I feel like we all share in this historic win
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And the bonus was just chef's kiss.
This gives me great hope for my box of obsolete cables and adapters.
You never know when you'll need to hook up an IDE floppy drive
I mean ... you do know, but you might not want to admit it
Mr President, we need to reset the nuclear codes to restart earth! But we need an IDE floppy drive!
Mr President(Space Noodle): I need to get to my 2026 attic!
My bnc networking gear will save the day (one day)
I've used some of the old RG58 to hook up Lorawan antennas, so... Yeah. Cable loss is okay at 800MHz and 4 meters of cable or so.
I still have the proprietary cable that lets you hook up a 1992-ish Sony Handycam to a TV with RCA inputs.
I know exactly where it is in my attic: Under the S video cables, an original FireWire cable, and the cable that lets you hook up two Atari Lynx portable consoles together in order to play Warbirds against each other in real time.
do you still have the handycam? that took super8 right?
Yes I do! Not Super 8... Wow. I'm not that old! Super 8 is from the 1960s and 1970s. The Sony Handycam I have used a format called "Hi8".
damn we must have been using old equipment. we shot everything on super 8 off whatever cameras we could get our hands on in the 90s. except my buddy who did stop motion who had a 35mm
This is what we train for
If nothing else, you can strip them for copper!
Get out.
(/s)
Yo hold on, this guy just used something from the "I might need this later" drawer.
This is worth a fucking celebration. Dudes everywhere have now been vindicated and justified for our collection of trinkets!
Amazing.
I'm of the firm belief that baseboards need at least 5 years being stored in the garage to properly acclimate to the particular environment of the microclimate that is my house and immediately surrounding area. My wife tries to get me to install them right away, after buying them, not understanding that if I did, it would warp the house so badly that it might collapse in on itself, taking space and time with it and eventually the entire known universe.
You all owe your continued existence to my willpower and stubborness in the face of my wife's annoyance at not having baseboards at the end of any home renovations.
You're welcome.
Is that the reason
All I know is if I install something straight away it almost always fails but if I wait five years, it goes on with nay a problem.
I have to be very Zen and focus on the projects I started five years prior at any given point
that's a 2059 series what do you mean dull
3900-2059-000 was the original motor (and assembly). The new motor didn't come with a bracket for some reason 🤷. Fortunately, the old steel bracket is as tough as (steel) nails so I was able to re-use it.
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thanks i tried to find the dullest thing i could comment
When I eat too many beans, I get Motor Assy too.
...I'll see myself out.
…I’ll see myself out.
And leave the door open, sheesh
Seeing vice grip printed on something that is not channel locks is mildly infuriating.
Seeing vice grip printed on something...
I think you're suffering from the same vice as little Miss Spelings.
A vice grip would truly be an immoral tool.
Heh, damnit
Oh boy…I also have a perfectly working bathroom fan motor. In storage for around 15 years now, and rescued from my parent’s renovation. Good to know it may indeed be useful :)
Some day, one of your current bathroom fans will break its last wind. It's seen some shit. On that good day, you won't be a hoarder, you'll be a prophet that saw the end coming back in 2011.
"I knew! I predicted this! Because I gave a crap and wish to give many more!"
Nice I did one of these not long ago. Second Story to had to put ina vent through the soffit, I paid some asshole to get up on a ladder and do that part.
!pareidolia@sh.itjust.works