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What's annoying me today

tricky
2 May 2023
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    Russ
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    23 Oct 2023, 6:36 p.m. 23 Oct 2023, 6:36 p.m.
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    @tricky has written:
    @Russ has written:

    No, annoyingly I have those. I need a male/male full size (settle down Guru).

    Presumably you don't have one because you haven't previously bought one. Have you tried that?

    No. I refuse to believe that after the years of pointless accumulation of a vast array of cables, and the refusal to ever throw any of them away, I do not have this particular one.

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    tricky
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    23 Oct 2023, 6:52 p.m. 23 Oct 2023, 6:52 p.m.
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    @Russ has written:

    I do not have this particular one.

    That particular cable (usb 2/3 M-M) is used with very few pieces of equipment, and if you haven't bought one of those, you wont have one.

    You could borrow one of mine, but probably cheaper to just buy one.

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    JRs_Cigarette
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    23 Oct 2023, 7:47 p.m. 23 Oct 2023, 7:47 p.m.
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    Presumably he must have bought one of those pieces of equipment or wouldn't need the cable.

    Which suggests he must have a cable somewhere.

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    Russ
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    23 Oct 2023, 7:54 p.m. 23 Oct 2023, 7:54 p.m.
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    That was in part my thinking. It's an old battery pack for recharging cell phones when you don't have a charger on hand.

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    tricky
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    23 Oct 2023, 8:04 p.m. 23 Oct 2023, 8:04 p.m.
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    Most of those that I have seen are mini, micro, or usb-c for charging...and full size usb only as outputs.

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    JimShady
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    23 Oct 2023, 8:20 p.m. 23 Oct 2023, 8:20 p.m.
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    @Russ has written:

    That was in part my thinking. It's an old battery pack for recharging cell phones when you don't have a charger on hand.

    Try those boxes and cables again.

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    JRs_Cigarette
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    23 Oct 2023, 8:29 p.m. 23 Oct 2023, 8:29 p.m.
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    I keep opening this thread hoping for Tricky's Heath Robinson solution involving some combination of household items.

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    Russ
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    23 Oct 2023, 8:32 p.m. 23 Oct 2023, 8:32 p.m.
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    I'd rather he just told me where the one I'm sure I have has got to.

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    JimShady
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    23 Oct 2023, 8:41 p.m. 23 Oct 2023, 8:41 p.m.
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    ....

    .....

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    JimShady
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    23 Oct 2023, 8:43 p.m. 23 Oct 2023, 8:43 p.m.
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    @JRs_Cigarette has written:

    I keep opening this thread hoping for Tricky's Heath Robinson solution involving some combination of household items.

    Who's Heath Robinson when he's at home?

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    JRs_Cigarette
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    23 Oct 2023, 8:44 p.m. 23 Oct 2023, 8:44 p.m.
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    @JimShady has written:

    Who's Heath Robinson when he's at home?

    Seriously never heard of him?

    William Heath Robinson (31 May 1872 – 13 September 1944) was an English cartoonist, illustrator and artist, best known for drawings of whimsically elaborate machines to achieve simple objectives.[1

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    Russ
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    23 Oct 2023, 8:46 p.m. 23 Oct 2023, 8:46 p.m.
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    Next Jim will be telling us he's never head of Fred Karno.

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    JRs_Cigarette
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    23 Oct 2023, 8:49 p.m. 23 Oct 2023, 8:49 p.m.
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    Inventor of the usb connection system, everyone knows that.

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    tricky
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    23 Oct 2023, 8:53 p.m. 23 Oct 2023, 8:53 p.m.
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    @Russ has written:

    I'd rather he just told me where the one I'm sure I have has got to.

    No problem. It's where you left it, or someone else has moved it.

    Happy to help.

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    Sean
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    23 Oct 2023, 8:56 p.m. 23 Oct 2023, 8:56 p.m.
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    @Russ has written:

    Next Jim will be telling us he's never head of Fred Karno.

    Mec's brother.

    Famous for shit stadiums in retail parks.

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    Russ
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    23 Oct 2023, 8:58 p.m. 23 Oct 2023, 8:58 p.m.
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    @tricky has written:
    @Russ has written:

    I'd rather he just told me where the one I'm sure I have has got to.

    No problem. It's where you left it, or someone else has moved it.

    Happy to help.

    The engineer's response. Technically completely correct, and of absolutely no help.

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