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My rice cooker didn't want to go from warm to cook. I unscrewed two screws, asked it what to do, pushed a bit on a flex contact and put the screws back in. Now it works. I don't think the flex thingy helped, I truly believe it was my looking at the innards and asking respectfully what I could do to help.

What have you just ****ing fixed lately?

Hehehehe Good for you! That rice cooker might stay with you for years now.

My ice maker dropped a screw. I've looked everywhere to find where it came from with no luck. I'm thinking it might actually be an egg it's laid.

Can somebody tell me why a person of supposed intelligence has to use abusive language as demonstrated in the OP. It isn't clever, is it? I personally find it offensive, as I'm sure many others do.

I fixed a f***in leak under my sink. The gooseneck had a hole or split in it. I took it off, got an upper radiator hose off a junk car in my yard, along with a couple hose clamps, and replaced the gooseneck with that. Was still on there years later when I sold the f***in house.

G#Gill;1377573 wrote: Can somebody tell me why a person of supposed intelligence has to use abusive language as demonstrated in the OP. It isn't clever, is it? I personally find it offensive, as I'm sure many others do.
Oh FFS!! They're asterisks. You imagination offends you.

I unknotted a delicate necklace chain using a straight pin a few days ago. That was pretty technical for me and certainly vital to my happiness that day!! :yh_wink

Accountable;1377578 wrote: Oh FFS!! They're asterisks. You imagination offends you.


Everybody knows why there are asterisks, so don't try to be clever with me! I just think it is sad that some people have not got the command of the English language - that they feel they have to endorse their feelings with such unnecessarily offensive words. I have noticed that even spot doesn't need to use offensive words to put a point across !

G#Gill;1377583 wrote: Everybody knows why there are asterisks, so don't try to be clever with me! I just think it is sad that some people have not got the command of the English language - that they feel they have to endorse their feelings with such unnecessarily offensive words. I have noticed that even spot doesn't need to use offensive words to put a point across !Do you have anything on topic that you would like to add to this thread headed by a clever, whimsical, and altogether charming OP? If not, your remarks offend me and I'd appreciate your butting out.

hoppy;1377575 wrote: I fixed a f***in leak under my sink. The gooseneck had a hole or split in it. I took it off, got an upper radiator hose off a junk car in my yard, along with a couple hose clamps, and replaced the gooseneck with that. Was still on there years later when I sold the f***in house.Huh, I would have ****in' thought you'd just shot the ****in' thing and gotten **** all over the ****in' place, the ****in' hillbilly you are.

Accountable;1377586 wrote: Do you have anything on topic that you would like to add to this thread headed by a clever, whimsical, and altogether charming OP? If not, your remarks offend me and I'd appreciate your butting out.


Well I thought I was on topic with trying to fix it that people avoid using unnecessarily offensive words ! I'm not sure which of my remarks could have offended you though, as none were directed at you specifically, and none were offensive in any case.

G#Gill;1377591 wrote: Well I thought I was on topic with trying to fix it that people avoid using unnecessarily offensive words ! I'm not sure which of my remarks could have offended you though, as none were directed at you specifically, and none were offensive in any case.Words don't offend me. Asterisks certainly hold no sway over me, either. You're unnecessarily dragging the thread off-topic and trying to stop the innocent fun, which offends me, and I will now beg forgiveness from Koan for assisting you, and stop.

Sometimes, machines just want a little attention. They get tired of being taken for granted.

My car is like that. Every now and again, it starts acting up, or won't start.

I open the hood, wiggle a couple of wires, check the oil, maybe look in the radiator, and then close the hood, get back in the car.

It behaves rather well, after that, and I have no more problems for months.

The shop can never find anything wrong when I take it in.

Ahso!;1377589 wrote: Huh, I would have ****in' thought you'd just shot the ****in' thing and gotten **** all over the ****in' place, the ****in' hillbilly you are.


You lyin' piece o' s**t, you ain't had a real thought in your f***in life.

Y'all need to lighten the **** up.

Yeah, I took apart our dryer because it was making a squealing sound. I found that one of the idler wheels that support the back of the drum had completely seized and then disintegrated. The axle post was still there, though, and as I looked at the remains of the wheel, I noticed that it was the same size and shape as the wheels on my old inline roller skates.

Viola! American ingenuity at it's best!:wah:

Saint_;1377616 wrote: Yeah, I took apart our dryer because it was making a squealing sound. I found that one of the idler wheels that support the back of the drum had completely seized and then disintegrated. The axle post was still there, though, and as I looked at the remains of the wheel, I noticed that it was the same size and shape as the wheels on my old inline roller skates.

Viola! American ingenuity at it's best!:wah:


Bravo!!

Where I come from, we call that Georgia Engineering.

Though usually, that involves duct tape and bailing wire.

Accountable;1377568 wrote: Hehehehe Good for you! That rice cooker might stay with you for years now.

My ice maker dropped a screw. I've looked everywhere to find where it came from with no luck. I'm thinking it might actually be an egg it's laid.
lol! as long as it's still making ice you're good. If it stops I'd just hold the screw out as an offering.



hoppy;1377575 wrote: I fixed a f***in leak under my sink. The gooseneck had a hole or split in it. I took it off, got an upper radiator hose off a junk car in my yard, along with a couple hose clamps, and replaced the gooseneck with that. Was still on there years later when I sold the f***in house.
Sweet! It's just a matter of assessing what materials are at your ****ing disposal



tabby;1377581 wrote: I unknotted a delicate necklace chain using a straight pin a few days ago. That was pretty technical for me and certainly vital to my happiness that day!! :yh_wink
OMG I think I break a sweat more fixing fiddly little things than I do mending a fence. Well done!



Accountable;1377593 wrote: Words don't offend me. Asterisks certainly hold no sway over me, either. You're unnecessarily dragging the thread off-topic and trying to stop the innocent fun, which offends me, and I will now beg forgiveness from Koan for assisting you, and stop.
I found it rather entertaining and can relate it to topic as thus:

I had to fix a ripped seam on some slippers and they sat for a few days until I was good and ready to fix it with the appropriate, planned tools and thread. My rice cooker wasn't working and I wanted it to work 25 minutes ago when I started making dinner so I grabbed a screwdriver and just ****ing fixed it on the spot.

As such, the expletive is essential to describing the mood of the action. Hopefully our resident prude will recognize that, when writing, it's useful to have all words at your disposal. I prefer not to discriminate against them.



LarsMac;1377595 wrote: Sometimes, machines just want a little attention. They get tired of being taken for granted.

My car is like that. Every now and again, it starts acting up, or won't start.

I open the hood, wiggle a couple of wires, check the oil, maybe look in the radiator, and then close the hood, get back in the car.

It behaves rather well, after that, and I have no more problems for months.

The shop can never find anything wrong when I take it in.
That's exactly how a ****ing fix works! Bravo!!

Saint_;1377616 wrote: Yeah, I took apart our dryer because it was making a squealing sound. I found that one of the idler wheels that support the back of the drum had completely seized and then disintegrated. The axle post was still there, though, and as I looked at the remains of the wheel, I noticed that it was the same size and shape as the wheels on my old inline roller skates.

Viola! American ingenuity at it's best!:wah:
That's awesome! Who'd have thunk??