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xwesx · December 5

Gotta pay to play! Sounds like you got off easy.

corvette · December 5

IIRC, Discount Tire does free repairs. The Ariya has an inflator kit and the Maverick has an OEM compact spare and a compressor in the road kit I keep under the rear seat. Would Fix-a-Flat have helped? I think I have a can in the Maverick, but it's probably very old.

oldfarmer50 · December 6

Almost had another dryer story to tell as my son announced that our dryer wasn’t drying even though it was running and tumbling the clothes. After some time scratching my head we noticed that the heat control dial had been somehow been turned off so it wasn’t sending any heat into the clothes. Problem solved.

I would have been really upset if the heating element had failed since the unit is only about a year old.

jmonroe1 · December 6

@oldfarmer50 said:
Almost had another dryer story to tell as my son announced that our dryer wasn’t drying even though it was running and tumbling the clothes. After some time scratching my head we noticed that the heat control dial had been somehow been turned off so it wasn’t sending any heat into the clothes. Problem solved.

I would have been really upset if the heating element had failed since the unit is only about a year old.

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Good job.

The first step in trouble shooting is start at the source. And sometimes the source is the operator. Send him a bill, your time is too valuable to be a knob turner.

jmonroe

oldfarmer50 · December 6

jmonroe1 said:

@oldfarmer50 said:

Almost had another dryer story to tell as my son announced that our dryer wasn’t drying even though it was running and tumbling the clothes. After some time scratching my head we noticed that the heat control dial had been somehow been turned off so it wasn’t sending any heat into the clothes. Problem solved.

I would have been really upset if the heating element had failed since the unit is only about a year old.

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Good job.

The first step in trouble shooting is start at the source. And sometimes the source is the operator. Send him a bill, your time is too valuable to be a knob turner.

jmonroe

How much should I charge him? My current pay rate is $18/hour but I think an appliance repairman should get more than a car jockey.

jmonroe1 · December 6

@oldfarmer50 said:
How much should I charge him? My current pay rate is $18/hour but I think an appliance repairman should get more than a car jockey.

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Find out what the going rate is for an appliance repair man in your area and charge him half of that. You’ll probably be making triple what you get from your day job and you’ll look like a hero doing it.

jmonroe

sda · December 6

Advances in technology are great, but trying to marry older technology without having to replace older units can be a friendly challenge. After 9 years the Samsung tv expired. It had composite, hdmi and optical inputs. Newer tvs do not. I had the tv, dvd, and yes, VHS, connected to provide audio through a Technics Class H receiver with a 5.1 Surround sound converter. After getting two converter boxes, I can route audio from the tv and vhs to the receiver. For fun, I enjoyed watching The Wall on VHS. I was amused when HI FI was briefly displayed on the screen. How we have become spoiled by superior video quality, but we didn’t complain back then. All good. By the way, space constraints limited me to a 43 SONY Bravia.

snakeweasel · December 6

andres3 said:
Just to clarify, maintenance repair can't total a car, correct everyone? Only crash damage repairs "total" a car, because Insurance companies obviously don't want to pay more to fix your car than it would cost to replace it. That's not good for the bottom-line.

Wrong, any repair that is more than the vehicle is worth totals the car. The difference with accident damage is an insurance company makes the decision that is basically a financial decision while maintenence repairs the decision rests with the owner who may see value in spending more than the car is worth to repair it.

stickguy · December 6

I always think of "total" as an insurance related term. Repairs that cost more than the car is worth is a different story.

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