"Irv Finkleman" wrote in message
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Jeffrey D Angus wrote:

Steve wrote:
A while back I posted about the 'SP-600 from hell'.

Ahhhh, fond memories from my first "radio" related job. My
boss asked me if I could reassemble a radio for a customer.
It was an SP-600 in several milk crates with all the gears
and hardware in a coffee can.

At our Sony factory service depot we once received a suit box from one
of the dealers. When we opened it we found two big slabs of foam rubber
taped into a sandwich. We opened the sandwich, and there was a camcorder
in a million pieces with a note attached. The note read 'It's all fixed
and ready for you to assemble'!!!!!!!

We frequently had people bring in 'equipment in a bag' and it always
seemed that 'Dad' tried to fix it, or if it was a man bringing it in,
he usually said his son tried to fix it.

Ah, the good old days. I presume the practice still continues.

Irv VE6BP

I understand kids taking things apart. But it just amazes me when a grown
men bring stuff to me to fix because I repair old equip and sometimes I have
to say " Why in Gods name did you take apart that Swiss watch, handycam,
etc..?" Then I have to tell them I can't fix it. I can't beleive the stuff
some guys think they can fix with their handyman tool set. Are they that out
of touch with reality and their own limitations? LOL!!! : )

BH