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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2011 9:08:44 GMT
Well just had a serious fight with a flat pack and then after an hour decided to read the instructions!!! does anyone else find these a real pain?!?! they just don't make sense to me?!?!
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Post by phil on Apr 19, 2011 10:02:09 GMT
I find that I just can't be arsed reading the instructions and just go off my own logical way of putting flat pack together ;D then at the end find I'm something short
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Post by kakema on Apr 19, 2011 10:30:14 GMT
My OCD tendencies kick in at the start and I count all the screws. Then I put at least one of the bits on back to front and swear a lot.
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Post by seahorse on Apr 19, 2011 18:04:26 GMT
I'm pretty good at visualising how stuff is constructed/how stuff works, etc, so I rarely pay much attention to the instructions. In fact sometimes the instructions are inadequate and you have to correct the mistakes made due to following them before figuring it out yourself anyway...
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Post by sherry on Apr 19, 2011 21:17:27 GMT
Flat pack is a piece of piss.
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Post by phil on Apr 20, 2011 0:15:59 GMT
sound advice to dealing with flat pack is never try and deal with it with the crap tools they give you free with the flat pack, bike, or anything else that you need to assemble just using better tools can save a shit load of time and help you support whatever you are putting together better
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2011 0:52:28 GMT
Can see where this poll is going...
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2011 6:26:20 GMT
Hmmmm....flatpack instructions. I am sure that there is someone out there who is neither NT or neurodiverse and they write the whole damn lot of them.
Maybe Dr Who's latest aliens?
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Post by kakema on May 1, 2011 8:27:41 GMT
Dr Who's latest aliens are an ADHDer's bogeyman - they're really nasty but you forget you've seen them the moment you turn around. ;D
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2011 9:26:14 GMT
I have a client (deffo not NT - used to work for B+Q) who will come round to assemble them for you, usual kickback rates apply He didn't write the instructions either
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2011 10:44:25 GMT
Hmmmm....flatpack instructions. I am sure that there is someone out there who is neither NT or neurodiverse and they write the whole damn lot of them. Maybe Dr Who's latest aliens? I actually used to know someone who made a living writing instructions, mostly things like alarm clocks and microwaves. He was pretty normal (apart from the rooms full of half unpacked electrical goods) so i presume you need special training to be "strange" enough to progress to flatpack instructions
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Post by Lame44 on May 8, 2011 23:26:36 GMT
I try and look at the instructions but end up raging around because I'm too thick to understand them.
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2011 0:08:35 GMT
I hate flat pack stuff. It's like the person who designed it hated people.
My dads rule for DIY: If you can't fix it with a hammer or wd-40... It's broken.
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Post by dizzydumpling on May 9, 2011 12:41:33 GMT
My OCD tendencies kick in at the start and I count all the screws. Then I put at least one of the bits on back to front Yeah, just before screaming about how the stupid idiots that made it put the pre-drilled holes on the wrong side! ;D
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Post by Skybird on Sept 22, 2011 20:04:49 GMT
I don't often put up flat packs because I nearly always get mad.
I rush into it without reading the instructions, get all confused, then read the instructions which end up confusing me just as much.
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Post by mccutcheon on Nov 11, 2011 17:18:17 GMT
Instruction manuals? are those FOR something?
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Post by Mouse on Nov 11, 2011 17:22:14 GMT
Those are for looking at once you've totally cocked up the assembly and lost half the parts or used the wrong screws in the wrong place...
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