my clever brother

I haven't had time for any clever adventures this week, so instead I'm posting a bit about my brother from a conversation we had last night. I know it's kind of long, but if I was to shorten it any more you would miss out on the full length of the adventure.

Jeff: prepare to be amazed
Jeff: nay
Jeff: prepare to be really amazed
So Jeff has this friend, David, who took his computer speakers to France and fried the subwoofer. He gave it to Jeff to fix (seeing as how Jeff knows nothing about subwoofers and just likes to mess around).
Jeff: and me, being me, happily except something new to take apart in fix
Jeff: this was, perhaps, january
Jeff: so i crack it open, look around, having NO idea what im doing
Jeff: and notice the fuses are burned oout
Jeff: AH HA!
me: lol
Jeff: i say to myself
Jeff: i can fix this, no problem
Jeff: so i spend like 3 hours online trying to find the right fuses
Jeff: but in the end i prevail
Jeff: order them
Jeff: wait
Jeff: they come, i pop them in, set up the subwoofer, turn it on and...
Jeff: crackle sizzle
me: lol
Jeff: :-
Jeff: fear not dear listen, our story does not end there
Jeff: listener
me: phew
Jeff: hold on
Jeff: ok
Jeff: where was i
me: crack sizlw
Jeff: ah yes, down, but not out
me: sizle
me: right
Jeff: so i crack it open again, not about to give up that easily
Jeff: and im lookin
Jeff: im lookin
Jeff: theres circuit boards and thingys
Jeff: doohickeys
Jeff: and, still having no idea what im looking at
Jeff: but not about to let that diswayed me, i press on
me: if only you had taken electrical engineering of subwoofers
Jeff: and low and behold, i see an odd lookin little round tan thing
Jeff: an little round tan thing that does not look like all the other little round tan thing
Jeff: so, of course, i poke it
Jeff: and it crumbles
Jeff: it was cooked
me: lol
Jeff: AH HA!
Jeff: i can fix this
Jeff: no.... problem....
Jeff: him
Jeff: what was this
me: is this the part where you jump off the cliff onto your horse and gallop off
Jeff: in the metaphorical sense...
me: lol
Jeff: so i jump online, search for another hour
Jeff: but sadly, to no avail
Jeff: so i say, well david, if you want this fixed, go online and buy one of these thingys
Jeff: ....
Jeff: ...
me: lol
Jeff: :)
Jeff: no dice
Jeff: *#@&!
Jeff: alas, it seems as though im at an impass
Jeff: this was, perhaps, february
me: this is when your horse stops short and you fall off intot he mud
Jeff: and the subwoofer sat, under my fold out blue camping chair until
Jeff: until a fateful day last weekend
Jeff: little did i know when Erick asked me if i wanted to see SinCity
Jeff: what grand things awaited me that night
me: lol
Jeff: so we head down to the palisades
Jeff: we drive down, browse a bit before dinner
Jeff: eat at chi chis
Jeff: yum
Jeff: browse a bit more
Jeff: and they all head into hollister
Jeff: once again, not a place i would have gone by myself
Jeff: nor a place i stay in for more than 5 min unless im actually looking for something
Jeff: so i walk in, literally, do a lap aroudn the store, and walk back out, off to quest for new headphones
Jeff: and where do i look
Jeff: what store is right across the way
me: radioshack
me: subwoofers are us
Jeff: in a golden light from heaven, with an angel choir in the back ground
Jeff: wait for it
me: lol
Jeff: wait for it
Jeff: Radioshack
me: i already guessed that
Jeff: yes well
Jeff: whos telling this story
me: you type to slow
Jeff: for dramatic effect
Jeff: anyway, if i may proceed
me: yes
Jeff: so as i saunter into radio shack, little do i know what great things await me
Jeff: i find some headphones, which have since turned out to be crappy
Jeff: its so hard to find a good pair of headphones
me: yes it is
Jeff: and im lookin around, cause radioshack is apretty cool store to look around in
Jeff: and i see these drawers full of capacitors and resistors and doohickeys
Jeff: and im like
Jeff: what a minute
me: hey those look familiar
Jeff: exactly!
Jeff: but which one
me: the round tan one
Jeff: theres so many choices
me: :)
Jeff: of round tan ones
Jeff: .1, .001. 100
Jeff: all shapes and sizes
Jeff: armed only with my trusty cell phone
Jeff: i quickly dial my roommate
Jeff: eric
Jeff: ...what
me: not the same as erick who you went with?
Jeff: ya know that subwoofer under the chair
Jeff: (no)
me: ok
Jeff: rrrgg, yeah what about it (clearly half asleep)
me: lol
Jeff: can you bust that thing open
Jeff: sure, one sec
Jeff: (sounds of crashing, disorder, cat sqreeching)
Jeff: ok got it
me: lol
Jeff: ok, ya see all the round little tan things
Jeff: yeah...
Jeff: what size are they
Jeff: um...
Jeff: i mean what number are on them
Jeff: oh
Jeff: 104
Jeff: but theres differnt ones ok
Jeff: well, look for the burnt out one
Jeff: where is it?
Jeff: on that one circuit board
Jeff: .... i dont see it....
Jeff: hmm, oh well, thanks anyway
Jeff: so
Jeff: using a very scientific reasoning process
me: lol
Jeff: (eenie, meenie, minie...)
Jeff: i pick out a few packages
Jeff: pay, and go to the movie
me: did you buy more fuses?
Jeff: no
Jeff: i had some still
me: oh
Jeff: so a week goes by
Jeff: and i keep forgetting to get the solder iron from the fencing room
Jeff: very frustrating
Jeff: i keep forgetting... until tonight
Jeff: so i crack taht thing open
Jeff: spend about and hour trying to get 3 screws out (they glue them down)
me: yes they do that in computers too
Jeff: but with a little elbow greese, perseverance, and nail polish remover, i get out the screws
me: quite annoying
Jeff: solder the new thingy down
Jeff: (without setting off any fire alarms i might add)
Jeff: put her back together
Jeff: and just like that, we are ready to test it
Jeff: so i set it up, plug it in, turn it on...
Jeff: ....
Jeff: ...
Jeff: nothing happens
Jeff: hmm
Jeff: off
Jeff: on
Jeff: off
Jeff: on
me: lol
Jeff: ....
Jeff: ok!
Jeff: phase II of testing
Jeff: i sneak into davids room while his roommate is asleep
Jeff: and try it with speakers
Jeff: and
Jeff: it works!!
me: wow!
me: you are so amazing!
Jeff: i know!
me: and full of pracital skills!