This XKCD is dedicated to David Tracy

"Wheelerguy" (wheelerguy) 05/23/2018 at 10:03 • Filed to: XKCD, David Tracy

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For you, my man.

Takuro Spirit > Wheelerguy 05/23/2018 at 10:08

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Needs more rust holes.

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > Wheelerguy 05/23/2018 at 10:11

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It is missing the subsequent weeks and months where you leave the disassembled thing on your work surface looking at it thinking “I’ll get back to that right after I finish X” and the parts slowly disappear until you finally admit that even if you had all the parts still, you were never going to fix it and then quietly and unceremoniously scoop it all into the trash can and die a little inside.

PartyPooper2012 > Wheelerguy 05/23/2018 at 10:14

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Missing part where other equipment in house is damaged because of this repair attempt.

Washing machine

Oil soaked clothes to mask oil stains

Rusted bolt causes all tools to be broken on it

jimz > Wheelerguy 05/23/2018 at 10:14

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the shop get my motorcycle stuff from has this over the door to their garage area:

Cloverworks > Wheelerguy 05/23/2018 at 10:37

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In Vermont, the final stage for the unfixed item is “Device slowly retreats into the lawn”

functionoverfashion > Wheelerguy 05/23/2018 at 10:44

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Could also use a line where you buy more tools, justified by the thought that “if this does it, it’s still cheaper than paying labor...”

MoCamino > jimz 05/23/2018 at 10:54

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I need to get this one for my dad. I think I’m permanently in that $150 per hour range with him. :)

Wheelerguy > Cloverworks 05/23/2018 at 11:04

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What? What, what’s happening there?

Clemsie McKenzie > PartyPooper2012 05/23/2018 at 11:12

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The god damn washing machine and oil soaked clothes really got me. David is a treasure to be cherished.

For Sweden > Wheelerguy 05/23/2018 at 11:31

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But no one one gives away Nobel Prizes in maintenance. Not even the Norwegians, and they give prizes to almost anyone.

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > functionoverfashion 05/23/2018 at 11:49

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So many tools in my garage were purchased for this very reason.

Compression Tester

Vacuum pump

Vacuum gauge

Bend and flare kit

TWO Fuel pressure test kits

Oscilloscope (ok not really but it fits)

Hole saw kit

Pickle fork kit

etc

functionoverfashion > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 05/23/2018 at 12:26

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For me, the pickle fork and flare tools are both in my tool set for the same reason. Add to that a recent purchase of a filter wrench like this:

which IMMEDIATELY paid off by loosening a famously stubborn fuel filter, and water filter, in my boat.

Cloverworks > Wheelerguy 05/23/2018 at 18:23

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In Vermont, it is legal(ish) to leave junk in your yard until it subsides into the soil. Recycling! We are still pulling carpets and burnt-down couches out of our yard and pastures.