The Bobcat Nation

Nothing to be proud of. I'm one of the least mechanically inclined people I know. It took me an hour to put in one screw on my water softener today. I had to bend over the top of the softener and hang my head upside down, while balancing a small half-inch long screw on the end of a small Phillips screwdriver (I don't own a magnetic screwdriver) making sure I had the screwdriver over a safe surface at all times, so I didn't fall into the machine or under some other unit in the utility room. My vision, when I'm that close is all blurry making it difficult to see the hole the screw went in, and I had a flashlight balanced on the edge of the water softener that I couldn't bump or the light wouldn't hit the hole right. It was very trying. I think my yelling may have been the reason one of my dogs peed on the kitchen floor.

After I finally got the screw in, I called the company and guess what they told me I had to do? Yes, take out that very screw and the part it was holding in, because that was what they thought was causing the malfunction. But it wasn't. Fortunately I figured out an easier way to do this as I was taking the part off and I had that same screw back in in about 3 minutes the second time.

The project took about 4 hours total. I'm not sure the unit is working properly yet, but it is working. For how long, I don't know. I wouldn't wish what I went through on anyone.

I'm so happy you endured and survived the challenges Tom! I've felt the same many a day on the job, mechanical skills aren't my strong suit but unfortunately are part of the skill set required

ChiOCat wrote:I'm so happy you endured and survived the challenges Tom! I've felt the same many a day on the job, mechanical skills aren't my strong suit but unfortunately are part of the skill set required

Thanks. I'm feeling better now.

So, for me the world record would be in cuss words, what exactly was your world record for, and did it get verified.