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[King_DaVo]

Naaaa,  i have managed to sort it.  You haven't even turned it on yet?  i thought you said they already used it ???  Its fairly easy to turn on,  you just press the power button.    Unless its failed and busted now. That would have came in handy for the next summer believe me,  you may wanna get it going, you still have heaps of time!     

 

[cOOter]

LED panel works, but pushing stuff doesn't get the motor going anymore.
I'd say a sensor is playing up and telling the rest of it to have a holiday 

Is it Friday yet. Been in NSW all day tip shop hunting with the old cheese and I is worn out.

NSW have good tip shops still. Bloody shambles in Qld.

Nap time. 

[King_DaVo]

Was working when i had it but the temp sensor was screwed.   

Yaa, good old QLD is dying in the arse atm and those dickwads responsible for a so called government are the biggest culprits.  Hopefully there is some sort of big change on the horizon.   

catch up soon Cooter!   

[Thunderbird]

Check this out.

Turn up the volume and the bass.

Legends 2014 Trailer on Vimeo

If I could Id be there in a flash just to see and HEAR those Spitfires, best plane of WW2. 

[cOOter]

I used to like Spitfires until I found out they were used to mow down
woman and children in the aftermath of Dresden "City of Children" holocaust.

Come on  , Spitfires were like old bicycles...Germans had jet engines.

How about a ride in a Horten Ho 229?

Forgotten Stealth Fighter of Nazi Germany

Yes, just a prototype 

[cOOter]

Only 30 watts, but only $13 this Saturday at Aldi. I'm getting 2..

    30W soldering iron with ergonomic soft grip handle
   Tough moulded soldering stand
   Includes: Spare soldering tip, 4 specialised tips, 20g soldering wire and cleaning sponge
   Soldering station with 2 adjustable metal holder clamps
   1 x Accessory drawer
   1 x Metal tray for sponge
   1 x Iron stand
   2 x Soldering tips
   4 x Specialised soldering tips (for cutting, engraving or branding)
   1 x Soldering plumb 20g on card
   1 x Small sponge
   Plastic handle with soft grip

https://www.aldi.com.au/en/special-buys/...n-kit-30w/

[Thunderbird]

That's the sort bargain I wish was around when I was younger. The thought of a neat soldering iron for that price!

I still have the "soldering irons" my grandfather lovingly bought me when I was a youngun' about 10 years old.

They consist of a pyramid shaped lump of copper on a rod with a wooden handle, you bung 'em in the fire or on the stove element, which of course is what I did much to my mum's disgust.

The term "plumbers iron" doesn't do them justice  

My parents then bought me an aussie made Scope iron and transformer, still have that too. Cost MUCH more than that Aldi iron though, so had to be bought in 2 parts the iron first as a birthday pressie, which I couldn't actually use until my chrissie pressie the transformer came along  

And yes I know about the German jets, Hitler didn't want to use them, probably just as well, but the Spitfire WON the Battle of Britain, besides cooter all sides of every war do unspeakable acts. its the nature of humans and war, sad but true, lucky not all of us are warlike dummies.

[cOOter]

...when I was a youngun' about 10 years old.

While I'm here, still no word from the ACMA yet. 

Glad they aren't the tax department....LOL, apparently they've gone "rotten"..
http://www.smh.com.au/act-news/atos-rott...zvdti.html

[Thunderbird]

I'm led to believe that you may never get an answer from the ACMA. Since Abbott has been in power their funding has been cut to a trickle and jobs lost.

They have more than enough work looking after emergency services and the like for the staff left, so anything that isn't of a life threatening or money loosing nature is on the WAY back burner, which probably doesn't work anymore 

These look a lot like the irons my grandad bought me





Beautiful.

[cOOter]

Electronics must have been huge on  ark. Those irons are chunky 

Skeleton staff at the ACMA 

I might send a follow up letter letting them know I'm going to
set up a pirate CH04 repeater at DaVo's place  until they get Greivs shorten out.