Things that DO work

In addition to (most of) our lights, there are still a lot of things that work and work very well today.

For example:

CFP

The 'Net

XM radio

Ozium air sanitizer (knocked down the scent of a skunk in the area!)

Being upbeat most of the time (better than being beat up most of the time, anyway)

Olympic atheletes playing fair and having a good time.

Teaching children, in a positive way, what's right and wrong.

Starr bottle openers (the wall mounted metal openers).

Benchmade knives.

Goretex.

Pretty women wearing sundresses.

The "off" button on the TV remote.

flashlights made bt mr bulk and mcgizmo..sony tv,s .honda cars.hugs to a loved one.kind words to a person in need.sears craftsmans hand tools

my glock 21 .45!
It works every time! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/happy14.gif

Saying things like, but not limited to saying these things, these are just examples.

Please.

Thank You.

Yes sir.

Yes ma'am.

I'm sorry.

I was wrong.

Excuse me.

Here, let me get that for you.

Mike

My keyboard, boredom (in the strangest ways), the post button...

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_Mike_ said:
Saying things like (but not limited to saying these things, these are just examples):

Please.

Thank You.

Yes sir.

Yes ma'am.

I'm sorry.

I was wrong.

Excuse me.

Here, let me get that for you.

Mike

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So just what exactly does saying "Mike" work for? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thinking.gif


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Sasha said:
So just what exactly does saying "Mike" work for? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thinking.gif


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Sasha said:
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_Mike_ said:
Saying things like (but not limited to saying these things, these are just examples):

Please.

Thank You.

Yes sir.

Yes ma'am.

I'm sorry.

I was wrong.

Excuse me.

Here, let me get that for you.

Mike

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So just what exactly does saying "Mike" work for? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thinking.gif


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That was pretty funny!!!

Mike

Not to get off track, but saying ma'am sometimes makes women feel like you think they're old. Depends on what part of the US you're from, but it doesn't always work. Thank you always works though.

My Jeep Cherokee has always worked for the past twelve years.

Maybe you have to give them your best charming smile/grin when you say ma'am. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

I live in Washington State, and it seems to work.

Mike

Mac tools (18 years and still rolling)
Park tools (bicycle tools)

Fluke multimeters

Epson printers

Trippe Lite power conditioners/surge suppressors (10 years and 16 years of lighting strikes can't be wrong)

Carver amplifiers
Peavey amplifiers
Onkyo receivers
Onkyo cassette decks (17 years now)
Phoenix Gold car amplifiers

Panasonic Industrial AG1960 S-VHS VCR (15 years and rolling)

Panasonic 29" multisystem, autovoltage TV (15 years and rolling)

Fortron Source computer power supplies (6 years and rolling)

Specialized mountain bikes (16 years)
HPVelotechnik recumbent bikes (almost 6 years)
Phil Wood bicycle hubs and bottom brackets

Swiss Army knives

B-52 cargo planes

Kodak M6 series x-ray film processors

Cable ties (zip ties)

Super Glue Gell

RTV

Camelbacks

3M "mushroom" velcro

Kool-Stop "salmon" bicycle brake pads

Casio alarm/chronograph watches (the $25 kind)

JVC boomboxes (14 years and rolling)

Levi Jeans (the normal ones)

Military duffel bags (the older kind)

2D Mags (they work... not well, but they always work)

Apple Computers

Klipsch speakers
KEF speakers
JBL speakers
Infinity speakers

Rapco speaker cables
Shure SM58 microphones
ART compressor/limiter/gate

Three shots of Crown Royal, one Coke, six ice cubes in a large glass. That puppy WORKS everytime!

Alkota brand, belt driven General or AR pump, Wayne burner system 4 or 5GPM pressure washers!!!

I generally only work on them due to the sheer stupidity of those who use them!

Yep, M*gs. They ain't great but they work.

I have a roughly 25 year old JC Penny Stereo Receiver that still works great!

Long as I run 230gr FMC ammo, my 1913 Built 1911A runs every single time. My Makarov 9x18mm, S&W 459, Astra A-80 9mmP have all never missed a beat.

Can't think of too many other things I have that I've had as long as the receiver and the 1911A....

My 7.3 Non Turbo IHC diesel in the beast just keeps on truckin' but the history on that only goes back around 3 years...

Oh, and I've never had a Klein tool fail on me, nor very many Craftsman tools (but I have broken screwdriver tips and sockets!)

That's all I can think of just now...

All other parts of 10.3

Canon digital cameras and video recorders

Kitchen Aid stand mixers

Panasonic corded phones (Cordless ones are pretty good too I guess)

Saab turbochargers

Airbags

Crumple Zones

Firewire

Yer right about:

- Craftsmen tools (I've met people who've broken a wrecking bar -- ~ 1" around -- dropped a dumptruck rim... and the dumptruck, on it. Said Sears replaced it.)
- KitchenAid mixers and dishwashers, too (our dishwasher is 13 years old)
- Epson printers -- the place I work has dot matrix Epsons still running every d*mned day. They refuse to die.

Some others:

- Dynaco amp and tube pre-amp (30 years old)
- Wusthof cutlery
- Laphroaig single malt scotch (only 10 years old)

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JVC boomboxes (14 years and rolling)

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JVC ghetto blasters don't always work...I have an RC-M70JW and a smaller JVC (model # not handy) that don't play tapes, and an RC-550JW (a huge mono unit with a 10" woofer, a 4" midrange, and a 1" tweeter) with a volume control that doesn't function - though there's a handy work-around for that; one of the mixing knobs performs that function. And I have an RC-838JW where one channel doesn't work. If the "biphonic" processor is used, you can get sound out of both sets of speakers. So it "sorta" works, but it doesn't work correctly.

But yes, my JVC RC-656JW and RC-M80JW ghetto blasters do work correctly. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

All of these units came out in the early-1980s.


Other things that do work:

Phillips/Magnavox television sets
GE dishdouchers (mine is at least 20 years old)
Upright arcade coin-op video games (I have one that's at least 22 years old)
LED Christmas light sets
Mag-Lites (yeah, I know they suck, but they *do* work)
Commodore computers

My linux box /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
Mints
Sun-screen
Battery station cells
keys
"Please" as Mike stated
Super-coffee

HP Laserjet 4+, 4SI, and 5SI printers. We ran 2 million pages through those on a regular basis in the campus computer labs.

LED lights (never had one fail on me yet)

Park Tool glueless puncture repair patches (no more faffing around with a crusted up tube of glue!)

My Specialized MTB (400 miles from new, and all ive had to adjust is the gearshfter cable tension)

Hydraulic disk brakes on the above (zero maintanace so far)

Boiling water for cleaning stuff (amazing how many stains and gunk it will remove without having to resort to chemicals)

OdourEaters insoles (nuff said)

Polartec Powerdry base layers (does what it says on the tin)

Redbull energy drink (also does what it says on the tin)

Oh yeah, I'll agree with Epson Printers too, so long as you run Epson carts. through them.

We have an Epson Stylus Color II (I think it's about 10 years old?) that is still kicking! We don't use it any more because the output is fuzzy, and it's slow, at least by todays standards.

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hokiefritz said:
Not to get off track, but saying ma'am sometimes makes women feel like you think they're old. Depends on what part of the US you're from, but it doesn't always work. Thank you always works though.

My Jeep Cherokee has always worked for the past twelve years.

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I was raised to always say ma'am as a show of respect. I have such a habit of saying it that I even say it to the 16 year olds working the fast food burger joints. Has not gotten me in trouble yet. Actually I think most of the women around here like it.