SpaRHawK
05-28-2009, 08:54 PM
* If you can't find a screwdriver, use a knife. If you break off the tip, it's an improved screwdriver.
* Try to work alone. An audience is rarely any help.
* Despite what you may have been told by your mother, praying and cursing are both helpful in home repair ... but only if you are working alone.
* Work in the kitchen whenever you can ... many fine tools are there, its warm and dry, and you are close to the fridge.
* If it's electronic, get a new one ... or consult a twelve-year-old.
* Stay simple minded: Get a new battery; replace the bulb or fuse; see if the tank is empty; try turning it to the "on" switch; or just paint over it.
* Always take credit for miracles. If you dropped the alarm clock while taking it apart and it suddenly starts working, you have healed it.
* Regardless of what people say, kicking, pounding, and throwing sometimes DOES help.
* If something looks level, it is level.
* If at first you don't succeed, redefine success.
* Above all, if what you've done is stupid, but it works, then it isn't stupid.
* Try to work alone. An audience is rarely any help.
* Despite what you may have been told by your mother, praying and cursing are both helpful in home repair ... but only if you are working alone.
* Work in the kitchen whenever you can ... many fine tools are there, its warm and dry, and you are close to the fridge.
* If it's electronic, get a new one ... or consult a twelve-year-old.
* Stay simple minded: Get a new battery; replace the bulb or fuse; see if the tank is empty; try turning it to the "on" switch; or just paint over it.
* Always take credit for miracles. If you dropped the alarm clock while taking it apart and it suddenly starts working, you have healed it.
* Regardless of what people say, kicking, pounding, and throwing sometimes DOES help.
* If something looks level, it is level.
* If at first you don't succeed, redefine success.
* Above all, if what you've done is stupid, but it works, then it isn't stupid.