last week, i broke the bottom end of the car charger to our GPS (aka 'jenny'), leaving us with none that work (the top end of our first charger refuses to charge). so naturally, i tried to fix it with tape, and discovered that if i angled the cord just right, jenny charged up just fine. alittle slow, but fine.
it wasn't until my husband was teasing me about my taping technique when i realized that it was totally something my dad would do. for my father's birthday this year, my sisters and i decided to buy our parents new garage door openers since my dad would never do it for himself. he would have used the broken, taped-up openers until all of the buttons stopped working.. or until the things vaporized.
then i thought about my cell phone which i've had for just under 3 years now, and how frustrated i get when the trackball gets stuck, which is one of the major features of a blackberry. but i'd rather just deal with it than fork over some cash to replace it. same thing with my laptop.. i spent hours realigning my "N" key when it fell off the keyboard, even after hubbie told me to just buy a new one. but no, i fixed it and it dislodges from time to time, but i just clip it back into place.
i truly am my father's daughter.
this time though, i caved with the charger. i finally decided that for all the aggravation it would cause me, i was willing to pay $3 for a replacement.
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