Re: [xmca] A take on tool and result: There.................I fixed it!

[mike cole <lchcmike@gmail.com>]

Great examples of the polysemy of "tools."
mike

On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 10:32 PM, Andy Blunden <ablunden@mira.net> wrote:

> I am reminded of a time back in the late 70s when I was pretty poor and
> lived in a council flat in London, and in order to be able to plug my phone
> into point in various rooms, rather than buying the proper equipment, I put
> a mains plug on the phone lead and rigged a couple of power points up to the
> phone line. ... the inevitable happened of course: one day when a friend
> plugged the phone into the mains electricity ... interesting sound-and-light
> show ...
>
> Andy
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> Duvall, Emily wrote:
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>> There are actually some very good ideas in here!
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>> ~em
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>>  Don't have a spoon?  I can fix that!
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>>  Seatbelt broken?  I can fix that!
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>>  New TV too big for the old cabinet?  I can fix that!
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>> No bottle opener?  I can fix that!
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>>  Room too dark?  I can fix that!
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>>  Electrical problem?  I can fix that!
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>> Car stereo stolen?  I can fix that!
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>> Bookshelf cracking under the weight?  I can fix that!
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>> Can't afford a real GPS?  I can fix that!
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>>  No ice chest?  I can fix that!
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>> Can't read the ATM screen?  I can fix that!
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>> Car imported from the wrong country?  I can fix that!
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>> Satellite go out in the rain?  I can fix that!
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>> No coffee warmer?  I can fix that!
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>> Wiper motor burned out?  I can fix that!
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>> Display rack falling over?  I can fix that!
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>> Desk overloaded?  I can fix that!
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>> Car can't be ordered with the "Woody" option?  I can fix that!
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>> Exhaust pipe dragging?  I can fix that!
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>> Gotta feed the baby AND do the laundry?  I can fix that!
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>> Cables falling behind the desk?  I can fix that!
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>> No skatepark in town?  I can fix that!
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