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[Thomas Shey]

At our previous house, 30+ years ago, my grand uncle installed a replacement garbage disposal. After some time & heavy use, it finally died, and we had to get it replaced.

The plumber started working on it, but soon ran into a problem. It took him a MUCH longer time than expected and an impressive amount of profanities to remove the broken appliance. When he finally succeeded, he looked more closely at where he’d been working, and exclaimed, “What stupid *#%¥$§ superglued the pipes together?”

I'm not very mechanically competent. I was even worse in my younger days (when putting together a version of myself for the game system Aftermath, which besides attributes had aptitudes, I gave myself a Mechanical of -2; I'm probably up to a +1 after many years (the range was -2 to +20). I'm quite prone to what I think of as "hillbilly ingenuity" when repairing some basic things (I absolutely will not do this with anything involving electricity, or water). I try when doing that to keep firmly in mind that at some point someone (possibly me) will have to remove the ruddy thing again...

 

[Scribe]

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I dont want to work. I dont want to diet. I dont want to work out. I dont want to do renos. I really dont want to diet.

I just want to work on my Elf Games!

 

[payn]

All this talk about DIY house projects hits too close to home. My electric dry wet stopped heating so I took it apart. Ordered new heating element. Tuned the motor and then decided to buy a new belt because th e old one is frayed.

Taking a peak at the cost of a new dryer made all that seem like a bargain!

 

[RealAlHazred]

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I dont want to work. I dont want to diet. I dont want to work out. I dont want to do renos. I really dont want to diet.

I just want to work on my Elf Games!

 

[pukunui]

So the charity I work for is closing down this year. I'll be losing my job ("made redundant" as they say around here) at the end of the month - the day before my birthday, in fact. Yay.

Been searching for a new job since the middle of last year, but in much more earnest since the start of this year. I've had one job interview so far. Unfortunately, most of the jobs at my pay scale or above that are out there are either managerial or specialist roles, and I am neither of those. (Most of my experience is in admin, project support, and graphic design.)

I'm feeling fine mentally. With my GP's guidance, I increased my antidepressant dosage at the end of January, so I'm feeling buoyed by that extra bit of seratonin. But if I'm not able to find a new job by the end of the month, things are going to get tough financially ...

Just wanted to rant a little bit.