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Rich Grise

Jan 1, 1970
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Yes! It's ON-Topic!

Well, ostensibly.

The Office manager just came into my office and asked, "can you fix this?"
It was one of these:
http://www.dealtime.com/Scientific-Toys-Scientific-Interactive-Amazing-Dinosaurs-With-Try-Me/info

I said, "probably not, but I'll give it a shot." Hit the "ON" button, and
the toy did make some noise, but nothing like proper operation.

So, I sanded the battery contacts, put the batteries back in, and boom, it
came up!

She (the office manager) just gushed, as if I'd just performed a miracle.

So I _CAN_ do stuff! ;-)

Cheers!
Rich
 
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hamilton

Jan 1, 1970
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Yes! It's ON-Topic!

Well, ostensibly.

The Office manager just came into my office and asked, "can you fix this?"
It was one of these:
http://www.dealtime.com/Scientific-Toys-Scientific-Interactive-Amazing-Dinosaurs-With-Try-Me/info

I said, "probably not, but I'll give it a shot." Hit the "ON" button, and
the toy did make some noise, but nothing like proper operation.

So, I sanded the battery contacts, put the batteries back in, and boom, it
came up!

She (the office manager) just gushed, as if I'd just performed a miracle.

So I _CAN_ do stuff! ;-)

Cheers!
Rich
How can you fix stuff, without taking it apart first.

What kind of engineer are you ??

We all know, it can not be fixed without looking at every chip inside
and laugh at the engineer that created this little toy.

Does NIH mean anything to you !!

;-)

hamilton
 
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Rich Grise

Jan 1, 1970
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How can you fix stuff, without taking it apart first.

What kind of engineer are you ??

A tech. I'm one of those guys that gets those blue-sky designs from the
engineers and makes them work in real life. ;-P
We all know, it can not be fixed without looking at every chip inside
and laugh at the engineer that created this little toy.

Does NIH mean anything to you !!

;-)
The only thing I can think of is "Not In Here."

Thanks!
Rich
 
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hamilton

Jan 1, 1970
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A tech. I'm one of those guys that gets those blue-sky designs from the
engineers and makes them work in real life. ;-P

The only thing I can think of is "Not In Here."

Thanks!
Rich
Not Invented Here.

If I didn't invent/design it, then it must be wrong.

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Rich Grise

Jan 1, 1970
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Oh for the days of tube TVs, when most problems could be fixed by a
trip to Radio Shack.

Radio Shack? What's that? We'd pull all the tubes and take them to the
corner store, where the tube tester was. ;-)

Cheers!
Rich
 
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