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<font size="2">I see lots of mention of Jaycar flying around, but for those cheapskates among us, Surplustronics on Upper Queen Street is both closer and cheaper - and despite the name they carry mainly new stuff now. Although I imagine they don't have quite the range of stuff that Jaycar carry, for soldering irons and cables they are probably a better choice - which is not to say this kind of gear is cheap in NZ.
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<br />(I've no particular affiliation to them, save that they are convenient to where I work, which is close to Uni)
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<br />Cheers,
<br />David
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<br />On Tue, 23 Dec 2014 14:49:11 +1100, Steve Walsh wrote</b>
<br />> Switching
this across to the
LCA2015
chat list, because I'm sure it's probably more worthwhile for
the
people attending LCA2015 to follow, instead of the people who
went
to LCA2014.
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regards
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On 12/23/2014 01:33 PM, Tim Ansell wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:CAHLUNMytV6kPwPwr8LuCgzt_vL0Xmu-YDi1v-nGRBZOKgmn4ig@mail.gmail.com">
<br />> If I remember correctly, I've seen a
persons
soldering iron been confiscated at security (I believe it was
a
previous LCA?). Knitting needles are frequently
confiscated
which would fall into a similar "pointy (but not really)"
object
category. I wouldn't be taking one as carry on because all
it
takes is a grumpy security agent to end up losing it, no
matter
what the actual rules
are.
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<br />> Tim 'mithro'
Ansell
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<br />> On 23 December 2014 at 11:29,
Steve
Walsh <span dir="ltr"><<a target="_blank" href="mailto:steve@nerdvana.org.au" moz-do-not-send="true">steve@nerdvana.org.au</a>></span>
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<blockquote style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">Jaycar
is also in NZ, so worst case you can pick new tips up
when
you arrive.
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If you get into NZ 30 minutes before the miniconf,
then
find someone you know who is getting there early and
ask
them nicely to pick you up a
set.
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On 12/23/2014 11:56 AM, Hugh Blemings wrote:
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On 23/12/2014 11:48, Joshua Mesilane wrote:
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And what about that "pointy tip"?
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Ya, I'd wondered about that too.
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If it allows it, removing the tip is probably
a
reasonable step - less likely to be damaged
and
makes it look less iffy on an x-ray.
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Cheers,
<br />>
Hugh
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Gabriel Noronha: I always assumed there was a community service video in the
staff induction about
you...
Anthony Towns: [UTF-8?]‎"Have you recently found yourself set on fire? Perhaps
you're bleeding from unusual places? If so you may benefit from learning to
SWEAR -- Steve Walsh: Enrage, Apologise, Run
away."
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