The Duplex by Glenn McCoy for August 17, 2021

You repair them by buying a new one. That’s usually what I tell people when they want their laptop repaired. If it ain’t the hard drive or the fan, there’s little I can affordably do.

Not safely. If you don’t mind risking your life, put the toaster back together and use it.

I’ve dismantled many a gadget in my life. Most of them never worked again.

My best advice is go to the nearest thrift store… they would be sure to have some cheap toasters there….

“The word ‘technology’… means… ‘magic’. It’s basically anything that’s really cool that you don’t know how it works. And if it breaks, you have to buy a new one.” — Strong Bad

I’ve dismantled many gadgets and engines and mostly got them back together!

My best was dismantling a VW engine and replacing the cylinders with over size cylinders

Put the whole thing back together and it ran like a charm with extra horse power!

That was a fun ride!

Sometimes when I need extra parts I take things apart and put them back together again. For example, why use 10 bolts for an oil pan when three or four will work just fine?

Another strip reminding me of how old I am. Just go to the bank and open a new checking account. Boom, new toaster, or can opener.

I should have bought the warranty…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4I3bcDC4rE

Learn to unplug the toaster before working on it is a good lesson.

Hey, I fixed my old coffee pot the same way. I love my new coffee pot.

That outcome isn’t shocking.

True story: Part of my job in Computer Support was fixing PCs and their related hardware. Someone had tried to print some labels on an Epson Dot-Matrix Printer and the labels had wrapped themselves around the platen. I took it apart pretty-much completely, got the labels out, cleaned the platen up, and reassembled the whole thing. But, I had one oddly-shaped doohickey (technical term) left over. I had no idea where it went, so I just tried the printer… and it worked! And it continued to work from that point on. I will never know what the heck that thing was…

That’s screwy!

We needed a new one anyway…..

A “toast” to your new toaster!!!! burp. :)

So the toaster is toast?

What’s to learn? Just stick a fork in it to remove any stuck toast while it is still plugged in. (Just kidding – don’t try that at home!)