Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 11:42:16 -0800
Reply-To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Friday Philosophy: On Fixing Things Right
In-Reply-To: <3C08625A-6E91-48B7-B39B-F8F963D4D968@gmail.com>
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I think it depends totally on the "thing" and the amount of
"broken"....Like my van, not a gold-plater or a Go-Westie total reso...by
any stretch of the imagination....it came with a poor bit of bodywork done
on the slider door...Kinda wavy looking and a few paint cracks....'good
enough' for me, so I have never 'fixed it' properly. I have a few air
leaks in my door and window moldings...so what? Doesn't freeze me out or
bother me much with the noise...so I don't fix it.....But....my brakes
weren't great, my suspension was a bit less accurate than I like, so I
fixed those right away, and to the best of my ability....better than brand
new, I imagine. That was important to me...how the van does it's job for
me and whether any of it's many faults are going to cause harm to me or
anyone else if not fixed "right".
Back when I worked in a yacht yard we would get customers who'd come in
and want things fixed....They would be surprised at the cost to fix
something right.....and say something like..."Well, just put a couple of
new fastenters in there and call it good..."....but when that boat may have
been sailing offshore in a storm and could have sunk...because something
was just "fixed" good enough to please the owner and save him some cash,
but not fixed 'right'.....No, couldn't do that, especially since yacht
owners are often quite 'suit-happy' and they'd have come back with a
lawsuit in a heartbeat if their wife died sailing a boat we'd fixed 'good
enough'
People have very different agendas when it comes to 'stuff'.....for
some, the 'Stuff' is the important part and for others, the Stuff enables
them to do something, only reason they have it.
One of the thinks I like about Vanagons is you can own one for many
reasons...some like to mess with em, some like to use em, some are 'stuck
with em'....(fewer of that last group since they have become a bit trendy)
Don Hanson
On Feb 1, 2013 7:18 AM, "Jarrett Kupcinski" <kupcinski@gmail.com> wrote:
> This past week I finally got around to fixing a couple of sheet
> fed-scanners we use in the office. They were both making horrible clacking
> noises, but eventually I got the scanners whirring quietly again, much to
> the nurses’ joy. The magical fix? A couple pads made from multiple layers
> of scotch tape, wedged next to one of the axles.
>
> You’re not supposed to mend high tech equipment with a few cents worth of
> generic office supply. But similar things happen on my Vanagon from time to
> time.ape)
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