Posted on 11/28/2017 7:36:51 AM PST by mairdie
When something breaks, the temptation is to simply go out and buy a new one. ...
The repairs may not be pretty but, for the most part, they seem to do their job.
From a pair of shoes fashioned out of cling film, to a hand-drawn clock and torches sellotaped to a car bonnet to replace broken lamps, there's ingenuity in spades in the gallery below.
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There’s a significant difference between those who sneer at such fixes as demeaning, vs those who applaud making do with what’s available.
If it works, it works.
wish I had taken a picture of it...In Wasilla, we pulled into a parking space next to a blue Subaru that had a big galvanized strap hinge bolted on the door. And red tape over one of the tail lights.
Nice examples of human ingenuity on a budget.
Bookmark.
I love it!
To be fair I can see the projector beams behind those plastic bottles. Maybe the outer lenses were stolen, possibly broken somehow and they’re waiting to get the car repaired but still need to drive it. The bottoms are cut out of the plastic bottles. It appears to be a fairly new VW SUV, not exactly a poor person’s car.
The others are just people who can’t afford a proper repair. Back in the day they’d have used baling wire and duct tape, literally, which is where the saying came from, “held together with baling wire and duct tape” because it was.
I don’t have the pictures, but I effected a repair of an outdoor umbrella-style clothes line (bent arm) with a combination of skinny PVC and cable ties. It worked great!
My favorite!
Aren’t you reminded somewhat of MacGyver?
Especially love your refrigerator! Great collection.
All those fittings on the shower head cost more than a new head!
You can buy "tail light tape" that is specifically made to be used for re-creating broken light lenses. They have it on the shelf at Walmart (and probably everywhere else): Works pretty well.
The girl on the escalator appears to be naked. Or wearing a very short skirt.
Lol
Whaddaya call duct tape in Arkansas? Chrome.
Yes, exactly!
We had a lot of guests over the Thanksgiving holiday and son informed me that the shower head in the guest bathroom was kaput (what made me think of that graphic).
I had an extra shower head that I’d bought at the .99 cent store for just such “emergencies.”
Worked great! (although one of my husband’s empty beer cans would have been a lot funnier - these guests wouldn’t have appreciated the humor...).
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