And what did we buy today?

[soundbrigade]

Had to but five special potentiometers from Das Musikding in Germany for stomp boxes, a few 300 Ohm resistors I had missed and a STOMPLFO chip.

 

[wg_ski]

It’s a really good thing tubes aren’t ESD sensitive. I’m having a hell of a time getting the packing peanuts off my hands.

 

[mountainman bob]

Packing peanuts should be outlawed! Sad thing is they seem to be making a comeback.

 

[phase]

We used to dump some of those into coworkers cars with vinyl interiors as a practical joke back in the day. They would move away from your hand as you tried to pick them up.

Today I picked up a nos industrial power supply for a project, 5v 6a for a small computer.

 

[wg_ski]

They were sticking to my hands, and flying out of the garbage can. Too many like charges in there.

 

[PRR]

Water in a spray bottle.

Fabric softener solution in sprayer.

Yes, it is silly we have to keep a bottle handy just to open packages. But foam peanuts not as bad as a "friend" who fills letters with glitter.

 

[auplater]

Cheapest gas I've bought in a while... for my Merc C43... Kroger in Dallas, Tx, using our Kroger Points. Actually, not today, but back in November of 2021, on the way home to KY. Wish I could go back

 

[kodabmx]

Damn. I'd be happy with 9 cents per glass at this point... Still, Costco saves me about 18$ per tank...

 

[AVWERK]

In the early 70,s I can remember driving with my dad in his 66 beetle and pulling into a gas station and the sign said 17cents
a gallon… nobody was complaining about gas prices in those days
Also on Lake Mead water skiing when we filled up the boat and it was 99 cents and we were outraged !

How times have changed

 

[kodabmx]

When my dad was a kid, he's go get his mother smokes from the store - 35 cents for a small pack, and 41 cents for a large pack. That was in the early 1950's.

I quit smoking ~3 years ago when they reached 10$ for a small pack. It's now ~12.50$ for that pack.

 

[rmyauck]

Gas hit $1.51/L CDN or $5.74 CDN/ US gal. /$6.80/ imperial gal. here about a week ago in northern Manitoba, Canada

 

[kodabmx]

It's ~1.60/L in Toronto going down to about 1.56/L tonight.

 

[Jim the Oldbie]

Just paid $4.16/gal for 93 octane here in the midwestern USA - sheesh.

 

[yngvejos]

I payed $8.2/gal today for diesel.

I also bought a new suspension kit. I had worn out strut bearings. When I replaced them, I discovered that the struts was shot.
Got a Bilstein B12 pro kit with springs far cheaper then 4 separate B8 dampers without springs

 

[Tubelab_com]

Two pieces of black gold (32 bit ARM Cortex M-7 chips) that have been on back order for over a year.

 

[kodabmx]

I ordered up an ADC and a 15ft optical cable to use with a DAC to try and break a ground loop once and for all... It's the faintest ground buzz - the clock on the wall is louder - but I can hear it and it bothers the hell out of me!

 

[soundbrigade]

Sent an order to JLCPCB. Had designed a PCB containing a micro-synth, a VCLFO and a "kludge area".

 

[kodabmx]

So as expected, the optical link got rid of the noise It's amazing - 10 years ago, this setup would have cost hundreds. Now you can get it working for under 50$.

 

[tomtt]

Carton of cigarettes,@ local grocery store,

$96, us.

ever so happy, i don't smoke.

Cigarettes.

 

[mkane77g]

Bare root Bartlett Pear, Meyer Lemon & dwarf Peach for my wife's sitting area.