First time little problems you have to deal with.

applecruncher said:
My printer went nuts last night.😡
I need to print a very important document.

This morning I did some research, sweated, cursed... don't ask me how but I fixed the problem. Yay!! 😃
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Sounds like my usual way of dealing with my extremely temperamental printer. Mostly trial and error, sweating, cursing, and sometimes a touch of inspiration. I never have any idea what I did to get it working again!
 

Ceege said:
On my own for the first time and my hot water heater wasn't heating up. The pilot light had gone out. I found the paperwork from when it was installed years ago, and read up on how to relight it. I moved things out of the way, got 2 cushions out of a bin I had in the utility room - one to kneel on and one to rest my arm on - and moved the dial to pilot, held it in, and kept pushing the little black button til the blue light started to flash. Mission accomplished. ;)
This may not seem like a big deal, but I have never been mechanically inclined. I can usually figure something out if I have some step by step directions, though. I've always said, "If you can read, you can do just about anything".
I'm so proud of myself. :D
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My motto is "if I can find it on YouTube, it's a done deal."😁
 
applecruncher said:
My printer went nuts last night.😡
I need to print a very important document.

This morning I did some research, sweated, cursed... don't ask me how but I fixed the problem. Yay!! 😃
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The cursing was an indispensable component of success, I'm sure. Anything electronic that goes haywire needs a lot of cursing before it goes right.
 

Ceege said:
On my own for the first time and my hot water heater wasn't heating up. The pilot light had gone out. I found the paperwork from when it was installed years ago, and read up on how to relight it. I moved things out of the way, got 2 cushions out of a bin I had in the utility room - one to kneel on and one to rest my arm on - and moved the dial to pilot, held it in, and kept pushing the little black button til the blue light started to flash. Mission accomplished. ;)
This may not seem like a big deal, but I have never been mechanically inclined. I can usually figure something out if I have some step by step directions, though. I've always said, "If you can read, you can do just about anything".
I'm so proud of myself.:D
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I made sure I had pliers and big sissors always in the kitchen. No one to ask to open the jar.
 
Ceege said:
On my own for the first time and my hot water heater wasn't heating up. The pilot light had gone out. I found the paperwork from when it was installed years ago, and read up on how to relight it. I moved things out of the way, got 2 cushions out of a bin I had in the utility room - one to kneel on and one to rest my arm on - and moved the dial to pilot, held it in, and kept pushing the little black button til the blue light started to flash. Mission accomplished. ;)
This may not seem like a big deal, but I have never been mechanically inclined. I can usually figure something out if I have some step by step directions, though. I've always said, "If you can read, you can do just about anything".
I'm so proud of myself.:D
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I was just flat out impressed with getting up and down from the floor!!!! For some of us, that's the first big deal!
Atta boy girl!!
 
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Kayelle said:
I was just flat out impressed with getting up and down from the floor!!!! For some of us, that's the first big deal!
Atta boy girl!!
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I know what you mean. Luckily there was a table nearby that I could brace myself with when I got up.
 
Check out 'seniors getting up from floor' on YouTube. There are several and worth watching for any little tips. ;)
 
Gaer said:
Sit on the floor. Get up without using your hands or hanging on to anything. Do this three times. This is good for mobility.
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If I end up on the floor, from falling, someone has to come and get me up. I cannot get up off the floor by myself. Legs are too weak, spine is shot. It is what it is.
 
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this is a not so little problem----they said we could put in a renewal for a drivers licence 150 days before it expires on line at the dds---i did that and every thing went thru o k-except i had to have an eye check up-i did that-they are suppose to send you a temprary licence till yours comes due--i did all this in june and havent got anything--you call and you cant get thru--i called the dmv and you cant get thru there either-has any one else had this problem?
 
I never had that particular problem, but I have a feeling that all the bureaucracies have slowwwwed way down lately, I applied for a mail-in ballot about a month ago, and just got an email today, saying it's being processed.

Probably all you can do is stay on the phone until you get it resolved.
 
I save all docs on appliances I buy but sometimes there are tricks to fixing things. A couple years ago I was unscrewing my fridge water filter and it literally exploded off the line and flew by my head. It made a sound of a gun firing. The technician came out and said the cost of replacing the mechanism inside the fridge was ridiculous. He suggested he could bypass the filter closing off the water at no cost. So I bought a BRITA water filter and everything is fine and I saved a bunch of money thanks to him. He asked that I not tell his company what he did.
 
Pecos said:
As they say, "You go girl", we are proud of you. Having worked with numerous women in technical jobs I can assure you that they are every bit as capable of figuring out mechanical and electrical things as their male counterparts.
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I realize there are technical things I can do, and I do them if I have to. But it bores the stuffin' out of me to do it.
 

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