I stomped a VCR to death once.
I was a young guy, young family, VCRs were the latest thing. I got a budget
brand. Had to clean the heads frequently. About the 10th time I opened it
up, I was removing this small tension spring that you needed to remove to do
the cleaning. Some part of some moving part. I don't recall much other
than this tiny spring launched itself across the room into some distance
patch of shag carpeting.
I lost it. I was doing the surgery on the living room floor. I stood up.
Put on a shoe and stomped hell out of that thing. First stomp, my wife and
kids realized I was really doing something crazy. She screamed and grabbed
my leg like I was stomping one of the kids, as if it could be saved. Way
too late for that. I still remember the texture. Like stomping a bag of
saltine crackers.
I had enough room on the credit card to go to Wal-Mart and buy another
budget brand so the fam could watch the rented movie. That newer unit never
seemed to need cleaning.
That has been a fun enduring family story. And when raising a pile of young
kids, it helps if they all think you just might go off and stomp one of
them.
-----Original Message-----
From: Nate Burke
Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2019 3:28 PM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
Subject: [AFMUG] OT: Botched Server Upgrade
Have you ever snarled transportation a city because you tripped?
"An Amtrak worker fell onto a circuit board during a server upgrade
Thursday morning and caused hourslong delays for Metra riders stuck on
crowded trains going to and leaving Chicago's Union Station all day
long. A resulting system outage prevented trains from being dispatched
automatically, and ultimately Amtrak officials had crews deployed to
control signals and switch tracks manually."
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190301/cause-of-massive-metra-delays-a-worker-fell-on-the-circuit-board
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