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Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

Curmudgeoness

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1. Kudos to you.

Reply to Fumesucker (Original post)

Sat Jan 7, 2012, 10:05 PM

Jan 2012

I wish I had any engineering ability. I do try to fix all that I think I can handle, and I usually still get myself into a jam.

We need more people like you!

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Learned an interesting and handy new term the other day, kind of the opposite of unobtainium.. [View all] Fumesucker Jan 2012 OP

Kudos to you. Curmudgeoness Jan 2012 #1

There's an old saying amongst us technical types.. Fumesucker Jan 2012 #5

Oh......my.......god! Curmudgeoness Jan 2012 #8

I've worked around electricity for years, and nothing like that has ever bitten me. dimbear Feb 2012 #11

I bet you know what you are doing too, huh? Curmudgeoness Feb 2012 #12

It's remarkable how many volts there are in some old radios. dimbear Feb 2012 #13

Love it! kristopher Jan 2012 #2

LOL brilliant Joe Shlabotnik Jan 2012 #3

It's a very worthwhile skill! Phentex Jan 2012 #4

Here's my most ambitious scrapbinium project.. Fumesucker Jan 2012 #7

You have the cleanest machine shop I have ever seen. Curmudgeoness Jan 2012 #9

Looks like an inventor's dream tool on the cheap wtmusic Jan 2012 #10

How did I miss this thread first time 'round? lumberjack_jeff Nov 2013 #14

Many Amazon reviews of products made in China include the repairs needed. freshwest Jan 2012 #6