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If 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.

(I helped save b3ta! Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 11:58)
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I refuse to get anything fixed if it can be bodged...
My washing machine: Must be thumped firmly, in a precise location, before it accepts the door is shut
My tuba case: Consists mostly of gaffer tape
My trumpet: Can only be tuned using an adjustable spanner and some cunning lever action
My piano: top octave only works if end of keyboard bound up with a cable, and tightened immediately before use. Some keys must be dextrously flicked upwards following playing to return them to their normal position.
My TV: must not ever be turned off completely or it takes considerable skill and patience to reanimate
My oven: has no outer door/handle and can only be operated with oven gloves. Also all markings worn off, so temperature set by guesswork.

The thing is, I'm not superwealthy or anything, but I could afford to replace all of these now, without getting near my overdraft. But coming from a poor background, it just goes against every fibre of my being to replace anything that can possibly be made to function. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is exactly WHY I could afford to replace them. A more normal person would've gone bankrupt years ago.

The best possible situation in life is to have more resources than your parents did. Life seems laughably easy.

EDIT: My god this sounds smug. It's not intended to be smug. It's a genuine tribute to the joys of bodging, and why it actually makes life better. Most of my life is actually rubbish...
(I helped save b3ta! prince-igor si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses, Mon 14 Mar 2011, 13:53, 5 replies)
Hear, hear, I say.
That is all.
(ThomsonsPier consumes, Mon 14 Mar 2011, 14:21, closed)
My first flat had an oven with no markings.
I baked a sugar thermometer and calibrated the dial with a marker pen.
(I helped save b3ta! M3rx likes the Asian ladies, Mon 14 Mar 2011, 15:21, closed)
I like this idea a lot.

(I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 14 Mar 2011, 15:53, closed)
^click^

(I helped save b3ta! SteamedCleaner, Tue 15 Mar 2011, 12:41, closed)
You play the tuba?
My perfect man.
(TDub Nunc id vides, nunc ne vides on, Tue 15 Mar 2011, 4:08, closed)

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