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Share Your "Lessons Learned the Hard Way"
We're recording another episode of the Gameroom Junkies podcast tonight, and one of our most popular segments is our "Lessons Learned the Hard Way" segment where we share stupid stories about things that happened to us or other collectors that made us suffer, but now we now know better.
An example I've shared earlier is that I learned the hard way during a cap kit repair that an Electrohome monitor's filter capacitor can still hold a charge. I put my hand on the solder side of the chassis and discharged the full force of the capacitor, burning my hand and making it numb for hours on end.
I have also learned the hard way that no matter how heavy you think an object is, you need to make sure it is secured in your truck. While I was still in college, I had to get rid of the very first game I owned, so I gave it to my friend. He came with his dad's pickup truck, we loaded it up, put it on it's back to distribute the weight, tried to wiggle it - it wouldn't budge. He didn't have ratchet straps or bungee cord, but we knew we should probably get some. We cautiously headed to Wal Mart and SLOWLY went down the hill, got to the bottom unscathed. WHEW! Dodged that bullet. On to Wally world! We get all the way there, slow down to stop at the stop sign in the parking lot and ...BOOOOOOM!!! The game slides and busts through the back window shattering the glass into a thousand pieces. Did I mention this was his Dad's truck? Ooops. Guess the free game my friend got just turned into a $300 game. LESSON LEARNED.
Anyhow, I've exhausted all the cool stories I have for the show, so I'd love to hear some of yours. Please share your stories here and I'll pick some of the funniest for the show. Heck, I may even have a prize for the funniest (or most horrible) lesson. If your story is long and you'd rather not type it out, feel free to call the Gameroom Junkies voicemail at 404-829-GAME and just leave your story as a message and we can put it on the show that way (don't worry hermits, you wont have to talk to anyone, just leave a voicemail). We'd love to hear from you!
We're recording another episode of the Gameroom Junkies podcast tonight, and one of our most popular segments is our "Lessons Learned the Hard Way" segment where we share stupid stories about things that happened to us or other collectors that made us suffer, but now we now know better.
An example I've shared earlier is that I learned the hard way during a cap kit repair that an Electrohome monitor's filter capacitor can still hold a charge. I put my hand on the solder side of the chassis and discharged the full force of the capacitor, burning my hand and making it numb for hours on end.
I have also learned the hard way that no matter how heavy you think an object is, you need to make sure it is secured in your truck. While I was still in college, I had to get rid of the very first game I owned, so I gave it to my friend. He came with his dad's pickup truck, we loaded it up, put it on it's back to distribute the weight, tried to wiggle it - it wouldn't budge. He didn't have ratchet straps or bungee cord, but we knew we should probably get some. We cautiously headed to Wal Mart and SLOWLY went down the hill, got to the bottom unscathed. WHEW! Dodged that bullet. On to Wally world! We get all the way there, slow down to stop at the stop sign in the parking lot and ...BOOOOOOM!!! The game slides and busts through the back window shattering the glass into a thousand pieces. Did I mention this was his Dad's truck? Ooops. Guess the free game my friend got just turned into a $300 game. LESSON LEARNED.
Anyhow, I've exhausted all the cool stories I have for the show, so I'd love to hear some of yours. Please share your stories here and I'll pick some of the funniest for the show. Heck, I may even have a prize for the funniest (or most horrible) lesson. If your story is long and you'd rather not type it out, feel free to call the Gameroom Junkies voicemail at 404-829-GAME and just leave your story as a message and we can put it on the show that way (don't worry hermits, you wont have to talk to anyone, just leave a voicemail). We'd love to hear from you!



