The theater I worked at had outrageously high light fixtures and the time I tried to change one of the bulbs by using the super-super-super tall ladder I nearly died of fright. We had one of those bulb-changing extension poles but it had a flattish suction cup and the bulbs where spherical, so they didn’t stick. There was enough traction to unscrew the bulb and let it fall and hopefully fall into a seat but not enough to hold the fresh bulb in place while hoisting it up to the fixture. Long story short (too late!) I was able to divise a claw-like attachment out of a wire hanger that was tight enough to hold the new bulb in place and screw it into the light fixture but flexible enough to release the bulb when I pulled it away. That’s the only one I can think of now, but I’m always rigging stuff up because I’m too cheap or lazy to go buy an equivalent
We struck down evil with the mighty sword of “teamwork” and the hammer of “not bickering.”
“I know it’s probably a rather common one, but I once replaced a snapped fan belt with one of my girlfriends stockings to get the car to the nearest garage without overheating. Had to pay her for the damn stockings too… one would think this kind of ingenuity (sp?) would be more appreciated”
Not likely, Coldfire. She’d just spent an hour sawing through the fan belt with her nailfile to get the two of you stranded on that lonely, dark road…
Well, first of all you need some plastic wrap (extra strength, if you’ve got it), and at least a pound or two of roofing nails. You’ll also want to purchase an airtight coffin (cheap is fine) and some steel-toed boots if you’re clumsy. Next, you’ll need an Epilady, some Zatarain’s jambalaya mix, two or three tubes of superglue, and at least one pair of blow-up/weight-loss pants.
Oh yeah, a carafe of vaseline is always a nice touch.
Did I forget anything? ( )
StoryTyler
“Not everybody does it, but everybody should.”
Well, first of all you need some plastic wrap (extra strength, if you’ve got it), and at least a pound or two of roofing nails. You’ll also want to purchase an airtight coffin (cheap is fine) and some steel-toed boots if you’re clumsy. Next, you’ll need an Epilady, some Zatarain’s jambalaya mix, two or three tubes of superglue, and at least one pair of blow-up/weight-loss pants.
Oh yeah, a carafe of vaseline is always a nice touch.
Did I forget anything? ( )
StoryTyler
“Not everybody does it, but everybody should.”
Well, first of all you need some plastic wrap (extra strength, if you’ve got it), and at least a pound or two of roofing nails. You’ll also want to purchase an airtight coffin (cheap is fine) and some steel-toed boots if you’re clumsy. Next, you’ll need an Epilady, some Zatarain’s jambalaya mix, two or three tubes of superglue, and at least one pair of blow-up/weight-loss pants.
Oh yeah, a carafe of vaseline is always a nice touch.
Did I forget anything? ( )
StoryTyler
“Not everybody does it, but everybody should.”
Well, I’ve got a big potted palm tree in my living room. Son # 2 kept going over to it and scooping out the dirt and eating it. I bought some metal window screening and cut it and tied it so that it surrounded the tree trunk and allowed us to water it, but kept the little devil from continuing his geophagy.
“Sherlock Holmes once said that once you have eliminated the
impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be
the answer. I, however, do not like to eliminate the impossible.
The impossible often has a kind of integrity to it that the merely improbable lacks.”
– Douglas Adams’s Dirk Gently, Holistic Detective
Replaced ruptured fuel pump diaphram with piece of rubber from inner tube in spare tire. This was a side of the road repair. Today I would pick up cell phone and call AAA.
I once replaced a snotty, lazy, upper-level specialist who quit with a sincere, hard working, lower-level clerk we had. That clerk turned out the best work I’d ever seen from that specialist position. Just amazing. I guess you never know the potential of the people around you until you take a chance and let them grow.
And I’m still trying to picture a “carafe of Vaseline”. Very weird image.
