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Post by Feologild Oakes on Dec 11, 2020 11:37:39 GMT
what did you fix and what brought you most joy to repair? A bike ( a normal one not a motorcycle) A door Computer A reflecting telescope and other small things. What brought me the most joy to repair ?, Probably the telescope as it took me the longest time to fix.
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Post by marianne48 on Dec 11, 2020 11:54:57 GMT
Yeah, I do some little repairs around the house. YouTube videos can help sometimes. Once I fixed a stuck window by watching a video; another video, starring a boy who looked about 12, showed me how to fix a Keurig coffee maker using not much more than a paper clip. I've also put together furniture, exercise bikes, and roll-out cabinet racks. oh now i am interested in the paper clip solution. what was the problem? (and yeah, i learn from kids all the time these days too! my piano teacher was 13-14 when I started taking classes with her.) Sometimes a Keurig can get clogged so that it stops dripping; it can't be cleaned with a vinegar rinse because the vinegar won't even run through it. The repair involves removing the little spigot plug with needle-nose pliers (there's a little sharp point somewhere in there that pierces the coffee cartridges) and then poking a paper clip inside. There were a few YouTube videos which demonstrated how to do this; the one with the boy was the most clear and concise. It took me just a few minutes to fix, about the same time it yook to watch the video. Thanks, kid!
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Post by Nora on Dec 14, 2020 1:11:14 GMT
oh now i am interested in the paper clip solution. what was the problem? (and yeah, i learn from kids all the time these days too! my piano teacher was 13-14 when I started taking classes with her.) Sometimes a Keurig can get clogged so that it stops dripping; it can't be cleaned with a vinegar rinse because the vinegar won't even run through it. The repair involves removing the little spigot plug with needle-nose pliers (there's a little sharp point somewhere in there that pierces the coffee cartridges) and then poking a paper clip inside. There were a few YouTube videos which demonstrated how to do this; t he one with the boy was the most clear and concise. It took me just a few minutes to fix, about the same time it yook to watch the video. Thanks, kid!how awesome is youtube right? and the people that put tutorials on it. I love that I live in the age of free education thats easily accessible like this, in most countries in the world. I worship wikipedia for example. I learned so much from it and use it a lot and really appreciate it and the work people put into it.
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Post by rachelcarson1953 on Dec 15, 2020 2:11:29 GMT
I am not very manually gifted but I have fixed 3 things in my life. - about 20 years ago I fixed my landline, I opened it up and found some loose wire and tightened it and it started working again - about 10 years ago I fixed my starter key to my Prius, (following a youtube tutorial) - TODAY i fixed MY FRIDGE! this is the best feeling yet. My fridge stopped cooling a week ago and I thought its the end of it since its 10 years old or that I will have to call an expensive repairman, but then internet to the rescue, I once again found a youtube tutorial on how to find and replace a malfunctioning part thats causing my fridge motor to not work properly and I MANAGED to do it. It was pretty exciting to say the least because the color of the wires inside my fridge were different than in the video, but I am proud to say i fixed it and only cost 3 USD for the spare part - starter relay. It a small thing, but for someone like me its incredibly joyful feeling. So… are you the fixer in your house? if so, what brought you the most joy that you ever fixed? Just yesterday, I fixed my glasses with a new screw and nut, using a tiny socket tool. I was raised in a house built by my father, who was a mechanical engineer, and lived through the Great Depression. His motto was, "It's STILL GOOD!" He fixed nearly everything in that house, and I have benefitted from his thought process every day. Most proud of? A large leak in my roof, by sawing out and replacing compromised wood, caulking and re-shingling. My late husband was an electrical engineer, working in telecommunications, and I have fixed my own land line, too. But when it comes to technology... sadly, I never had a good mentor for that. The computer goes to the repair shop. After my Dad died, my mother wanted me to air up her tires, so while I was at it, I showed her how to change a flat tire. She was nearly speechless - she said "How did you know how to do that?" I said, "Dad showed me that when I first started driving in high school." They were married for decades, and she never watched what he did, to learn how to DIY. I was always watching or helping, so I learned. She didn't even know how to plunge a toilet. Happily, she is now in a full-care facility, so I can spend my time fixing things at my house. Latest project - rebuilding the basement door that the goats tore up - they have a "flapper" door into the basement for when it gets super-cold, and as they have grown, they have altered that entrance repeatedly. It's an ongoing challenge - they are very naughty! Every time I work on that, I think about my Dad.
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Post by maxwellperfect on Dec 17, 2020 3:37:02 GMT
I lived alone for the longest time, so I've had to fix things around the house, including broken toilets and other plumbing issues. I remember taking apart a turntable to fix it once. I'm generally pretty proud of myself just for figuring out how to hook up cable and stereo equipment.
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