Fixing things like a manly man, manly glow everywhere

Shiraz 4.99 · 13-08-2014 09:47AM #1

I'm on a dream run at present.

Cigarette lighter 12V sockets went in the missus car, just a fuse but working out which one & what size required all my googling skills, saved us a trip to the garage & cost 50c.

Washing machine wasn't draining so I was able to remove the pump & clean out all the crap, hey presto, good as new washing machine where herself was about to throw it out.

Cooker kept tripping out, got it out, removed the back & saw the spark shorting across the fan element contacts, 20 quid new part instead of an €80 call out fee.

Missus fancy new laptop only started up intermittently, she was taking it back to Currys, I updated the drivers & Bios & now it's working perfectly.

All this fixing prowess has bought me much improved respect from herself & has me glowing in manliness.
Regale me with tales of proving your manhood.

westmidlands · 13-08-2014 09:50AM

Donal!!!

kneemos · 13-08-2014 09:50AM

You need a tool belt dude.

Turtyturd · 13-08-2014 09:52AM

Coat hanger/rack fell off the wall.....6 months later the plaster boards fixing is half screwed into the wall and coats are 'strategically' placed around the house.

ruthloss · 13-08-2014 09:53AM

I just replaced a washer on the kitchen tap., Oh wait!

Buona Fortuna · 13-08-2014 09:53AM

Our dryer packed up. Everytime you switched it on it shorted the whole house.

Asked brother in law, who had similar. Took off the panels including the one saying "authorised repairer only". The thing was full of sopping wet cotton waste. Scooped it all out. Dried the rest out with a hair dryer. Works fine and saved me 200 squids on a new one

fizzypish · 13-08-2014 09:56AM

Moved house and ended up having to buy furniture. Carrying the wardrobe up the stairs (was heavier than it looked) I lost grip, it went back down the stairs and nearly hit herself (-1 man point for dropping a heavy thing, -10 for nearly hitting GF with heavy thing). Broke into individual pieces. Put it back together a week later and its still standing (+1 man point).
I resurrected a 4 year dead laptop a while back. I find it hard to feel manly about fixing laptops though. The job must entail a hammer to gain man points. Dammit, I'm still on -10 points......

Wossack · 13-08-2014 09:57AM

ate a yorkie

hardest part was the collar

Mr. CooL ICE · 13-08-2014 09:58AM

Toilet seat broke, so fitted a new one, complete with a manly rock design on the lid.

Shower power switch broke, so I replaced it with a cheap one from Woodies. Didn't kill myself in the process. Win.

13-08-2014 10:04AM

I changed the fuse in a plug recently am I cool too

Interceptor · 13-08-2014 10:07AM

The smell of sadness off this thread can be picked up all the way over in the Home and Garden section. Get back on the couch with your iPads and stay away from the sharp tools you neckbearded, laptop-fixing geeks.

'cptr

I Heart Internet · 13-08-2014 10:08AM

You better wipe up all that "man glow".

jester77 · 13-08-2014 10:09AM

I'm on a bit of a role as well, the last week:

Threw out the sh*tty default vodafone router that is extremely limited and setup my own router with a CISCO ATA box for the phone.
Done some cabling for surround sound
Installed new light in living room
Installed some shelves in living room
Dug out a new flowerbed in the garden and planted some plants.
Replaced mirror in bathroom, plastering over old holes and repainting the wall.

Still to do next weekend:
New shelves in basement. This will be fun as there are lots of pipes in the way.
More gardening to do
Finish setting up home theatre system.
Finish off home gym in the basement

Larbre34 · 13-08-2014 10:12AM

Replaced the immersion, lowered the cut off temperature on it and put a timer switch on it, SO IT CAN NEVER BE LEFT ON AGAINNNNN

/Thread......

Lyaiera · 13-08-2014 10:13AM

bluewolf wrote: »

I changed the fuse in a plug recently am I cool too

I put something too large for the toaster and it tripped the electricity in the apartment. I found the fuse box and flipped the switch back, then did my burger bun in the oven. /rawr

Doom · 13-08-2014 10:14AM

Built my own garden furniture and a garden nook for my daughter.
Fixed the dishwasher last week too.

BeerWolf · 13-08-2014 10:20AM

OP better not forget the mandatory grunt:

dub_skav · 13-08-2014 10:36AM

Interceptor wrote: »

The smell of sadness off this thread can be picked up all the way over in the Home and Garden section. Get back on the couch with your iPads and stay away from the sharp tools you neckbearded, laptop-fixing geeks.

'cptr

So you come in here talking smack on behalf of the "Home and Garden" section? That sounds a bit prissy to be honest, you should probably have said DIY Forum at least, rather than Home and Garden.

I hope you're better with power tools than insults.

kneemos · 13-08-2014 10:39AM

Interceptor wrote: »

The smell of sadness off this thread can be picked up all the way over in the Home and Garden section. Get back on the couch with your iPads and stay away from the sharp tools you neckbearded, laptop-fixing geeks.

'cptr

Home and garden=flowers and curtains.

Doom · 13-08-2014 10:46AM

Home and garden= DIY for girls

Shiraz 4.99 · 13-08-2014 12:59PM

Doom wrote: »

Home and garden= DIY for girls

Sum it up I think

Stainless_Steel · 13-08-2014 01:05PM

I get paid to fix machinery. I am a champ.

Shiraz 4.99 · 13-08-2014 01:14PM

Stainless_Steel wrote: »

I get paid to fix machinery. I am a champ.

You had me at machinery

paulbok · 13-08-2014 01:59PM

Larbre34 wrote: »

Replaced the immersion, lowered the cut off temperature on it and put a timer switch on it, SO IT CAN NEVER BE LEFT ON AGAINNNNN

/Thread......

You do realise that skill is more than enough to get you elected as President of Ireland next election?

The Diabolical Monocle · 13-08-2014 02:02PM

We did want to give you a man prize (an angle grinder) but your name was considered to be too fruity and exotic.

The Backwards Man · 13-08-2014 02:17PM

I'm currently stripping the copper winding out of a prehistoric arc welder that I found dumped in the bog.

The wombles ain't got a patch on me.

catallus · 13-08-2014 02:21PM

I always thought OP was a chick?!

pickarooney · 13-08-2014 02:33PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I'm currently stripping the copper winding out of a prehistoric arc welder that I found dumped in the bog.

The wombles ain't got a patch on me.

To fix the welder or just to recover the copper?

Shiraz 4.99 · 13-08-2014 02:38PM

catallus wrote: »

I always thought OP was a chick?!

Oh I wish, there'd be no board for me, only sitting home all day pulling the gowel out of myself & rubbing my boobies . . . . & giving blowjobs, I always wanted to try that but society said no, well f*ck you society.

The Backwards Man · 13-08-2014 02:41PM

pickarooney wrote: »

To fix the welder or just to recover the copper?

Recover the copper, the welder is well horsed at this stage. I'd say it was buried there twenty or thirty years at least.

catallus · 13-08-2014 02:50PM

Shiraz 4.99 wrote: »

Oh I wish, there'd be no board for me, only sitting home all day pulling the gowel out of myself & rubbing my boobies . . . . & giving blowjobs, I always wanted to try that but society said no, well f*ck you society.

We're being oppressed. Why won't they let us live, I mean really live!!!!

Fixing things like a manly man, manly glow everywhere

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