A client in Omaha told me my solder joints looked like 'bird poop on a fence post' about 10 years ago.

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So did you ever find out what made him say that? Like was it just messy work or was there a specific joint that set him off? I'd need to know if I was secretly the bird the whole time.

joelburns2mo ago

Honestly, just ask him like cole549 said.

angelarivera1mo agoTop Commenter

Read an article once about how tech guys from that era had a whole secret language for bad soldering. Called it "bird's nest" work. Messy, chaotic, wires going everywhere. But "flying squirrel" is next level. That's a whole different tier of bad. Means the joints are probably loose, bridging stuff they shouldn't. Dangerous on old boards. That guy must have been a serious craftsman to use that term.

cole5492mo ago

That's a pretty specific insult to remember a decade later. Must have been some truly spectacular solder work to earn that kind of poetry. At least it wasn't "squirrel droppings on a hot sidewalk," I guess.