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Old 26 November 2011, 01:46 PM
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Angry How much electrical gadgets have you distroyed?

Well this week seam to have knacker the computer up stairs and yesterday distroyed the two bits of screen om my iPod touch, took my anger out on the iPod and distroyed it, did make me feel a little better. Also knacker a psp trying some cfw, had to send it away to be fixed
so what electronics have you distroyed???
Old 26 November 2011, 02:16 PM
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None........do you have a lot of disposable income?
Old 26 November 2011, 02:26 PM
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Well... given that I work as an electronic engineer, I spend all day working with prototype, incomplete and defective hardware on a regular basis. So, quite a lot.

Other than that: I'm thinking of replacing my TV soon, and unless anyone desperately wants a 10 year old, big heavy CRT, it'll probably end up going for scrap. Does that count?
Old 26 November 2011, 03:06 PM
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I fix more than I break, though sometimes I smash something to make it so I cant spend any more time and money on itl.

As a young lad got given a Top Loading video by my auntie, should have known it was crap, was chuffed as first video in bedroom (bluey's ahoy), well, it kept ****ing up so I got a mate of a mate who did them as foreigners to fix, it, twenty quid, lasted three weks and something else went, another twenty quid, lasted a little while then went mental again and chewed a tape.

My dad was absolutely pissing himself when he saw it land on the path from my bedroom window, didnt half explode, made me feel better, I did it as otherwise I reckon I would be spending twenty quid every week on the POS, did the only decent thing and proceeded to Rumbelows (while ago) and signed on the dotted for 440 quids worth of superb Nicam Panasonic with a remote that didnt need a wire, still have it, still works though the timer didnt pass the millenium test but who ever used that any way, cant bear to throw it, took me three years to pay for the ******, cost me about 800 by the time it was paid !
Old 26 November 2011, 03:17 PM
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I broke my microwave a few Christmases ago. I turned it on without anything inside it for 10 minutes, and it croacked it. I thought I was heating the gravy, but hey. **** happens.
Old 26 November 2011, 03:19 PM
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Destroyed

Killed a PS2 years and years ago after a temper tantrum with Gran Turismo.

I bought a really expensive Sony VHS recorder with my first proper pay check and it never really worked from the off - you know the ones with the mahoosive remote control and the flip front. Was the bane of my life for a while. When I got into DVD and didn't need the VHS it was quite satisfying taking the VHS recorder into the garden and beating the living **** out of it.
Old 26 November 2011, 03:28 PM
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I'd change the title before tel the spellinater comes along.

I stopped throwing tantrums when I was about 8.

I live by two words woo-sar.

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Old 26 November 2011, 04:51 PM
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Hitachi stereo video .... 8 sets of heads in 2 months!!! in the end got it exchanged as it was pos

Nicam video, timing was out, in reseting the timing, i shorted a board...

Philips Video (anyone see a pattern here lol) fused the lights, and blew this little beast skywards lol...

Fixed others though... tv's mainly crt... the new plasma's are better off for spares TBH

Fixed an old lappy about a year ago.... that finally died last week.... got a few other bits in the offing... but dependant on other equipment becomming available to replace things


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Old 26 November 2011, 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by alcazar
None........do you have a lot of disposable income?
No kids so you could say yes
Old 26 November 2011, 05:08 PM
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Net book.....snapped it in half because I couldn't get rid of a virus.....good old tube8's fault

Ps3 bought on release day......threw a pathetic tantrum and launched the joypad at it , cracked all front of ps3 and joypad was jammed down on the toggle

Broke my heal bone on a motorola v3 by stamping on it when a bird sent me a message and my missis read it

Reminds me.....I'm late for my anger management course
Old 26 November 2011, 06:38 PM
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My Yamaha AV amp decided to blow last week Started playing radio static through one channel, then switched off. Wouldn't switch on for a while, and now comes on for 2 seconds before switching off

At the doctors hoping he can find a cure, or that's £800 gone
Old 26 November 2011, 07:24 PM
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Computer engineering for 30+ years.
I love the smell of burning circuit boards in the morning.
Old 26 November 2011, 08:10 PM
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Dropped my old blackberry in a sink while still drunk from the night before, that was a mental session though!
Old 26 November 2011, 08:12 PM
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I took the claw hammer to my lg phone ( out of frustration)

all i can say is on strenght i would buy another
Old 26 November 2011, 08:17 PM
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I destroy the missus now and again, I suppose that is the same analogy to a piece of technology.
Old 26 November 2011, 08:22 PM
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Network bridge for the xbox....

wouldn configure, and i got so pissed off, i battered it to bits with a lump hammer ... unit was f*ked but it felt so good to do lol


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