Bodge JobsIf you can't fix it with a hammer and a roll of duck tape, it's not worth fixing at all, my old mate said minutes before that nasty business with the hammer and a roll of duck tape. Tell us of McGyver-like repairs and whether they were a brilliant success or a health and safety nightmare.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 11:58)
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Super landlord is super.I once lived in a charming flat in a charming tenement in the charmingest end of Glasgow. The occupants of the flat across the landing had done a runner and the leccy board had cut them off for not paying the bill. Our landlord was reluctant to pay the fifty quid to have it reconnected so instead he took an extension cable, wired a plug on both ends, and connected our ring main to that of the neighbours with the cable wrapped along the bannister.
He was very safety conscious - he put a little sticky label on the plug saying "please do not remove".
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:33,
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ErrrHope you weren't paying the leccy bill.
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We didn't even pay the rent after that.We reported him to the local council anti-death-trap squad and started looking for something a little more des res.
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 16:04,
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Well ejected out of that situation.(, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 16:50, closed)
Damn.I was about to be "clever" and point out that you should have lived there rent free whilst you looked for something less likely to burn down or electrocute you.
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Straight out of TrainspottingThis exact situation well described (albeit from the other end of the cable) by Irv Welsh as one of the stories in Trainspotting that didn't make it into the movie.
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