I am a big fan of duck tape repair method. And the other advice you offer reminds me of the life saying: if all you have in your tool box is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.
A “fixit” story: I had just purchased a socket set with a wide variety of screw-heads, standard and non-standard. Within two weeks of this purchase, I needed it twice. Once for a non-standard screw on my backup computer, and once for a license-plate screw on my car. Of course the car screw was a standard type, but it was rusted in pretty solid, and the new set only had screwdriver socket handles, so I got a hefty socket handle from another socket set, put an adapter from the new set on it, and horsed that baby off of there!
Tools is tools. Some tend to drift to the bottom of the box/drawer for lack of use. But, ya know, some day. So best to just keep everything just in case. Buy once, cry once. I can’t imagine what other uses I might find for a thirty year old guitar capo. I should be interesting. Or desperate.
No WD40? Didn’t you get the “how to be a MAN” manual when you hit puberty? (I say manual, but its more of a pamphlet really). Here, I’ll give it to you now (do NOT show this to women)
Tools: duck tape and WD40. Yep.
Women: 1) the woman is always right; 2) if the woman is wrong, see rule 1
some idiot from R'lyeh Premium Member over 3 years ago
Call it percussive maintenance and it sounds like you know what you’re doing with the hammer.
donut reply over 3 years ago
Rarely when a repair goes wrong and you have to call the “professional repairman”. I hate it when they belittle you for trying to fix it yourself
W Crowley Premium Member over 3 years ago
I am a big fan of duck tape repair method. And the other advice you offer reminds me of the life saying: if all you have in your tool box is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.
ChessPirate over 3 years ago
A “fixit” story: I had just purchased a socket set with a wide variety of screw-heads, standard and non-standard. Within two weeks of this purchase, I needed it twice. Once for a non-standard screw on my backup computer, and once for a license-plate screw on my car. Of course the car screw was a standard type, but it was rusted in pretty solid, and the new set only had screwdriver socket handles, so I got a hefty socket handle from another socket set, put an adapter from the new set on it, and horsed that baby off of there!
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Brent Rosenthal Premium Member over 3 years ago
Wow. You actually have a toolbox?
Doctor Toon over 3 years ago
My wife is better with tools than I am and knows more about how to fix things
She keeps me around for the heavy lifting, and my good looks
Perkycat over 3 years ago
My husband, who has a tool for everything neatly placed in a myriad of tool boxes would probably have a heart attack if I showed him this comic.
Teto85 Premium Member over 3 years ago
You play trombone and yet can’t handle a simple plumbing g job? Probably just an easy washer replacement.
goboboyd over 3 years ago
Tools is tools. Some tend to drift to the bottom of the box/drawer for lack of use. But, ya know, some day. So best to just keep everything just in case. Buy once, cry once. I can’t imagine what other uses I might find for a thirty year old guitar capo. I should be interesting. Or desperate.
Plods with ...™ over 3 years ago
Youtube is a wonderful thing
Indianapolis Smith over 3 years ago
No WD40? Didn’t you get the “how to be a MAN” manual when you hit puberty? (I say manual, but its more of a pamphlet really). Here, I’ll give it to you now (do NOT show this to women)
Tools: duck tape and WD40. Yep.
Women: 1) the woman is always right; 2) if the woman is wrong, see rule 1
Questions?