Tool Rools

Sent to me by Sarah the calibration technician:

>[pasted from a model engineering list!]
>
>1. If you can't find a screwdriver, use a knife.
> If you break off the tip, it's an improved screwdriver.
>
>2. Try to work alone. An audience is rarely any help.
>
>3. Despite what you may have been told by your mother, praying
>and cursing are both helpful in home repair ... but only if you
>are working alone.
>
>4. Work in the kitchen whenever you can ... many fine tools are
>there, it's warm and dry, and you are close to the refrigerator.
>
>5. If it's electronic, get a new one ... or consult a
>twelve-year-old.
>
>6. Stay simple minded: Get a new battery; replace the bulb or
>fuse; see if the tank is empty; try turning it to the "on"
>switch; or just paint over it.
>
>7. Always take credit for miracles. If you dropped the alarm
>clock while taking it apart and it suddenly starts working,
>you have healed it.
>
>8. Regardless of what people say, kicking, pounding, and
>throwing sometimes DOES help.
>
>9. If something looks level, it is level.
>
>10. If at first you don't succeed, redefine success.
>
>11. Above all, if what you've done is stupid, but it works,
>then it isn't stupid.

//The Magic 8-Ball says, "Many a truth were first spoken in jest."\\