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(46,291 posts) Fri May 2, 2014, 01:17 PM May 2014

Anyone here "fix" electronics for some dummy?

I mean people who have no idea what they are doing, like this customer.

My Dad during the 1960's fixed TV's, he had one woman who couldn't get her brand-new color TV to work.
Until my Dad plugged it in.

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Anyone here "fix" electronics for some dummy? (Original Post) Archae May 2014 OP

Walked into a classoom to resolve a whistler162 May 2014 #1

Hey, back in the 70's... Wounded Bear May 2014 #2

whistler162

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1. Walked into a classoom to resolve a

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Fri May 2, 2014, 01:20 PM

May 2014

issue with a Smartboard, video whiteboard. Plugged it in and left. Likely the cleaning crew or a young student, Elementary school, had unplugged it.

Wounded Bear

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2. Hey, back in the 70's...

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Fri May 2, 2014, 01:29 PM

May 2014

the best (probably apochryphal) failure mode reported on the radar system I worked on was:

Radar Inoperable with ON/OFF switch in Over Field Flight mode.

(We actually respected our air crews a bit more than that would indicate, but, yeah.)

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