV/monitor. When the caps start failing, they fail for a bunch of people. Almost like the obsolescence was built in….hmmm.
Power supply boards rarely have surface mount components and often are oversized and wide open, so they are very straightforward to re-cap with a basic soldering iron. It’s a great way to get your feet wet with electronics repair. After all, it’s already not working, so you’ve got nothing but the cost of the recap kit and the time to lose…
n
As a Navy Nuclear Trained Electricians Mate I offer this advice when dealing with capacitors: BE CAREFUL
Even a “dead” capacitor can pack a wallop. I speak from experience
Here are a couple of links to keep you safe:
Instructions:
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/How+to+Safely+Discharge+a+Capacitor/75901
Capacitor Discharge Tool example:
https://www.amazon.com/Discharger-Protection-Electrician-Discharging-Electronic/dp/B07425F2D5/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1537129125&sr=8-2&keywords=capacitor+discharge+tool&tag=ttgnet-20
Work safe and have fun.
https://raconteurreport.blogspot.com/2018/09/welcome-to-you-bet-your-life.html
That is one damning article.
Just a plain old crime, not a “hate crime”–not that that will dissuade the usual suspects from treating it as one.
https://raconteurreport.blogspot.com/2018/09/welcome-to-you-bet-your-life.html
That is one damning article.
Just a plain old crime, not a “hate crime”–not that that will dissuade the usual suspects from treating it as one.
If the dude’s door was locked, that looks like a premeditated crime if she had to bang on the door to get him to open it. Never open the front door after dark !
What struck me first was the mug shot. That is the face of a meth-head.
Those dead, dead eyes …
That is one damning article.
That’s my take.
Without seeing the building, I’m going to guess that with self closing “fire doors” the entire building is concrete like a Motel 6. Otherwise, why have self closing doors?
(I just want a clean room with a decent bed and a spotless bathroom. I don’t care about the lobby or the landscaping or “free breakfast”. The place is quiet other than what noise comes through the window.)
Anyway, with self closing doors and assuming a concrete building, I don’t see how she had a noise complaint about the guy in the apartment above her.
I think she knew the guy and he wouldn’t put out… drugs or sex, your choice. She looks like a doper to me. And she was wasted when she shot him.
That they got a search warrant on the dead man’s apt, I get that. Standard procedure. Easy to plant a baggie o’ weed and a pack of papers…. and call him “a dealer”.
It’s crazy.
Kavanaugh Accuser Breaks Anonymity, Is Liberal Professor.
As Jerry Pournelle might’ve said: “Wotta sooprise!”
Kavanaugh Accuser Breaks Anonymity, Is Liberal Professor.
And after alllllll these years, now she talks? Yeah. So legit …. as if Kavanaugh had spent his entire career until now running a grocery store manager before becoming a Supreme Court judge. /sarc
Hey, I admit to being an excessive hugger a couple of times. But when she said stop, that was the end of it. “Oh, ok, sorry, let me get you another wine cooler…” And one more kiss. No bad feelings. Hard feelings….. dealt with later….
Looks like I will get my first ride in a Tesla on September 29 going to the Aggie – Arkansas game at Jerry’s world. My cousin is getting his Model 3 delivered to Dallas on Sep 25. He is claiming 300 mile battery and all wheel drive. This is replacing his 14 ??? year old Mustang GT. He says the Tesla will be much faster.
Are you healed enough for that much acceleration?
Elwood : Our Lady of Blessed Acceleration, don’t fail me now.
Currently raining while the sun shines down from a blue sky. Gentle steady rain.
Brought home some good vintage technical books from my dad’s shelves.
-the K & E guide to using a slide rule
– folding metal for the air conditioning trade
-strength of materials and weights of steel
-machine design and machine dynamics
-edible wild plants
-some other steel/design/ engineering related reference books, pipefitters handbook, one that was distributed in house by a steel mill
I need to give them a good airing out and a couple hours in the sun, but the current weird drizzle makes that no bueno.
Mostly they’re going into my apocalypse library, but the edible plants one will be reading for the smallest room in the house, and then current reference shelf….
There’s a lot of hard won and practical knowledge encapsulated in those old books, from an age before FEA and least cost construction.
n
Looks like I will get my first ride in a Tesla on September 29 going to the Aggie – Arkansas game at Jerry’s world. My cousin is getting his Model 3 delivered to Dallas on Sep 25. He is claiming 300 mile battery and all wheel drive. This is replacing his 14 ??? year old Mustang GT. He says the Tesla will be much faster.
The GT is still the better car. He’ll miss it.
I moved on a Camry. The dealers aren’t starving, but they are willing to deal. I only got clipped for window tint. I’ll find my own mudflaps. I came in dead center of the KBB range for a decent price.
Are you doubting her story? You’re a misogynistic hater and you’re not allowed to have an opinion because you’ve never been a woman!* If a woman makes a rape claim, she has to be believed** even if it comes down to he-said-she-said and it was 30 years ago.
* And just never you mind about how you’re whichever of the 57 genders you choose to self-identify as today. And never you mind either about how it’s the conservatives who are all about hate and divisiveness.
** Unless she’s accusing a Dem politician, in which case she’s just a lying whore.
or a slut who was asking for it, even if she’s underage… cv KlintonKrimeKorps…
(channeling OFD)
n
Well, I don’t suggest that neither Algore, nor Cankles know anything WRT to the laws of motion. However, IM(not so)HO, acceleration and speed are two different things.
Nick, possibly of use to you: Ditch your phone’s built-in web browser for these seven alternatives
If a woman makes a rape claim, she has to be believed** even if it comes down to he-said-she-said and it was 30 years ago.
The incident with Kavanaugh was over 35 years ago. Thank God I’m not being held accountable for something I did in … geesh … 1982?!?
A lot of women my age try to pretend they spent the 80s acting like Molly Ringwald’s basic character in the Hughes flicks (pick any one — it doesn’t matter).
Truth is a lot of them acted like Robert Downey Jr. in “Weird Science” except with bigger hair and leg warmers.
Women who didn’t want to be thought of as ‘easy’ or ‘sluts’, and especially girls, were taught by the culture of the day that they had to offer some resistance to any advance made by a male, but after a suitable effort on his part, they would “lose their inhibition” and “succumb” to his blandishments and then enjoy themselves, and participate.
People don’t talk about that when they bring up these old cases because it sounds like force or rape to modern ears (who have been hearing “no means no” from birth*, BUT AT THE TIME, among people of good will, it was all part of the dance. Listen to music, watch popular entertainment, and you see the same thing over and over (to varying degrees). Guys were expected to ‘try it on’ or push, and then good girls resisted until they were “overcome” with emotion… or had the excuse of drinking…
Contemporary women, especially those under 30 or 40 have no idea what constraints women were under just a decade or two earlier. Watch the original version of Get Carter. The main character says he knew the woman who took in boarders wanted him to come on to her BECAUSE HE SAW SHE WAS WEARING A COLORED BRA. The film was made in 1971! The sexual revolution is RECENT history and the rules evolve constantly. NO WAY can the behavior of ordinary people doing ordinary things 30 or 40 years ago be fairly judged by someone who never experience that culture.
There were certainly cases where men took it too far or wouldn’t take no for an answer, but men also restrained themselves, or the phrase “blue balls” wouldn’t exist in common usage.
Anything regarding historical alcohol use, sex, dress, or violence (or any other social norm or sinful behavior) must be looked at through the lens of the culture of the time. NOT saying we can’t agree that those things are not allowable now. Just saying that it’s the height of folly (and recognized legally by the concept of a statute of limitations) to make those moral judgements with 40 years of social engineering applied to your viewpoint.
n
*I remember when this bit of social engineering got started. Along with MADD and zero tolerance, these are PROGRAMS that were pushed onto an unwilling public, and backed up by a lot of money.
And after alllllll these years, now she talks?
Are you doubting her story? You’re a misogynistic hater and you’re not allowed to have an opinion because you’ve never been a woman!* If a woman makes a rape claim, she has to be believed** even if it comes down to he-said-she-said and it was 30 years ago.
And his buddy Mark Judge says nothing happened either. He is accused also of attempted rape by Ford. So that is one she said and two he saids.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6173799/I-thought-inadvertently-kill-Brett-Kavanaugh-accuser-goes-public-story.html
But, Kavanaugh is gone. They are going to Anita Hill him to death in the hearings. Jeff Flake has already said that he wont vote until Ford can accuse XXXXXX testify against Kavanaugh in committee.
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/406938-allegations-throw-kavanaugh-confirmation-into-turmoil
I believe Kavanaugh will be confirmed. Flake is one. Perhaps a little dirt behind the scenes will change his mind. 35 years ago, geez.
Kavanaugh is a good way for the Redumblicans to show some backbone (I know, lol!). Also, will the FBI now investigate? They said no, but now Dr. Feminazi has revealed herself after saying she absolutely wouldn’t. I wonder what kind of promises Diane Frankenstein made. Who else can investigate other than the FBi? The Washington Post, maybe? Lol!
Just a duckduckgo search on the tv model number and capacitor repair kit brought up tons of results. I went with a seller on Amazon (LCDalternatives). Took about a week to arrive, but they include all the needed capacitors, plus a few extra. They also included a sheet with a link to basic instructions.
I can say the same thing, from the other side of the room. Found out the hard way when disassembling an electronic flash. Several hundred volts at a reasonable amperage tends to get one’s attention quickly.