I needed to replace a drop target on my pinball game. When I was buying the drop target at the parts store, the proprietor said, “And you’ll also need the special tool to install it correctly.” He showed me the tool. It cost $9.95. I took a look at the tool–a good look–and declined. I just bought the drop target.
I went home, and bent a paper clip into the same shape as the tool. Then, I successfully replaced the drop target. No ten-dollar tool necessary.
Ah yes, my dad and his late father in law had an on going joke about the 101 uses of an artfully bent paperclip. I don’t remember any now (except the obvious one of pushing a recessed reset button on a piece of electrical equipment) but I have also found this to be true in my own life.
That’s what made it so interesting!
Thank you, I’m glad it was interesting to somebody!
I just remembered a trivial and simple fix I came up with, many many years ago when I shared a house with two others.
One of them remarked that it seemed troublesome that one should have to wash a kitchen utensil if had only gotten wet with plain water (like, if you had used a measuring cup to measure out some water).
I suggested, “If it only got water on it, maybe you don’t have to wash it.”
One could have almost seen the light going on in his head.
@purplehorseshoe, I’ve done that previously, but this is a north-facing window and doesn’t get enough light in winter for most plants (or it would be full of oregano). But I like the idea of adding something a bit unusual to the view.
That’s terrific. My ex had an airing cupboard that was upstairs with the bathroom boiler (and was too small) but the washer was downstairs beyond the shower portion of a bathroom and right next to a toilet. I would drape laundry up and down the hallway in order to dry clothes without them getting mildew while waiting for space in the airing cupboard.
This was an old farm manager’s home that hand been split into two residences and then each residence eventually added on to the back. He thought it was charming; but charm in this home was very inconvenient.
The difficulty with doing that is that most bathrooms (UK obvs) don’t have plug sockets, especially not full power ones. I think some bathrooms in very new homes do have them, but with older ones it’d be difficult to get one put in.