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That's actually pretty amazing, shobana! I didn't mind smacking a $15 shredder, but I think I might be hesitant to smack a $1,500 computer! Glad you got yours going again! 
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JimmyA
on September 13, 2012 at 7:33 AM
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Perhaps, lion. Will a "dirty look" work just as well, or does the threat need to be verbal?
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JimmyA
on September 13, 2012 at 7:31 AM
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Was that all it was, Wiley? Hmmm . . . I don't think I'd be able to open a machine repair shop with those credentials! "I can fix anything . . . one good bash . . . no waiting!" No, I think I just got lucky.
posted by
JimmyA
on September 13, 2012 at 7:29 AM
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I believe that, Katray, may have been a case of the "bashing" working too well! I can't even imagine how annoying it was for the horn to be going off Helter Skelter like that! Yeah, if it can't be repaired, then it's time to move on. Oh, and it might be time to put some ice on that hand . . .!
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JimmyA
on September 13, 2012 at 7:27 AM
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That's true too, Utah. Sometimes a "good bash" will make a bad situation worse. But if the apparatus or particular piece of machinery in question wasn't going to work anyway, then no amount of bashing will make any difference. "Planned Obsolescence" . . . that's what the retailers and manufacturers want anyway! 
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JimmyA
on September 13, 2012 at 7:24 AM
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See, Kabu? I'm glad I'm not the only one. And I think your BIL probably choked because he was so surprised that it actually worked! I hope you didn't tear or ruin your Sylvester slippers! 
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JimmyA
on September 13, 2012 at 7:20 AM
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Re: The Give It A Bash school of mechanical repair...
I think, Ciel, that may have been a crowded school! So, some people will injure their hands, while some will injure their feet . . .
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JimmyA
on September 13, 2012 at 7:14 AM
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I know, Annicita. If only it was that easy! Think of all of the repair bills people could save on!
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JimmyA
on September 13, 2012 at 7:13 AM
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I did that once to my computer that refused to start and it worked fine after that ..so yes it does work at times.
posted by
shobana
on September 13, 2012 at 5:17 AM
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As a professional IT support technician I have to advocate the use of violence when it comes to computers - sometimes just the threat of it will make them work again
posted by
lionreign
on September 13, 2012 at 3:54 AM
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JimmyA
So your whack smacked the safety switch into clicking on between the machine and the shredder bucket. Blimey mate, jolly good work.
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WileyJohn
on September 12, 2012 at 8:54 PM
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Interesting..:)
While driving an old car years ago, I beat on the steering really really hard because someone was carelessly pulling out in front of me and the horn refused to work. Well, it started working again; boy did it ever..would go off and on with no touch, rhyme or reason after that thumpin'. Weird and embarrassing, lol. I was so glad when I finally got rid of that stubborn mule! And my hand still hurts to this day.
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Katray2
on September 12, 2012 at 7:53 PM
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It usually works for me too, but there are times when it never works again as well.
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UtahJay
on September 12, 2012 at 7:23 PM
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of course she was most wise. I once had a dishwasher in a kitchen that
at a certain part of the cycle it would just stop.I would walk out into the kitchen usually in my Silvester the cat slippers and give it a good kick in a certain place....and it would finish off its job. Mind you the first time my BIL saw this I remember that he choked and spilled his coffee......
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Kabu
on September 12, 2012 at 5:30 PM
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The Give It A Bash school of mechanical repair...
I got my training at the Kick It Twice school, just down the street.
posted by
Ciel
on September 12, 2012 at 4:16 PM
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it would be great if we could do that to alot of things...not just machines and then it would function correctly
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Annicita
on September 12, 2012 at 2:55 PM
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Sure, Sam. And usually, one of two things will happen. Either you get the machine or apparatus to work again, or you end up simply replacing it, and put some ice on your sore hand!
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JimmyA
on September 12, 2012 at 1:32 PM
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I have a feeling, FSI, that everyone has, at one time or another. We're all human . . . sometimes we just can't help it! And sometimes it does work!
posted by
JimmyA
on September 12, 2012 at 1:29 PM
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It may not work in every instance but why not give it a try from time to time! sam 
posted by
sam444
on September 12, 2012 at 11:56 AM
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I like Grandma's method there a lot. I've used it a time or two myself.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on September 12, 2012 at 9:36 AM
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