This old timer at the gas station fixed my chainsaw with a ziptie and a beer can

I was out near Huntsville last Saturday working on a customer's Stihl MS250 that wouldn't hold idle. Stopped for gas at this little station on 431 and this guy in his 70s walked over, watched me mess with the carb for a minute, then pulled a ziptie out of his pocket and rigged the throttle linkage with a piece cut from a Bud Light can. Ran perfect after that. I asked him how he knew that trick and he just shrugged and said 'been fixin things since before you were born.' Has anyone else run into someone like that who passed on a trick you still use?

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carr.xena9d ago

Honestly, I'd trust that guy with my whole life and a broken blender.

christopher_craig9d ago

Had a neighbor like that once, guy could fix anything with duct tape and a paper clip. He rebuilt my lawnmower with parts from an old vacuum cleaner and it ran better than new. Always nice to have someone you can hand a broken blender to and not worry about it.