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    The CD system in the kitchen refused to eject a CD a few months ago, or to play it or to do anything it was intended to do. So I swore at it, thumped it, turned it upside down and thumped it and nothing happened. The dismantling instructions on the web looked a step too far for my limited skills so I used it as a radio and kept trying to play/eject the CD at regular intervals with no luck.
    This morning, I turn it on and the CD played and ejected! I'm so happy
    Do you have problem gadgets that have healed themselves?

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    My venerable Kenwood Major can be a bit idiosyncratic about the different attachments - I can put the whisk attachment in and out of the slot all day, easy as anything, unless I actually want to use it to whisk egg whites or anything else. Then it won't have it.
    Jules

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    • #3
      My laptop often refuses to work, but especially if I need to transfer money on the internet. Or if I need to check something I've saved on it before I leave the house. Any time it's not important it works easily.
      Ali

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        My brand new (2nd one) V+ box re-boots itself in the middle of football matches..........
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        • #5
          Originally posted by Bigmallly View Post
          My brand new (2nd one) V+ box re-boots itself in the middle of football matches..........
          At least its half time?
          Last edited by veggiechicken; 16-05-2012, 10:29 AM.

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          • #6
            My mobile phone. Admittedly it's getting on a bit but since I switched to 02 sometimes the signal fails when I'm at home and I have to wander around waving it in the air. It's ok anywhere else. It also makes noises like I have incoming calls and texts when I haven't.

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            • #7
              I acquired a gadget in 1975 and it's been predictably unpredictable from day one. Should have took it back really but I was young and optimistic at the time.

              If it plays me up any more today might well consign it to the attic on a permanent basis.

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              • #8
                If this "gadget" has kept going since 1975, you've got a good one! Look after it

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by veggiechicken View Post
                  If this "gadget" has kept going since 1975, you've got a good one! Look after it
                  Suppose so VC. Just wish I could employ it to do something useful for more than 2 minutes of each day. That would be an average of course because over a period of a year I'd be expecting 12 hours and 10 minutes in whatever time parcels I could get.

                  Other than that it takes up a lot of space and fuel consumption is high because you have to keep it plugged in all the time. Miss it if it packed up though. It's a bit habit forming.

                  And before anybody says anything I'm not talking about 2 minutes of what you lot are thinking about.
                  Last edited by donnakebab; 16-05-2012, 11:14 AM.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by donnakebab View Post

                    And before anybody says anything I'm not talking about 2 minutes of what you lot are thinking about.
                    That includes you VC

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by donnakebab View Post
                      That includes you VC
                      It hadn't even crossed my mind, Donna
                      (I must be slowing up in my old age!)

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by veggiechicken View Post
                        At least its half time?
                        Oh, you're on the "ball" today............
                        sigpic“Gorillas are very intelligent, but they don't have to be as delicate as chimps -- they can just smash open the termite nest,”
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                        Official Member Of The Nutters Club - Rwanda Branch.
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                        Sent from my ZX Spectrum with no predictive text..........
                        -----------------------------------------------------------
                        KOYS - King Of Yellow Stickers..............

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Bigmallly View Post
                          Oh, you're on the "ball" today............
                          Only the funny shaped ones.....

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by veggiechicken View Post
                            Only the funny shaped ones.....
                            Ha ha ha! I could go there but I'm not gunnu.
                            Last edited by donnakebab; 16-05-2012, 11:36 AM.

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                            • #15
                              Rugby, Donna, think Rugby!

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