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Roy in UK

07-13-2003 15:16:00




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Okay, you've heard of Murphy's famous Law: Everything that can go wrong will go wrong. Well, there are many other related Laws. Here are some: After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch. --Lorenz's Law of Mechanical Repair Identical parts aren't. --Beach's Law Any tool, when dropped, will roll into the least accessible corner. --Anthony's Law of the Workshop Nothing is as inevitable as a mistake whose time has come. --Tussman's Law If it jams, force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway. --Lowery's Law The solution to a problem changes the problem. --Peer's Law There is no mechanical problem so difficult that it cannot be solved by brute strength and ignorance. --William's Law Handy Guide to Modern Science: 1. If it's green or it wiggles, it's Biology. 2. If it stinks, it's Chemistry. 3. If it doesn't work, it's Physics. Machines should work. People should think. --IBM's Pollyanna Principle: The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts. --Ehrlich's Law It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object to realize that you are in a hurry. --Ralph's Observation If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the next morning you will have a flat tire. --Cannon's Comment Thinly sliced cabbage. --Cole's Law

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John S-B

07-17-2003 18:41:39




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 Re: Laws in reply to Roy in UK, 07-13-2003 15:16:00  
John's Law;
Anything that you clean up will break down, especially if you're gonna put it in a parade!



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Robert

07-16-2003 13:45:51




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 Re: Laws in reply to Roy in UK, 07-13-2003 15:16:00  
Add: "There's never enough time to do it right, but always enough time to do it over"....



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KX

07-15-2003 09:14:43




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 Re: Laws in reply to Roy in UK, 07-13-2003 15:16:00  
Keith's law:
It is easier for you to hide something so good YOU never find it than to lose something.



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Frank M.

07-14-2003 19:36:58




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 Re: Laws in reply to Roy in UK, 07-13-2003 15:16:00  
A rope, cable or chain etc, will either be a mile too long or a tiny bit too short.
Frank's Law.



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49 Cubber!

07-14-2003 13:52:46




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 Re: Laws in reply to Roy in UK, 07-13-2003 15:16:00  
And Tim Taylors Law: If it aint broke,break it!then fix it!



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Shane

07-14-2003 18:54:47




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 Re: Re: Laws in reply to 49 Cubber!, 07-14-2003 13:52:46  
You forgot the last bit of that one... give it MORE POWER!



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JDK

07-14-2003 11:55:03




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 Re: Laws in reply to Roy in UK, 07-13-2003 15:16:00  
Primary law of Repair:ANYTHING can be fixed if you have enough money to throw at it.

(why does an important part for something often cost nearly the same as replacing the item?)ie:carb for small engine,nearly $200,new engine complete $230.



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Farmer/Paul

07-14-2003 03:21:37




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 Re: Laws in reply to Roy in UK, 07-13-2003 15:16:00  
Paul's Law When working on machinery in the field, the crack your part falls in is directly proportional to its importance.



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REDMAN

07-13-2003 21:26:28




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 Re: Laws in reply to Roy in UK, 07-13-2003 15:16:00  
don't forget Chad's law: after you have looked for the wrench you need for an hour you finally deside to sit and try to remember where you used it last,and find that you had it the whole time.



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Bob Clark

07-13-2003 19:07:19




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 Re: Laws in reply to Roy in UK, 07-13-2003 15:16:00  
Bob's Rules for Intellegent Tinkering
1. Save all the parts.
2. Order a new one before you try to fix the old one.
3. Inherent complexity is not obvious to the casual tinkerer (Nothing is ever as simple as it looks).
4. Nothing is every so broke you can't make it worse by tring to fix it.

Works for computers, works for tractors, works for the kitchen sink.



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Mike

07-13-2003 18:55:59




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 Re: Laws in reply to Roy in UK, 07-13-2003 15:16:00  
as you are putting on the finishing touches your wife ask you a question as you look to her to answer--- it takes you 30 min to find what you drop
Mike's law



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here, try this

07-13-2003 17:23:52




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 Re: Laws in reply to Roy in UK, 07-13-2003 15:16:00  
howard's law
if there is a bucket of used oil under your tractor the part you hold in you hand is going there.

"patience and preserverence will get away with most anything"



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