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Re: "The rest of the story" (WAS: another twist for instructions)
Subject:Re: "The rest of the story" (WAS: another twist for instructions) From:Jay Maechtlen <jmaechtlen -at- amada -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 15 Mar 2001 10:18:56 -0800
funny
I've put a fair number of these things together.
All of them have worked. Most of them by following the instructions.
I'm not sure, but I think the pantry we got from Ikea was one with
decent instructions.
Of course, having a very hands-on mechanical + engineering background
may have some influence on this...
Jay
Jo Francis Byrd wrote:
>
> I've seriously considered offering to rewrite some of those awful instructions foisted off on us - for a suitable fee, of course!
>
> Jo Byrd
>
> Jeff Hanvey wrote:
>
> > I had a similar experience with one of those assemble-yourself cabinets. I did everything according to the instructions (a first, since I, too, don't really like to follow them).
> >
> > When I stood it up, it promptly fell apart.
> >
> > Unlike Jo, I actually did write the company.
> >
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