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mully
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 Posted - 22/08/2012 : 14:20:04
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That's maybe not the right term, but anyway.....whatever the term is where manufacturers make it as F**KING DIFFICULT AS POSSIBLE, if not COMPLETELY IMPOSSIBLE, to repair things.
TGLM has some hair straighteners. Reputable make, not cheap tat. They're not working as they should, the power light is flickering, and it's obvious to me that there's a loose connection. Not to worry - I am a man built ah say BUILT for faffing about with stuff, so I'll have a go at fixing them. Right - assorted screwdrivers, Allen keys, soldering iron etc. duly assembled on the table, sleeves rolled up, ready for action.
The bloody screws have a head I've never seen before. It's like a slot screw, but it has a raised bit along the slot making it impossible to insert a normal screwdriver, Phillips, Posidriv, Torx or any other feckin' screwdriver I have. I can't open the cover, so I can't fix it. I've a good mind to head for our nearest tool emporium and seek out a screwdriver to fit, just to spite the piggin' designers of these things.
If I can't get the cover off, the straighteners will end up in the bin, then on a landfill site somewhere. What a waste of resources! And we're always being harangued about recycling, saving resources etc.
It's a load of oul' bollix. Government doesn't want us to save resources. It pays lip service to the idea but it's really just a load of oul' bollix to put on a manifesto.
Carry on.
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"Jayz mully, you're like the Django of the internet!" - scottser on the Drumming Ireland forum |
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beezerk
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Captain Bubble
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Posted - 22/08/2012 : 14:35:22
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I fecks me off too when fecked things are deliberately designed to be un-repairable. Luckily those fecked-slot screws can be disembuggerficaterised by hacksawing a notch in a well-used screwdriver.
Sometimes cables fatigue around the point where they enter the appliance. Reiforce this area before it's too late by building up Hot Melt Glue on the junction area. It might look like an invisible giant with a bad cold has sneezed all over it, but it works! |
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sludge
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Posted - 22/08/2012 : 14:49:50
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security screws, there are selection packs of them at screwfix etc but as said slotted screwdriver adaptation is good for this type, but then a man of your faffability will be there already  |
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mully
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Posted - 22/08/2012 : 14:52:06
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Originally posted by Captain Bubble
I fecks me off too
Really? I'm not that supple.
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when fecked things are deliberately designed to be un-repairable. Luckily those fecked-slot screws can be disembuggerficaterised by hacksawing a notch in a well-used screwdriver.
Excellent idea! I shall rummage for an old screwdriver. Then I might feck me off too, if I can get round to it.
Stephen |
MD Fount of All Wisdom for Life and Extraordinary Amusement Officer of the forum's Sonor Delite Appreciation Society.
"Jayz mully, you're like the Django of the internet!" - scottser on the Drumming Ireland forum |
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Captain Bubble
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Posted - 22/08/2012 : 15:20:08
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Excellent idea! I shall rummage for an old screwdriver. Then I might feck me off too, if I can get round to it.Stephen
get a Round Toit from Screwfecks. |
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martydrums
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Posted - 22/08/2012 : 15:34:35
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| I hate this sort of thing too. Recently had a fault with Mrs martydrums steam iron. Piggin torx style "security" screws with a pin in the middle that renders normal torx useless. Few days later. fault with the vacum cleaner. Same security screws! Found a set of the appropriate security torx on line for under £5 and fixed both devices no problem! Barsteward manufacturers would have had us buying new replacements for both appliances (the vacuum cleaner costing a few hundred squids!) |
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smailesy
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Posted - 22/08/2012 : 16:00:53
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Chuck em away Steve!
Fecked hair straighteners have been responsible for lots of house fires in the past few years.
I'm just showing I care! |
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monkeythedrummer
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Captain Bubble
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Posted - 22/08/2012 : 17:24:16
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Good article there. I have to admit I am getting increasingly concerned about the number of "things" we each seem to have, their shortening life, and particularly the effect that this has on our planet. When I were a lad we had a record player and a radio, later we added a TV. Then each member of each family started "needing" their own radio, their own hi-fi, computer, VHS, DVD, game equipment, phone/mobile, Kindle etc.. The number of things we have is growing, their life is decreasing, we are feeling the pinch so we buy ever more cheap oriental products which are barely worth the materials and energy which made them.
Even recycling all this stuff is a problem for the planet; it seems we are being green by taking all our broken products to the recycling centre, but so much energy is needed to process it, bung it trucks, drive to the docks and ship to wherever it all goes. Once there more energy is needed to melt or otherwise re-process it, and more materials and energy needed to make the plant which does the recycling.
Very worrying. |
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monkeythedrummer
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Posted - 22/08/2012 : 17:49:27
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Originally posted by Captain Bubble
Good article there. I have to admit I am getting increasingly concerned about the number of "things" we each seem to have, their shortening life, and particularly the effect that this has on our planet. When I were a lad we had a record player and a radio, later we added a TV. Then each member of each family started "needing" their own radio, their own hi-fi, computer, VHS, DVD, game equipment, phone/mobile, Kindle etc.. The number of things we have is growing, their life is decreasing, we are feeling the pinch so we buy ever more cheap oriental products which are barely worth the materials and energy which made them.
Even recycling all this stuff is a problem for the planet; it seems we are being green by taking all our broken products to the recycling centre, but so much energy is needed to process it, bung it trucks, drive to the docks and ship to wherever it all goes. Once there more energy is needed to melt or otherwise re-process it, and more materials and energy needed to make the plant which does the recycling.
Very worrying.
You are quite right. Recycling is far better than landfill, but simply not buying something is better still.
I'm about to get a new house, and I really want pretty much all the things to be made to last, so instead of filling it up with cheaper stuff I'm just going to go slowly and wait until I can afford good stuff.
In the last two years I've gone through two cheap bathroom scales which broke for no good reason (stop it...), and countless other cheaper argos goods.
And whilst it is good to recycling, sometimes you can't seperate out the metals/plastics etc.
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Captain Bubble
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Posted - 22/08/2012 : 17:59:18
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| The problem with not buying stuff is that our virtually global consumer society needs everyone to buy stuff to keep everyone in jobs! |
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Dezzie
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Posted - 22/08/2012 : 20:22:06
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| Heh-heh.. Thought i'd do the same with a cheap blender i bought online.. feckin' thing had'nt been assembled properly. Went to take the sodding thing apart only to find the screw-heads "delta" shaped.. had evry other shaped driver but delta, ffs, what will they think of next.. Sine waved, Swastika, Star-of-David what WHAT!? |
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teethmeister
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Brigham
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Posted - 23/08/2012 : 14:08:56
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quote:
Originally posted by Captain Bubble
Good article there. I have to admit I am getting increasingly concerned about the number of "things" we each seem to have, their shortening life, and particularly the effect that this has on our planet. When I were a lad we had a record player and a radio, later we added a TV. Then each member of each family started "needing" their own radio, their own hi-fi, computer, VHS, DVD, game equipment, phone/mobile, Kindle etc.. The number of things we have is growing, their life is decreasing, we are feeling the pinch so we buy ever more cheap oriental products which are barely worth the materials and energy which made them.
Even recycling all this stuff is a problem for the planet; it seems we are being green by taking all our broken products to the recycling centre, but so much energy is needed to process it, bung it trucks, drive to the docks and ship to wherever it all goes. Once there more energy is needed to melt or otherwise re-process it, and more materials and energy needed to make the plant which does the recycling.
Very worrying.
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Mapex 15th Anniversary Pro-M 22,10,12,14
Yamaha Stage Custom Advantage 22,12,13,16
Zildjian, Istanbul, Stagg |
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