Toys from when you were a kid

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    I've been very lucky in that I've never really had battery issues with a car before (if it breaks tomorrow I'm blaming you) and household issues I don't think I've ever really had anything go wrong where I'm not sure if it's got power or not. Probably have and just binned it to be fair but not anymore now I've ordered my super duper Jamdrop endorsed multimeter.

    Do you have any other gadgets that I need?
     
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    Obviously Chinese but how do they manage to make them for seven quid:confused:
     
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    I’ll probably never use it but I’ll just keep it at the side of me just in case my Mrs catches me watching reruns of Glee
     
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    The only other thing I like is a bit niche. It's also car related and I've only used it once but again it saved me a fortune - a fault code reader. (No idea why the ebay link is so long). When Will's car's check engine light came on we bought it and instantly discovered it needed a new lambda sensor. It was much cheaper to buy that and the new sensor than taking it to a garage for them to run all their diagnostic stuff and then fix it.

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OBD-Fault-Code-Reader-Scanner-Engine-Car-Diagnostic-Equipment-Reset-Tool-LCD-UK/174258001856?_trkparms=ispr=1&hash=item28929617c0:g:eek:O0AAOSwqdNeexOR&enc=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&checksum=174258001856b1ee6142ab684c3ebb4366e9eb08b609
     
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    There's nothing wrong with reruns of glee as long as it's the earlier seasons and not the ones where they tried splitting it between the school and college.
     
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    No idea but I've had it 5 years and it still works as good as new. Not even needed a new battery.
     
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    I've always wanted one of those too but never got round to buying it. I've been fortunate in that two people at work have them and keep them with them all the time so I like just get them to plug it in. My neighbour has one too and he used it on my car once for me.
     
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    There used to be a shop in Dodworth where you could watch repairs, if you were interested in that sort of thing. You could also watch batteries fitted. I never actually went in, but that's what the sign in the window said.
     
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    See - invaluable! I bet you anything you find uses for the multimeter now, you just didn't know you could have used it for stuff before.
     
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    I probably will. But if I blow myself up because I'm prodding everything in my house I hope you will feel at least a tiny bit guilty
     
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    Maybe start small with an AA battery and then progress to medium things like checking the health of your car battery before sticking them in plug sockets.
     
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    Woah woah woah don't you be getting ahead of yourself. AA? I'm starting with a AAA and that's if I'm feeling brave
     
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    Because I feel bad for taking this thread off topic, here's what were some of my favourite games:

    [​IMG] upload_2020-5-18_21-42-3.jpeg
     
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    Screwball scramble was the single best game ever.

    I also loved this
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    [​IMG] King of Cricket games :)
     
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    I seem to remember the cloth always having a crease in it halfway along the erm crease. I'd bowl the ball, it would go halfway and stop
     
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    Could cause problems - bit of smoothing was fine :)
     
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    To get in, will there be any charge ;)
     
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    I got one of these when I was 9, 55 years ago. I was hooked, and knew instantly what my career was going to be. I've been an electronics enthusiast ever since, firstly as a hobby, then as my degree subject, then professionally, and today back to a hobby. It never ever loses its fascination.

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