Fixing stuff for free.

@TheHorse (238268)

Walnut Creek, California

January 22, 2020 10:13am CST

I got to enjoy another small project the other day. One of the kid chairs at the preschool had broken, and I got to be the one to glue it back together. I used two different kinds of glue, and the project was successful. An adult had sat in the chair (not me), breaking it, but I was able to "analyze" the situation, and figured out that the big body alone did not break the chair. The teachers had allowed the bolts to work loose. This meant that the chair was "wobbly." The vertical force of a bug butt on the chair would not have caused it to break. But the loose bolts meant that there were horizontal forces on the wood of the seat that cause it to separate. When I brought the chair back the next day, I brought a pair of pliers and a hex wrench as well. I tightened down the bots on all of the similar chairs. I should charge union wages for my fix-it skils. Heh.

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@arunima25 (93194)

• Bangalore, India

22 Jan 20

You are good at fixing. A big applause is all that they can pay you

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@TheHorse (238268)

• Walnut Creek, California

23 Jan 20

Good enough for me! Not sure if anyone said "thanks" or not.

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@arunima25 (93194)

• Bangalore, India

28 Jan 20

@TheHorse A big round of applause for your selfless job.

@LadyDuck (502187)

• Italy

22 Jan 20

Well done, charge for your job.

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@TheHorse (238268)

• Walnut Creek, California

23 Jan 20

Nah, it was too easy and fun.

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@LadyDuck (502187)

• Italy

23 Jan 20

@TheHorse If it was a fun activity, this is different.

@much2say (57760)

• Los Angeles, California

22 Jan 20

You got a lot of fix-it skils! That chair is way the heck better than when it was new

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@TheHorse (238268)

• Walnut Creek, California

23 Jan 20

I hoper it holds up until I am dancing with the angels.

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@marlina (154103)

• Canada

22 Jan 20

Well done, you may have stopped some bad stuff to happen to someone.

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@TheHorse (238268)

• Walnut Creek, California

23 Jan 20

In the end It's all so simple. I'm glad I studied physics when I was young.

@wolfgirl569 (135583)

• Marion, Ohio

22 Jan 20

Glad it could be fixed. Better an adult breaking it than a kid.

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@TheHorse (238268)

• Walnut Creek, California

23 Jan 20

I hope the adult's feelings weren't too badly hurt.

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@LindaOHio (222222)

• United States

22 Jan 20

Good job, Mr. Fix-it!

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@TheHorse (238268)

• Walnut Creek, California

23 Jan 20

Thanks! I hope I get some new speaker projects soon.

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

24 Jan 20

It's good you did a bit of maintenance on all the chairs. Isn't it called being proactive rather than reactive?