Dave Jones is being bought out. - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: kolbep
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 25, 2014, 05:46:59 am
content: He said he would never be bought out.Well, I just read a news article that Woolworths is out to get Dave JonesHere it is :

author: aargee
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 25, 2014, 06:34:24 am
content: I think if Dave's namesake was in any way his, this forum wouldn't exist.

author: What_NZ
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 25, 2014, 07:55:13 am
content: Being such a posh shop, would they allow him in the store with bare feet

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 25, 2014, 09:34:20 am
content: Quote from: What_NZ on June 25, 2014, 07:55:13 amI'm not that bogan!You'd dress up in a pair of thongs and stubbies to go shopping at DJ's.

author: grumpydoc
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 25, 2014, 10:10:31 am
content: Hmmm... EEVblog being bought out would have made a great April Fool

author: What_NZ
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 25, 2014, 10:42:57 am
content: Being brought out basically ruined the original Dick Smith Electronic stores so not a good idea at all. Woolworths would have Dave reviewing Thongs and StubbiesI recall as a teenager (on holiday) going into the Sydney city area (York Street?) to visit and dream inside the Dick Smith, Jaycar and Tandy stores. Oh those were the days....... years later I went to Akihabara (Electric City) in Japan and it blew my mind.

author: atw60444
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: June 25, 2014, 10:43:05 am
content: When did Dave drop the "L." ?

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 25, 2014, 11:09:31 am
content: Quote from: What_NZ on June 25, 2014, 10:42:57 amThere was David Reid Electronics as well. York Street was known as silicon alley.

author: What_NZ
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 25, 2014, 11:22:41 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on June 25, 2014, 11:09:31 amYeah, wasn't David Reid Electronics shortened to Davred Electronics on there products and packing.

author: SL4P
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 25, 2014, 01:29:56 pm
content: Quote from: What_NZ on June 25, 2014, 11:22:41 amYep - DAVRED, and also John L Carr - which became Jaycar - after Gary Johnson moved from DSE to buy JLC out.

author: bitwelder
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 25, 2014, 06:04:43 pm
content: The importance of having a unique name, like Sagan...

author: free_electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 25, 2014, 06:18:06 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on June 25, 2014, 09:34:20 amgoing to need a steel wire brush to scrub that image off my mind....the rest of the world call's em flipflops. (google engineers in california call those 'workwear')

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 25, 2014, 06:30:36 pm
content: Could be worse, he could be in a pair of budgie smugglers.

author: con-f-use
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 25, 2014, 06:40:16 pm
content: That's not the language I learned in English class!

author: echen1024
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 25, 2014, 07:07:21 pm
content: Quote from: SeanB on June 25, 2014, 06:30:36 pmNot knowing what that was, and being curious, I tried a google search. Needless to say, the results weren't prettyQuote

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 25, 2014, 07:12:34 pm
content: Quote from: con-f-use on June 25, 2014, 06:40:16 pmWell, you are in Austria, not Austraylia. They do not speak English there natively either.

author: Bored@Work
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 25, 2014, 08:33:32 pm
content: Quote from: echen1024 on June 25, 2014, 07:07:21 pmOh dear, those Americans ... I know they will throw you off a normal beach in the US if you dare to wear one. But in large parts of the world they are considered decent swimwear.Funny story: We used to frequent a particular beach resort. First time vistors always got told the same funny story: Some day an older American couple was out at the beach early in the morning. They spotted one other visitor, wearing a tight speedo. Annoyed about his indecent appearance they informed a nearby tourist police patrol. The police checked and fined the guy in the speedo. Then they fined the American couple, too. The reasons for the fines? Being dressed at a nudist beach

author: echen1024
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 25, 2014, 08:39:02 pm
content: Quote from: Bored@Work on June 25, 2014, 08:33:32 pmSome people on my team wear those to swim meets. most don't.

author: Stray Electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 25, 2014, 08:45:54 pm
content: Quote from: Bored@Work on June 25, 2014, 08:33:32 pm

author: Stonent
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 26, 2014, 03:25:19 am
content: Quote from: echen1024 on June 25, 2014, 07:07:21 pmJust google "tony abbot budgie smugglers" and click on images.

author: echen1024
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 26, 2014, 04:36:57 pm
content: Quote from: free_electron on June 25, 2014, 06:18:06 pmIf they really were the American version, they'd be covered up by the stubbies anyways. Now we can reduce the steel wire brush to a microfibre cloth.

author: Bored@Work
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 26, 2014, 04:52:46 pm
content: Quote from: cleaningOut on June 26, 2014, 03:46:59 amOverdressed?

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 26, 2014, 05:57:12 pm
content: Worse is the guy who keeps his car keys in his budgie smugglers, as he has no other pocket.At least he did not add the wallet as well.