I have had ENOUGH....

Since you steadfastly refuse to quit pinching, stabbing and otherwise trying to scar my ASS, Mr. Padded-Ass-Gasket, I got a NEW ONE.

Sumbitch weighs about 15 pounds, too. If it lasts as long as it is heavy, this'll be the last one I ever hafta buy.

Now, all's I gotta do is go through the hell known as "installing it". That's always fun.
*rolls eyes, shakes head at the memory of last time*

Could they POSSIBLY use longer (plastic) bolts?
I don't THINK so.
(Tim.)

And, I don't have my handy dandy Gerber to do this job, either.
Nope... shure don't.
*shakes head sadly in memory of Mr. Gerber*

*brightens immeasurably*
I DO, however, have an even better multi-tool, now, thanks (again!) to BlogDog. I don't know what brand it is, but, it's just like a Gerber, except it's better... it has more toys in it.

Now, I hafta resist the urge to break shit, just so I can use it to fix shit.

Then again, I DID just get Eric an electric can opener. I know that sounds nuts, but what that I say doesn't, for one thing?

Second, he really did want one.
He has a huge personality conflict with my ancient manual one.
I have had a personality conflict with every got-damned electric one of those can-not-openin' pieces of shit I've ever owned. Them, remote controls, phones, radios, CD players, screen doors... I've mentioned this before.

But, he can't stand using my manual one (especially after he's struggled, wrestled, prayed and is in tears) trying to open a can, only to hafta bring it to me, whereupon it slices off the top like a champ, while I just griiiin like the lil' bitch I am.

Last time, he did a soliloquy worthy of Hamlet about owning an electric one, soooo... I got MY ass-gasket and HIS can opener. Among other sundry items....

So, I just may have a really cool project to do with my new multi-tool.... after I wind up having to kick this can openers ass. IF I even use it.... (altho I am tempted, because opening 4200 cans of cat food a day with a manual, right handed one is making my forearms uneven, muscle-wise and strength-wise.)

Hey... I can ask you guys....

What would cause a TV/VCR combo to suddenly start eating tapes? I've cleaned the heads about 2 bazillion times and I'm even being veeeery patient about letting it get done making it's various noises when it does it's shit, before I ask for the next step, but it's still doing it sometimes. It just spits 'em out when ya hit "stop" (and no, I'm not hitting "stop" twice, thus asking it to eject the tape... it's doing it by itself) and it always has the tape looped over something inside. I hafta pull the tape out as far as I can and slide my hand in there, follow the tape and lift my fingers, thus freeing said tape, which I then hafta manually wind back up, making sure to go beyond the now crumpled part.

I'm gettin' pretty tired of this, now.

Any suggestions before it eats something important, like my Bret Hart Bio, and I hafta just kill it?

*coupla minutes later, after re-reading this shit*
Okay.
Now I just hafta decide one thing.

Do I go use Mr. Old-Ass-Gasket one more time, or do I think I can best those 6 inch bolts and get the new one installed before this situation becomes an emergency?

Hmmmm...

See? Yet another reason why, if I had my very own winkie to have and to hold and to love forever, my life would just be lots easier.
(Because, either way I'd win. Either I'd be more pre-disposed to being able to do this kinda shit, or I'd be able to go pee outside if it turns out that I am inept and that this project is gonna take a while...) (like last time, those stupid four foot bolts.... *siiigh*)

Decisions, decisions....

Posted by: Stevie at 05:21 PM

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