Yesterday, I ordered a bench mounted smoke absorber from Farnell, so that I can continue the hobby without getting all sick from the solder fumes.
It’s coming today and the communication has been excellent. Ordering the thing was a bit of a hassle, but I learned something along the way.
I put the order in but became stuck on the country code, which was a required field.
UK - please enter a valid country code
United Kingdom - please enter a valid country code
+44 - please enter a valid country code
WTF?
I had to go and look up the ISO country code for the United Kingdom, which is 826.
I put that in the field and the order went through no problem.
I hope I got it right or the smoke absorber might end up in St Nevis and the Grenadines.
I’m as thick as shit sometimes. Must be my age.
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Cressy Snr
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That would have caused me a headache as well Steve.
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Never 'erd of it sonny. I'll (try) and 'member.
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Were you on the UK Farnell site? I have never been asked that when getting stuff from them. BTW, I suspect the code it was looking for was GB or GBR, that's what maps to 826.
I think the main reason why Europeans no longer want to travel to the USA is the big time difference. For me, it's now 7pm. In the USA it's now 1933.
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Yes I was on the UK site. uk.farnell.com, and your'e probably right. I never thought of GB or GBR. Thick as mince!Nick wrote: Thu Nov 27, 2025 6:09 pm Were you on the UK Farnell site? I have never been asked that when getting stuff from them. BTW, I suspect the code it was looking for was GB or GBR, that's what maps to 826.
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Anyway, the smoke absorber arrived today at 12:30.