MacGyver For A Day
By CJ Mills on Nov 13, 2008 in blogging, random
Tonight I started to pack up our entertainment center so I didn’t have to worry about all the cables and wires while everyone was loading boxes up. While moving our sub woofer, I noticed something banging around inside. I looked into the hole on the side of the box and noticed a few interesting things….my old cell phone, Andrea’s old cell phone, an empty medicine bottle and a toy block. I wonder how those got in there….
Jadyn was quite an exploring little kid, as a result, she ending up stuffing all sorts of things all over our house. It was quite funny finding these items in there, but the humor quickly began to fade when I realized it wasn’t going to be easy getting the items out. The hole in the side of the woofer box extended 3/4 the width of the box itself. The rest of the box was open, so it wasn’t like I could just flip the sub woofer and the items would fall out (besides, the thing was heavy). So what did I do? I got CREATIVE.
I attached a piece of electrical tape to the end of the string. I then lowered the string down to one of the items and used an extremely long screwdriver to force the tape to stick to the item. I then, very carefully, pulled the item up! Pretty simple, right? No, not really, but it ended up working….
Brook Sarver | Nov 13, 2008 | Reply
Ok, firstly, well done! Secondly, MacGyver would have used a piece of bubble gum, and length of hair, and pure muscle to make recovery happen. Still though, well done. I’m sure it was quite the surprise!
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Maren Vargas | Nov 13, 2008 | Reply
Go MacGyver! Can I twitter to you next time I’m stuck in a prison in Libya that’s on fire and all I have on me is a pack of fruit snacks, a watch and a matchbox car? JK, great job!
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Joshua | Nov 14, 2008 | Reply
That is great story. It reminded me of this one time I was watching U-571 and every time a depth charge went off, my subwoofer sounded like someone was beating me upside the head with a sock full of quarters.
It turns out that Conner’s entire set of Little People action figures were huddled inside, hiding from the group of Rescue Hero’s that were jammed into my 500-disc CD carousel.
I think when “the experts” say it costs $270K to raise a child from birth to 18, they’ve already calculated in the cost of destroyed electronics.
CJ Mills | Nov 14, 2008 | Reply
@Brook Sarver » first of all, my hair is not that long…second of all, I thought about gum, but didn’t want it getting stuck inside the box…haha
@Maren » yes, feel free to twitter me ANYTIME you are in a prison in Libya.
@Josh » I would be hiding from Rescue Hero’s as well…can’t blame the Little People!