10 minute jobs...that never are!

[anonymous-user]

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[hondafanatic]

Anything I.T. related. Especially if it includes printers.

Cheers
David (Providing free I.T. support for friends and family since 1998)

[Jasandjules]

anonymous said:

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Every single one of them.

[RemainAllHoof]

hondafanatic said:

Anything I.T. related. Especially if it includes printers.

Cheers
David (Providing free I.T. support for friends and family since 1998)

Don't fancy fixing a network printer problem for me, do you?

I'll save you the effort and post your likely reply here: No, go fk off!!

[TotalControl]

Changing a rocker cover gasket only to find broken off nuts. Fubar.

Also, finding a little stump in the garden only to realise the bds roots can only come out of the ground if you used a rocket to nuke the fker from orbit.

[hondafanatic]

RemainAllHoof said:

hondafanatic said:

Anything I.T. related. Especially if it includes printers.

Cheers
David (Providing free I.T. support for friends and family since 1998)

Don't fancy fixing a network printer problem for me, do you?

I'll save you the effort and post your likely reply here: No, go fk off!!

How is the clairvoyance business going? You seem bob-on accurate so far.

[RemainAllHoof]

hondafanatic said:

RemainAllHoof said:

hondafanatic said:

Anything I.T. related. Especially if it includes printers.

Cheers
David (Providing free I.T. support for friends and family since 1998)

Don't fancy fixing a network printer problem for me, do you?

I'll save you the effort and post your likely reply here: No, go fk off!!

How is the clairvoyance business going? You seem bob-on accurate so far.

Funny you ask, we went into liquidation due to unforeseen circumstances.

[Rollcage]

RemainAllHoof said:

Funny you ask, we went into liquidation due to unforeseen circumstances.

I saw that one coming.

[RemainAllHoof]

Rollcage said:

RemainAllHoof said:

Funny you ask, we went into liquidation due to unforeseen circumstances.

I saw that one coming.

I had a feeling someone would.

[grumbledoak]

Not as bad as yours, but the other day I had one job turn into four. It was only a flipping flourescent lightbulb. But it was right above the area where dirty dishes wait. But the dishwasher was full. So I had to empty the dishwasher, re-fill it, and clean the work surface before I could limbo under the cupboard to do my two minute job.

Things are never as easy as you'd like.

[OldSkoolRS]

Whenever the office try to squeeze in an extra job that in theory should be a 5 minute one, you can guarentee it will end up taking at least 1-2 hours.

At home pretty much any job DIY, car or PC related seems to take 6 times longer than expected: I went to replace a stiff bathroom door lock mechanism with one from Screwfix and it turns out the one we have is different to every other available door lock which means the holes would be in the wrong place. As I don't want to butcher the door (a nice Oak one, so can't have the damage hidden by paint) I spent a whole afternoon driving round various hardware shops trying (and failing) to find an identical door lock...

[964Cup]

About to start. Fitting a door closer to the inside of an exterior door (to act as a damper against blowing closed). But the door frame's recessed, and neither the outer frame nor the inner is individually large enough for the body of the closer, so I'll have to build it out. Then (inevitably) the arm won't be long enough since the closer will be three inches proud of the door, so I'll have to put a pad on the door too. And the door's a metal-framed cassette double-glazed job so (inevitably) the place I need to screw in the pad so I can fit the arm will be over the edge of the glass inside the door, so I'll have to epoxy it, which will mean taking the door back to bare metal so it sticks. I suppose this doesn't really count since I know it'll take more than 10 minutes before I start, but it shouldn't, if you see what I mean.

[Ricky_M]

Any job my boss gives me at 16:20 on a Friday....It'll only take you ten minutes I promise......

[spikeyhead]

Changed the pollen filter on the Saab in five mins earlier, even the puravent website said it would take ten and i was prepared to spend half an hour on it.

First time this year that a simple job has gone smoothly

[OldSkoolRS]

I just remembered a job that actually went quicker than expected, but that was because it was so long ago and so many others that weren't 5 inute jobs since. My OH came home one winters night saying the brakes were squeking a bit on her Rover 214 (was a while ago as I said). I nipped down Halfords before they shut as I realised the pads were shot as soon as I tried it. Within half an hour the new pads were fitted, in the dark using a torch including going to get them...sweet (for once).

[spikeyhead]

anonymous said:

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one look round my house, with half a dozen half finished DIY jobs would show you that most of what I'm doing is more of a struggle than I'd like.

[CunningPlan]

This week:

Door handle on tumble drier. It broke so we got a new one, it's only 3 screws so no biggie.
So first it turns out they are torqs (sp?) screws so back for those bits. Screw 1 comes out cleanly and the handle drops off. Bits of handle are stuck to the other screws. Off for a pair of long nosed pliers which I can get on to the plastic on screw 2, so that's out. Can't get a good enough grip on the plastic on screw 3 so back for a drill to weaken it's grip.

Lattice fence panel yesterday. Horse sticks its arse through it and breaks the bottom rail and bursts the latticework out. Didn't look like a bad job to to fix - just take the panel out, spring the frame apart to get the latticework back in, glue and screw the rail. Just before I remove the last screw taking the panel out, a gust of wind blows it around turning it into a fence panel kit. With glue and a lot more screws required.

ETA The panel is stapled together. The upside is my wife says "why don't you buy a staple gun?" As they say on the match.com thread - keeper.

Edited by CunningPlan on Sunday 1st May 08:11

[XG332]

My car was due for it's Mot and all I had to do was change the rear shoes.
Not a problem I thought. I got everything ready and started out at 10:00 am the Mot was at 14:00.

First side easy simple and as straight forward as ever, the wheel took a bit of a kick off though.

As for the opposite side. Well oh dear.
I stripped everything out, cleaned all the parts and set about re assembelly. All was going well until one of the cylinders decided to pop out and empty it's contents onto the drive.

Balls (10:30)

Not to worry I thought, just bleed them. I pushed it back in and finished that side.
Bled one side, easy. Came to the problem corner and the nipple didn't want to know.

fk (11:00)

I try a few different tools, but nothing. So off we go to halfords for a propper 6 point spanner and a pair of mole grips. Luckily vauxhall is opposite so I go in for a new nipple.

Out of stock (11:45)

Off to the nearest dealer with the part in stock.

£2.30 later I have it (12:30)

Get back, try to get the nipple off, nope doesn't want to know. So I try to remove the wheel cylinder. Nope the pipe union is seized.

st (13:00)

End up pulling half the pipe off and thread it through the brake back plate. Get in in the vice, pipe off. Nipple out.

(13:20)

New nipple in, re piped. Fit it back to the car and start to bleed.

Done (13:40)

No time to test them, straight to the MOT station

PASS!!
I hate cars sometimes.

[TooLateForAName]

How about the loose floor board - just take out the old nails and refix?

Lifted it to find dry rot (and wet rot) and joists supported by piles of earth.

Ended up having to take up the whole floor. On the plus side it is now properly insulated and nice oak boards.