They'd just gotten a new high capacity stapler- thru proper purchasing protocols- and the (mis-matched) staples which they loaded/jammed ( it's a breech loader) into it and it wouldn't function/feed AND they couldn't get the staples out and needed some help- so they came over to the old guy for help- suggesting they wanted me to remove to the retaining clip off the pivot pin so we could lift the handle off and take the staples out.- So I answered in my "Archer"voice and said "Do you want parts flying everywhere?!?!?! - 'cause that's how you get parts flying everywhere! they I looked it over for a bit?ÿ and tipped it up and showed them the big spring inside that reset the handle after stapling and explained that between the 2 of us, we didn't have enough hands or joints in our fingers to put it back together if we opened it - and that other than the 2 picture diagram of how to clear a jammed staple- user maintenance or disassembly wasn't really encouraged. Then I reached in my desk and dug out a big paper clip and the mini-tool, drew on my body of knowledge from days of old when we used to lace all the field notes together with cotton twine for submittal with the final pay estimate-?ÿ and fashioned the hook?ÿ & removed the staples..... #OldGuysRule #MakeDoOrDoWithout #oldSchoolMultitool
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The power of a paper clip!!!!! The look on peoples faces when i say "give me a paper clip"!!
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If you don't have a paper clip, one large and one small, you'd never be able to push the goddamn"RESET" button on practically everything you own. ?????ÿ
Had this been 1965, you could have turned to the secretary and said: "Hey doll, got a spare bobby pin?"
My standard reply when presented with a situation like you described after a fix of something with a paper clip, cost hanger or scrap of wire is " I'm not an engineer but I did go to an engineering school ".?ÿ That usually elicits a side eye look from others.
Bobby pins are still around, but that form of address would get you into deep trouble now.