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That's hilarious...

I had to repair a coax line that my friend ran over with a lawnmower. He was living at his friend's house and this guy was a total DIY hack that ran coax out to the pedestal ON the ground because he didn't want to pay the charge to have it trenched in.
He bought this house (crappy production tract) as it was being built and decided that since he was putting his dish up, he didn't need to pay for a cable trench and hookup.
A couple years later, he decided to go with cable modem service, and this was the solution.

The homeowner used to mow himself, and he would move the line one way, mow a strip, and then move it back and mow the rest of the yard.

I laughed so hard at the hackery that I didn't even charge them.... kind of an "insult to injury" write off for me.

Also, their sat dish was mounted to the facia RIGHT above the
deck railing three feet from the back patio doors.
He had the perfect spot with great sight lines on the end of the house that didn't face the street side or the patio/deck, but he didn't want to wait to borrow a ladder, so he stood on the railing!! It's HIDEOUS!!

Our term for this is "hacktastic"

I just finished programming a remote for a customer who used to have a Pronto from us. The Pronto was working fine, until her son spilt a drink on it - fortunately he had a solution, dry it in the oven.

5 hours later when he'd forgotten about it, the Pronto puddle was discovered by his mother. Maybe the most worrying thing about this is her son is in his 30's...

We charged them for a new remote.

Oh, and while I'm on the subject, that reminds me of a customer I had in Britain who wanted to see if his warranty would cover the fact that while on holiday, he'd hidden his camera in the hotel room microwave, then he'd forgotten and turned it on...

Speaking of inappropiate places to scratch and things going wrong and homeowners wives........Putting a piece of inulation down your pants and pretending its pubic hair is not something you can look back on and laugh about.

This message was edited by Carl Spackler on 04/11/05 12:37 ET.

roflmao, that is more info then we need

F.M....... F##king Magic

When your boss asks how you got the job done so fast. Just tell him you used a little F.M.

Naw, we call it a customer malfunction.

Neither is having Jalapenos with lunch and then forgetting to wash your hands before using the bathroom.

Larry, for an eastern guy you sure have a liking for burritos and jalapenos...

Some friends of ours introduced us to Thai peppers...thin peppers about as long and big around as the two end joints of your little finger. They will light you up. Clear up any sinus problem on the planet.

Only one hotter I've tried is a habanero and that one is so hot it could kill you. Hot is good when the flavor of the food is still "in the background". Those just completely obscure the food flavor, and all you can think is "when is this hot going to stop?"

Kinda like when an earthquake hits out here in Calif.

irish screwdriver-----hammer
persuader ------------bigger hammer
slight adjustment ----Club hammer
calibration-------------smaller hammer
custom made panel ---bits screwed to a bit of ply
charlie ------------------this is the code word for a female customers large breasts as you speak to your collegue as in "have you seen charlie?" they reply some thing like "No ,is big charlie out?"
Have a go hero ----customer or customers friend who thought they could do it them selves.
swiss cheese ----A wall you let loose a apprentice on with a SDS drill.
Limpet-----------Customers kids that get in your way and watch everything you do.
N.B.H-----No brew here advice to a co worker that dont accept a cup of coffee or tea as its dodgy.

Deep heat spray for muscle pain ,never get that on your bits either!

This message was edited by Mr Griffiths on 04/12/05 05:12 ET.

where I used to work it was Bob

you calling me a tit? I've been called worse!

B.O.B - I used to work in PC World (similar to CompUSA), and when we had a crowd of customers waiting we used to yell 'BOB!' which stood for Bunch of B!tches.

Fisher, it does come from IT and it is an accronime.

The IT world loves accronimes and we were a planning department (comming up with standards and implementing them for operations) well since a lot of the work was outsourced or maintained by third parties a lot of our charts had service providers in them. Also when the charts started we did not know who the SP will be and somehow the term Best of Breed became popular and this BOB guy was on all the plans. Well obviously at some point we were out for lunch enjoying the scenerie and someone sais theres BOB, we all looked to see what he was talking about and then looked back at him with "what the hell are you talking about?" and he goes Brests of breed. We all thought it was funny and it stuck there more then the original meaning :)


so Mr Griffiths where does charlie come from?

"Charlie" Dimmock a gardening presenter on the BBC programme ground force who doesnt wear a bra,shes not that attractive but her nips catch your attention.But we used the term charlies before Charlie dimmock it just sounded right!

I'm never going to get my dream job in the USA with posts like this!