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Charlie Sorrel

Gear
Jul 1, 2009 10:30 AM


THERE I FIXED IT: GALLERY OF DANGEROUS, HILARIOUS HACKS

There isn’t much to say about the blog “There I Fixed It”, other than that you
should add it to your RSS reader immediately. It’s a gallery of user-submitted
hacks, the twist being that these hacks are disastrous, usually dangerously so,
and many of them could quite possibly end in death. The new car lock […]
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There isn't much to say about the blog "There I Fixed It", other than that you
should add it to your RSS reader immediately. It's a gallery of user-submitted
hacks, the twist being that these hacks are disastrous, usually dangerously so,
and many of them could quite possibly end in death.

The new car lock above is just hilarious, and the AT-AT caravan ladder mash-up
is simply amazing. But the bike fire engine (below) is actually pretty
handy-looking, for a small village at least.

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