You stubborn, thick-headed, ornery ...

[Professur]

I got a laptop in for repair today. The problem description as follows:

Requesting a bag and a new laptop .... Tech says that the hing is broken and it is not possible to fix that.

Please verify
Thanks

His spelling and grammer. Sorry.

Well, I read this and damned if that didn't get my back up. That hinge was getting fixed, if I had to haul in my arc welder to do it. Just something about the phrasing that cheesed me off, royally. Anyone else get like that? Seems like I've spent most of my life taking on anyone who dared say "You can't do this, it can't be done."


It's kinda funny, given that my favorite Benny Hill skit was him reading poetry

They said that it could not be done.
Some even said they knew it.
But he faced up to what could not be done





And he couldn't bloody do it!

 

[PT]

Little piece of duct tape makes a fine purty hing....

 

[Professur]

Nope. A couple of replacement screws and a new hinge cover. These weenies whine if the machines they get aren't pristine. Even tho they treat them like crap.

 

[HomeLAN]

Yep. I get about 5 of those situations a year. My success rate is about 60%, just enough to keep my rep as a genius (although a pain in the ass) at work.

 

[chcr]

You stubborn, thick-headed, ornery ...

Hell, I thought this thread would be about me.

Seriously, there is nothing so badly broken that it cannot
A. Be fixed or
B. Be broken worse.

 

[Gonz]

What's the big deal? If it still doesn't work use a bigger hammer.

 

[Mare]

Little piece of duct tape makes a fine purty hing....

Reminds me of that commercial, the guy fixes the computers with duct tape, instead of buying a new one.....

 

[chcr]

Reminds me of that commercial, the guy fixes the computers with duct tape, instead of buying a new one.....

What's funny about that?