A Call For Humor!

[tengiz]

 

[jp4573]

My father was a TV repairman (back when there were such things).
His favorite TV repairman joke (which I have doubtless posted here before someplace).

Guy calls a TV repairman to come fix the TV (house calls!)
TV repairman shows up, turns on the TV, evaluates the problem, kicks the side of the TV and the set begins working properly, and perfectly.
TV repairman gets out his pad, writes up a bill for $50 and hands it to the customer.
"Fifty dollars?!?" yells the customer incredulously. "All you did was kick it."
TV repairman nods sagely. "Yes. But I had to know where to kick it."

Yes, troubleshooting/repair is both art and science.

https://medium.com/@gpandey4255/you...ed-10-000-to-fix-a-machine-1-for-b38ae3ebd4ed

 

[Keith_W]

Hydro and wind not entirely. They're partly coming from earth's rotation and gravity via tides.

Tidal hydropower is definitely not coming from the sun, only a smaller part of it. It's mostly lunar power.

I thought that hydro was solar - in that the sun is the major influence on the water cycle, after all it causes the evaporation needed for the precipitation later? As for wind, I thought that it was due to differential heating of land and bodies of water, forming hot and cold bodies of air - hot air rises, cold air rushes to take its place, and wind is formed. I was not aware that Earth's rotation had very much influence.

You're right about tidal hydropower though, I forgot that one

 

[Karmacoma]

Too soon?

 

[KellenVancouver]

 

[popej]

TV repairman nods sagely. "Yes. But I had to know where to kick it."

If you used to hit TV to stabilize picture, you are old
Makes me wonder, do audiphiles hit their tube amps?

 

[Nutul]

Makes me wonder, do audiphiles hit their tube amps?

It somehow makes sense...

 

[mhardy6647]

If you used to hit TV to stabilize picture, you are old
Makes me wonder, do audiphiles hit their tube amps?

An occasional tap with a chopstick us an excellent diagnostic tool.

Yes, I am old.

 

[Ropeburn]

An occasional tap with a chopstick us an excellent diagnostic tool.

Yes, I am old.

Must be the same as kicking the tire of your car. You can't not do it.

 

[mhardy6647]

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Or we could go with Dr. Evil...

One meellion Ohms!

 

[jkasch]

 

[HandshakerBob]

If you used to hit TV to stabilize picture, you are old
Makes me wonder, do audiphiles hit their tube amps?

Audio engineers use an actual hammer to test for modes in physical objects.
It's a very special hammer, but a hammer nonetheless:

 

[popej]

An occasional tap with a chopstick us an excellent diagnostic tool.

 

[Berwhale]

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Or we could go with Dr. Evil...
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Oh, go on then...

Which leads to...

 

[tineared]

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It brings a new perspective to sniffing other dog's asses...

 

[mhardy6647]

Oh, go on then...

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Which leads to...

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I came oh so close to goin' there...thanks for finishin' the trip for me!


EDIT: FEAR THE MEG.

 

[Ropeburn]

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Or we could go with Dr. Evil...
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Danger:

 

[Ropeburn]

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Audio engineers use an actual hammer to test for modes in physical objects.
It's a very special hammer, but a hammer nonetheless:

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That looks like a very elaborate diss of American tipping (un)culture, if you ask me... it hammers the point.

 

[Hollywood_Bob]

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thats the result of trimming and then tying a dogs ears together at birth

 

[KellenVancouver]