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General => Open Discussion => Topic started by: madbean on September 02, 2019, 01:15:16 AM

Title: Has anyone seen my solder paste?
Post by: madbean on September 02, 2019, 01:15:16 AM
Last seen around 5.27.19. Reward offered.

Title: Re: Has anyone seen my soder paste?
Post by: gordo on September 02, 2019, 01:42:50 AM
Last I heard it had hooked up with a band and was in a van on it's way to Pensacola Florida.
Title: Re: Has anyone seen my solder paste?
Post by: alanp on September 02, 2019, 02:17:11 AM
The fifth day of the twenty seventh month, 2019?

Americans have twenty seven or more months?
Title: Re: Has anyone seen my solder paste?
Post by: somnif on September 02, 2019, 02:17:46 AM
Perhaps EBK (http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=22485) snuck off with it?

Quote from: alanp on September 02, 2019, 02:17:11 AM
The fifth day of the twenty seventh month, 2019?

Consequence of our normal language use. We tend to say "May twenty seventh" when referring to a date in common speech, rather than "the twenty seventh of May". So, our date format goes month/day/year rather than day/month/year

Title: Re: Has anyone seen my solder paste?
Post by: alanp on September 02, 2019, 02:31:16 AM
That always confuses me a bit. Rather than small-medium-big, DDMMYY, or big-medium-small YYMMDD, you guys go medium-small-big MMDDYY.
Title: Re: Has anyone seen my solder paste?
Post by: pickdropper on September 02, 2019, 03:16:47 AM
It's to the left of the stencil.
Title: Re: Has anyone seen my solder paste?
Post by: Muadzin on September 02, 2019, 07:43:55 AM
Quote from: alanp on September 02, 2019, 02:31:16 AM
That always confuses me a bit. Rather than small-medium-big, DDMMYY, or big-medium-small YYMMDD, you guys go medium-small-big MMDDYY.

Is it any less confusing then the whole Imperial measurement system?  ;)
Title: Re: Has anyone seen my solder paste?
Post by: Willybomb on September 02, 2019, 10:16:12 AM
I ate it.
Title: Re: Has anyone seen my solder paste?
Post by: madbean on September 02, 2019, 10:21:24 AM
Quote from: alanp on September 02, 2019, 02:17:11 AM
The fifth day of the twenty seventh month, 2019?

Americans have twenty seven or more months?

I feel like we are getting off the subject here, which is my allegedly kidnapped solder paste tube. I have not received any demands for ransom so I can only assume he's in a shallow grave upstate.
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Post by: diablochris6 on September 02, 2019, 12:25:40 PM
We aren't truly off-topic until armadillos are introduced.
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Post by: gordo on September 02, 2019, 01:46:10 PM
or sausages
Title: Re: Has anyone seen my solder paste?
Post by: Leevibe on September 02, 2019, 03:48:24 PM
I'll lay odds if you find it you will also find all your lost picks, a string winder, a tube of 8 pin DIP sockets, a bag of zip ties and a couple left socks.
Title: Re: Has anyone seen my solder paste?
Post by: EBK on September 02, 2019, 05:30:31 PM
Quote from: somnif on September 02, 2019, 02:17:46 AM
Perhaps EBK (http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=22485) snuck off with it?

Quote from: Willybomb on September 02, 2019, 10:16:12 AM
I ate it.

Quote from: gordo on September 02, 2019, 01:46:10 PM
or sausages


Was it authentically thick, rich, and meaty Oatey No. 5?
Title: Re: Has anyone seen my solder paste?
Post by: mjg on September 02, 2019, 10:23:28 PM
Have you looked down the back of the couch cushions? 

If your couch is also missing, you may have a larger problem...
Title: Re: Has anyone seen my solder paste?
Post by: Govmnt_Lacky on September 02, 2019, 11:07:58 PM
Quote from: madbean on September 02, 2019, 10:21:24 AM
...which is my allegedly kidnapped solder paste tube.

Is this an SMD paste tube? For SMD soldering??

Aren't you supposed to put the tube in the fridge/freezer to preserve it over long periods of time??
Title: Re: Has anyone seen my solder paste?
Post by: pickdropper on September 02, 2019, 11:13:12 PM
Quote from: Govmnt_Lacky on September 02, 2019, 11:07:58 PM
Quote from: madbean on September 02, 2019, 10:21:24 AM
...which is my allegedly kidnapped solder paste tube.

Is this an SMD paste tube? For SMD soldering??

Aren't you supposed to put the tube in the fridge/freezer to preserve it over long periods of time??

Yep.  And generally it still has a relatively short lifespan.  Usually rated for 6 months.
Title: Re: Has anyone seen my solder paste?
Post by: alanp on September 02, 2019, 11:53:19 PM
It's only a real derailment when there's a discussion on how to prepare and cook rotten corn.
Title: Re: Has anyone seen my solder paste?
Post by: madbean on September 03, 2019, 12:13:59 AM
Well, this is bizarre. Earlier today I received an anonymous email with the following image attached. I'm not sure what to make of this. We did get some new neighbors a couple of months ago. I wonder if I should put them on the suspect list. I know for a fact it can't be from one of my dogs.

Title: Re: Has anyone seen my solder paste?
Post by: pickdropper on September 03, 2019, 12:23:35 AM
Quote from: madbean on September 03, 2019, 12:13:59 AM
Well, this is bizarre. Earlier today I received an anonymous email with the following image attached. I'm not sure what to make of this. We did get some new neighbors a couple of months ago. I wonder if I should put them on the suspect list. I know for a fact it can't be from one of my dogs.

I think you're going to have to compare the intrinsic value of the meatballs (materials + prep time) vs. the devalued (due to age) cost of the solder paste.

Remember that solder paste ages logarithmically.
Title: Re: Has anyone seen my solder paste?
Post by: gordo on September 03, 2019, 01:19:58 AM
Oops, I thought the label said Preparation H.  I gotta get my glasses checked...
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Post by: alanp on September 03, 2019, 02:14:19 AM
They're after a Meatball... a Lovetone fan, then...

LaceSensor, give Brian back his solder paste!
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Post by: midwayfair on September 03, 2019, 08:59:50 PM
Good boys don't lie, can't be your dog.
Title: Re: Has anyone seen my solder paste?
Post by: madbean on September 03, 2019, 09:53:25 PM
Quote from: midwayfair on September 03, 2019, 08:59:50 PM
Good boys don't lie, can't be your dog.

True, but mine also read and write at 7th grade proficiency so I eliminated them based on spelling and grammar. Unless it's a ruse.
Title: Re: Has anyone seen my solder paste?
Post by: benny_profane on September 03, 2019, 10:17:34 PM
Under a pile of FV-1 and j201 SMDs?
Title: Re: Has anyone seen my solder paste?
Post by: peterc on September 04, 2019, 06:00:08 AM
Go to the place that you are SURE THAT THE PASTE HAS  NEVER  BEEN  AND  WILL  NEVER BE, and there you  will find it.
Title: Re: Has anyone seen my solder paste?
Post by: somnif on September 04, 2019, 06:02:26 AM
I'll ask the Armadillos at work tomorrow if they've seen it. Granted, they're skeletal, but worth a shot I suppose.
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Post by: sonnyboy27 on September 04, 2019, 12:11:01 PM
Quote from: alanp on September 02, 2019, 02:31:16 AM
That always confuses me a bit. Rather than small-medium-big, DDMMYY, or big-medium-small YYMMDD, you guys go medium-small-big MMDDYY.

Date formatting is super confusing when you're trying to book hotels in another country for an early date in the month.

It's even worse in programming where we use number of milliseconds since Jan 1, 1970. Then we convert that to a readable date and send it somewhere else which has to convert it to its own time zone (which would have been easier if it was still in ms). I've spent a significant amount of my career just changing the formatting of dates.
Title: Re: Has anyone seen my solder paste?
Post by: madbean on September 04, 2019, 12:35:52 PM
Quote from: peterc on September 04, 2019, 06:00:08 AM
Go to the place that you are SURE THAT THE PASTE HAS  NEVER  BEEN  AND  WILL  NEVER BE, and there you  will find it.

Well, the last place I would suspect is behind the toilet in the women's restroom at the local Arby's but I already have a lifetime ban there and I am not going back to jail.

I decided to review security footage from that period and found something interesting on the night of June 2nd. Not sure what to make of it.

Title: Re: Has anyone seen my solder paste?
Post by: Leevibe on September 04, 2019, 12:43:49 PM
If your security cam weighs more than a banana peel then I'd say you have your answer.
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Post by: nzCdog on September 04, 2019, 08:46:14 PM
That guy looks familiar.  I never forget a moustache
Title: Re: Has anyone seen my solder paste?
Post by: madbean on September 04, 2019, 09:15:11 PM
I'm not one to give into turrist demands (or tourist demands for that matter) but I really need that solder paste. So, I have prepared a batch of meatballs for the abductor. Tonight I will place them in the backyard per the ransom note and hope for the best.

Normally these are made for the dogs but since they have been eliminated conclusively as suspects I will give them a reprieve.

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Post by: Leevibe on September 04, 2019, 09:51:49 PM
Title: Re: Has anyone seen my solder paste?
Post by: alanp on September 04, 2019, 11:32:32 PM
... you cook for your dogs?

Wow, Dad used to have a dog, and the only time it got cooked food was when we had leftovers no one wanted.
Title: Re: Has anyone seen my solder paste?
Post by: madbean on September 04, 2019, 11:37:16 PM
Quote from: alanp on September 04, 2019, 11:32:32 PM
... you cook for your dogs?

Wow, Dad used to have a dog, and the only time it got cooked food was when we had leftovers no one wanted.

Indeed. We found that cooking their meals was much cheaper than buying dog food (and ultimately healthier). We cut our monthly dog food budget in half. About every 5 or 6 days I put a few chicken breasts with peas and carrots in a roaster and let it cook for a few hours. They love it, actually. One of them is getting pretty senior and we are trying to put more weight on her so meatballs are the new thing.
Title: Re: Has anyone seen my solder paste?
Post by: peterc on September 05, 2019, 01:43:50 PM
QuoteWell, the last place I would suspect is behind the toilet in the women's restroom at the local Arby's but I already have a lifetime ban there and I am not going back to jail.

Oh!?
I meant in your house/workshop....
Title: Re: Has anyone seen my solder paste?
Post by: lars on September 06, 2019, 12:20:12 AM
Quote from: peterc on September 05, 2019, 01:43:50 PM
Affiliation: bizzaraudio.com
What is this? I don't think it was what you intended.
Title: Re: Has anyone seen my solder paste?
Post by: peterc on September 06, 2019, 05:23:52 AM
QuoteAffiliation: bizzaraudio.com
What is this? I don't think it was what you intended.

It was inspired by Zappas label Bizzarre. I thought I could adapt and it and screw it up a bit to make the name more interesting.....