JOEPRO
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I think most members on here are similar in that you can take stuff apart and figure out what's wrong and fix it. For me I always was curious on how stuff worked and even at 3 years old I was taking apart my watches etc to see how they worked
I took apart and fixed our dishwasher yesterday it had a burnt wire and dry solder joint. Not a difficult task but I do wonder how many people would have just junked it as a result and not even tried.
Case in point recently where I spotted a diesel heater FS locally. I took it home and fixed it, it was a great deal but when I was in the guys garage (he was late 50s I think) I noticed the wires were hanging out of the 13 amp plug! He said "I was going to take that somewhere and get it changed but didn't get around to it"
I asked why didn't he just open the plug and fix it himself and he said "I've never wired a plug before".
I get that alot at work etc of, oh your one of those annoying types that can fix anything....
It's just bizarre that some people have no interest in fixing stuff for themselves. And also when you can fix stuff you tend to get a name for it and get people asking you to "throw brake discs in their car some Saturday morning" type thing.
I tend to get asked alot of favours by family and friends - does this happen to handy types on here and how do you deal with it? I find that I have little or no time to work on my own stuff let alone others and sometimes they do take advantage of me!
I took apart and fixed our dishwasher yesterday it had a burnt wire and dry solder joint. Not a difficult task but I do wonder how many people would have just junked it as a result and not even tried.
Case in point recently where I spotted a diesel heater FS locally. I took it home and fixed it, it was a great deal but when I was in the guys garage (he was late 50s I think) I noticed the wires were hanging out of the 13 amp plug! He said "I was going to take that somewhere and get it changed but didn't get around to it"
I asked why didn't he just open the plug and fix it himself and he said "I've never wired a plug before".
I get that alot at work etc of, oh your one of those annoying types that can fix anything....
It's just bizarre that some people have no interest in fixing stuff for themselves. And also when you can fix stuff you tend to get a name for it and get people asking you to "throw brake discs in their car some Saturday morning" type thing.
I tend to get asked alot of favours by family and friends - does this happen to handy types on here and how do you deal with it? I find that I have little or no time to work on my own stuff let alone others and sometimes they do take advantage of me!