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@henryn,
One of my kids put together an Ikea storage cabinet larger than this, couldn't find the same one, when she was 9 years old.
I showed her how to use an electric screwdriver then let her do the rest herself.

Well, that puts her one up on me. If many people (most?) weren't able to handle the assembly, I'm sure they would be out of business by now. Just not my thing.

I finally learned how to take apart the newer notebook computers, you get a bunch (read dozens) of the plastic picks (like guitar picks) and go to town. I miss the days when notebooks had easily removable bottom panels, held in with screws.

I can do a lot of things, but one thing I can't grasp, for some reason, is installing wiper blades. I put a set on my wife's car one time and the next time it rained one went flying off the car.

I just let the dealer do it now. Especially since they are replaced under warranty.

Broad govt mandates like those being discussed never make any sense because they are being enacted for philosophical reasons, not because they make any practical sense. Up here, as in many other places, govt banned plastic film shopping bags because of a few videos coming out of China about how they were harming sea creatures. Not just from being handed out for free at the supermarket, but totally. Forget that 20 years ago govts here set up elaborate and expensive recycling programs for them, so they were not getting into the sea. Now you can't even buy them. It's like they are made out of crystal meth (which is probably actually easier to buy these days). So instead everyone is forced to buy reusable shopping bags at $1 or $2 each. Which tear, snap handles, or otherwise fail over time. They then get thrown in the trash. Meanwhile, the company here that was buying the plastic film shopping bags from municipal recycling operations to make composite decking is going out of business because their supply of raw materials has vanished. Lose-lose. Your tax dollars at work.