On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 07:01:30 +0000, Fred wrote:
I'm terrified more dead Furbys will materialize at the hands of crying
little girls who are born to wrap 65 year old electronics technicians
around their little fingers......Failure is not an option!
Well, according to Wikipedia, there were 40 million Furby's sold. I'll
assume that half were sold in the USA. The 0-14 year old population
is about 30 million, resulting in fairly good chance that almost every
brat you know has a Furby buried somewhere under the toy pile. Your
only safe option is to avoid crying little girls and their desperate
parents.
Absolutely nothing I ever repaired, calibrated or overhauled has been
anywhere near as rewarding at that dead Furby.
After than computer crime, fixing toys does tend to be rewarding.
Unfortunately, most toys are designed to be assembled, not
disassembled or repaired. If the challenge is your forte, you found
it.
In my non-existent spare time, I also fix bicycles.
http://802.11junk.com/jeffl/pics/bicycles/
All too often, the neighborhood brats dump their machines on my
doorstep with scribbled instructions to fix the bike or they'll slash
my car tires. Seems like a fair exchange. Since I have this
masochistic urge to fix anything, I usually perform the necessary
bicycle repairs. In gratitude, they ride off yelling "see ya".
Methinks Furby repair would be easier and more gratifying.
(Service hint - Mommy does NOT know what batteries in the drawer are dead
and which ones are good, even though she thinks they are "new".)
All batteries not in their original shrink wrap, customer proof,
bubble packaging, are presumed to be dead. "Shelf Life" is somewhat
of an oxymoron as no batteries sitting on the shelf are ever found to
be usable.
Incidentally, my rule of thumb is "if it moves, it breaks".
Unfortunately, almost everything inside the Furby moves, so there's
plenty of room for failures.
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Jeff Liebermann
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Santa Cruz CA 95060
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