This Month's Haul - July, 2014

[bbobb]

Remember who you're talking to

[Fe 26]

everyone here likes to argue. Don't pretend like it is one person. Dealing with me is as easy as not replying.

[Opaque]

Cheeks was just advocating for you to know enough to tell if he did a good job and used good materials. I think.

Of course I read reviews and watched as he set up, including opening a fresh plastic wrap box, wire box, fan brackets and outlets.

I went with somewhere around the fifth electrician we looked into.

[A Robot Bit Me]

As opposed to your spelling and grammar? It must be easy to see the wiring in your glass house.

Actually on topic, I found this on clearance at Target:

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I find it tough to remember what's what in this. Like, there's nothing about a Goomba that signifies "rook." Should've been a Thwomp or something.

But the pieces smell really good.

[Fe 26]

the smell is important

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

A year or so ago, I happened across an NES that I was positive was NIB, but I couldn't prove it and the box was a little beat, so I sold it as used in box.
But when I first popped open that styrofoam, the smell that hit me sent me right back to when I was a kid opening my new Master System or Turbografx.
It's a shame modern electronics don't have that smell anymore.

[NeoZeedeater]

What causes the difference in smell, the type of plastic?

[SamuraiMoogle]

Of course I read reviews and watched as he set up, including opening a fresh plastic wrap box, wire box, fan brackets and outlets.

I went with somewhere around the fifth electrician we looked into.

If you got your receptacle installed and wire fished with labor for $65 you got a pretty smoking deal.
I've seen a lot of fucked up shit from people who think they know what they are doing from reading about it at Home Depot. Burning your house down because your too cheap for a pro is pretty damn dumb.
You chose wisely.

[Fe 26]

What causes the difference in smell, the type of plastic?

my guess is changes in manufacturing as time passes. All electronics from each period have their own smell. The inside of a Sega Master System smells different from the inside of a tube radio.

Its the parts.

and magic

mostly magic

[Fe 26]

I've seen a lot of fucked up shit from people who think they know what they are doing from reading about it at Home Depot. Burning your house down because your too cheap for a pro is pretty damn dumb.
You chose wisely.

no you haven't.

electrical house fires are rare. And when they do happen, its normally old bare aluminum wiring from like the 20s.

Lastly, who the fuck figures out how to wire their house from home depo? There is so much shit online about wiring a house. And if you're building a house, shit still has to pass code.

Fuck, Josh can wire a basement, and it took me years to teach him how to balance a speaker load. What are you even talking about?