VICKI
TIP: Bring a friend with you; it will add to the fun and you'll be able to compare notes.Useful testersSolder the pieces togetherHave a good collection of softwarePerhaps you prop up a bathroom sink with a baseball bat until you have time --- OK --- the inclination to fix it right with a sturdy metal filing cabinet, legal-sized, so you have a stronger base AND storage for hygiene products. Or, you use a golf club to buttress a cracked storm window that doesn't stay open because the plastic tabs that should hold the open window pane in place as you slide it up or down broke, for the last time, when you tried to replace them with beer can tabs.You never really fix things, but rather enhance, improve or fortify to extend an item's usefulness. If you're really clever like some friends of ours, you find multiple uses for sports equipment.Vicki Estes is a Topeka freelance writer. Her column appears each Sunday. She can be reached at vaestes@sbcglobal.net.Apply the cut pattern pieces to the glass to be cut,Every PC technician carries their trusted phillips head screwdriver at all times, right? The standard size fits most desktop screws, but you may want to get a mini-screwdriver kit to work on laptops. Three-prong screw grabbers (or tweezers) are great for when you drop a screw into or underneath the motherboard. Alternatively, you could just get a magnetized screwdriver and pick screws up with it. Carrying a small flashlight will help you see into the dark recesses of the case, and needle-nose pliers come in handy for hard drive jumpers. Lastly, have a notepad, post-it notes and a few pens and pencils in there.
Vicki Estes is a Topeka freelance writer. Her column appears each Sunday. She can be reached at vaestes@sbcglobal.net.
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