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Post by sawduster on Jan 18, 2010 13:11:19 GMT -6
A week or two back the pull cord on the gas blower seemed to jam up with most of the cord hanging out. Figured I'd get it out in the shop, take it apart as needed to get to the reel and fix it when I got some time. We've had our share of winter here for the intervening time from then till today, so I went out to the shed to get it and bring it into the shop but noticed that the cord seemed to be fully retracted. Checked it, and sure enough, what ever had been stuck inside got unstuck and it was good to go. Maybe I ought to move my shop out to the storage shed cause it seems to have gremlins that fix things rather than the ones in the shop that are always hiding things from me. ;D
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Post by deepsplinter on Jan 18, 2010 14:03:02 GMT -6
Oh, I give most everything that's broken a chance to fix themselves. I've been known to wait a year or more. About one time out of a thousand, they'll get tired of waiting on me, and fix themselves.  Except water leaks....roof, plumbing, whatever. Ya gotta get on those or your troubles will multiply quickly. |
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Post by TDHofstetter on Jan 26, 2010 22:16:35 GMT -6
When I was a little kid, I became known for an odd little phenomenon: Something'd not be working, and I'd open it up to investigate. I was too young to know anything about what I saw in there; it was more for the learning process than anything else. The oddness came in when I closed it (whatever it was) back up again - it'd always work afterwards, with no fixing, cleaning, oiling, nothing... just looking. Later on, folks started noticing that stuff'd very often start working again if I just handled it without opening it up at all. The clothes dryer here very reliably hangs up (won't shut off), every time... except when I start it & watch it for a couple minutes. Every time I do that, it shuts itself off right on time. We call it the "manger effect".  Doesn't work for everything, of course. I still gotta' repair or replace worn-out or broken parts. Sure happens a LOT, though. |
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Post by admin on Jan 27, 2010 2:53:37 GMT -6
When I was a little kid, I became known for an odd little phenomenon: Something'd not be working, and I'd open it up to investigate. I was too young to know anything about what I saw in there; it was more for the learning process than anything else. The oddness came in when I closed it (whatever it was) back up again - it'd always work afterwards, with no fixing, cleaning, oiling, nothing... just looking. Later on, folks started noticing that stuff'd very often start working again if I just handled it without opening it up at all. The clothes dryer here very reliably hangs up (won't shut off), every time... except when I start it & watch it for a couple minutes. Every time I do that, it shuts itself off right on time. We call it the "manger effect". Doesn't work for everything, of course. I still gotta' repair or replace worn-out or broken parts. Sure happens a LOT, though. [Star Wars]The Force is strong with you.[/Star Wars] /me swings lightsaber like a Jedi, accidentally lops off his own foot. Limps away in shame. |
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Post by sawduster on Jan 27, 2010 8:50:15 GMT -6
When I was a little kid, I became known for an odd little phenomenon: Something'd not be working, and I'd open it up to investigate. I was too young to know anything about what I saw in there; it was more for the learning process than anything else. The oddness came in when I closed it (whatever it was) back up again - it'd always work afterwards, with no fixing, cleaning, oiling, nothing... just looking. Later on, folks started noticing that stuff'd very often start working again if I just handled it without opening it up at all. The clothes dryer here very reliably hangs up (won't shut off), every time... except when I start it & watch it for a couple minutes. Every time I do that, it shuts itself off right on time. We call it the "manger effect". Doesn't work for everything, of course. I still gotta' repair or replace worn-out or broken parts. Sure happens a LOT, though. Just the opposite with me, I take apart something that is working just fine, and it never works again. ;D |
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Post by lexrex on Jan 28, 2010 11:05:53 GMT -6
That bosch router I have, the bearings fixed themselves. More likely whatever was causing the racket fell out, but still... I wrestled with an HP deskjet that would break and fix itself regularly. Just when I was ready to heave it out of the 2nd story window it would start printing like there had never been a problem. It has since been replaced by an Epson but it went a year from the time it first "broke" until it's last page.... |
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