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This guy or gal is obviously awesome. Note the Leatherman in the back. He or she fixes a lot of stuff.
I assume that makes this a #2 dispenser?
Is that a Leathman there in the back?
But how did they get the tape to fix the tape in the first place?
Now this is embarrassing. I did this at work today. Except I used a large paperclip instead of a pencil, unfolded it, brought the ends neatly down the sides and did a very tidy taping job.(*) I am very, very good at tidy taping.(**)
(*) Ex-nurse. We got graded down in nursing school if our surgical dressings were sloppy.
(**) What? Everybody had to be good at something.
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Richard Dean Anderson’s desk?
They have a mini-Leatherman and this is what they came up with? You take a paperclip and bend it so it fits in the slots the missing hub runs in. No need to tape anything.
I found I could pull tape off in the usual manner and that the paperclip actually locked in place.
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I think they used *way* too much tape to fix that broken pencil!
That keyboard corner looks like the one of my Logitech G15′s (might be some other G though).
They brought the broken tape dispenser to the office, use some else tape dispenser then fixed the broken tape dispense then brought the fixed tape dispenser back home! As simple as that! Or they bought a tape dispense at Staple, fixed the broken tape dispense, then return the new tape dispenser to Staple telling the tape guy at Staple that they already had a tape dispenser to start with!
I’m so disappointed. All of the items necessary for the perfect tape spindle fix are right at hand.
#1- Remove ink cartridge from red & white ballpoint pen.
#2- Use mini-Leatherman to snip off top 1-1/4″ of cartridge.
#3- Take blue water bottle cap and use mini-Leatherman to poke a hole in the center.
#4- Shove snipped off cartridge piece through hole in cap.
#5- Place in center hub of tape roll and insert into dispenser.
#6- Ta-da.
@tudza–I’ve done the same thing! Paperclips fit in the slots perfectly, no tape or bending required.
Now that’s a clever title!
@dono1
#7. Run to washroom to scrub ink off hands from cutting the cartridge.
#8. Bring back double-handful of paper towels to wipe ink from desk, keyboard and tape dispenser.
#9. Send suit to dry cleaners.
Just my $0.02 USD worth.
Miki, Miki, Miki… You failed to notice that the pen carries the logo of “WIN”, the “Whip Inflation Now” movement that dates back to the Gerald Ford administration. Clearly, this pen ran out of ink sometime back in the late 70s, which is why the business end of the pencil in this fix was saved by the owner.
@Mags
From the chicken. Or the egg, I forget.
I echo the “why not just use a paperclip?” comments. Have done that a bazillion times. Obviously an engineer who was not given specs but just allowed to run amock!
@Dono
Dono, dahlink, I beg to differ. After enlarging the image to just about life-size, I find that the pen does not bear the Merry Jerry slogan of ‘WIN’.
If you read it from plunger to nib, it is S I (W or M) and some sort of logo. If read from nib to plunger, it is logo, M I S.
Sorry, but there’s just no ‘S’ in ‘WIN’. Shall we agree to disagree and all be friends? XD
But why not avoid steps seven, eight and nine by using the barrel of the pen instead of the ink cartridge? Because then you get a feather from a feather duster and use the handy mini-Leatherman to snip off the end of the quill. After that, slide the ink cartridge in and daub with a bit of glue to hold it in place.
Put a small container on your desk and pretend to be using an old-fashioned quill dip pen. Amaze your co-workers with your mad penmanship skilz.
There is an I in win but no U.
I’ve seen this before when working in a communal office. Seriously, who keeps throwing that center part in the trash? I can’t believe there are people who aren’t smart enough to figure out a tape dispenser!
@Evan
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@Evan
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I think it should have been done in duct tape
i have done this… only i used a wax birthday candle
They used too much tape! It should’ve been neater and with a stretched out paper clip.
Heh…heh… I could – I could burn the building down…
As said a couple of times already, a paperclip would’ve done better. This person was thinking too hard to break a pencil in half then tape it up. I’ve done this before (with a paperclip), and no sticky mess when it’s time to change the roll.
Some office workers can be idiots, they are always throwing out the wheel w/the empty roll of tape. I’ve been watching people do this since 1977. (No, I never have).
someone must’ve thrown the paperclip out with the center of the tape dispenser.
Irony = Using that tape dispenser to fix a broken pencil…
This reminds me of something. I’m in fourth grade, and so naturally there are a lot of girls in my class that love horses and dogs. One girl in my class had a pencil with a dogs pattern on it. She really liked one of the dogs. She nearly peeled off the piece of plastic with the dog on it. It hung as a flap on her pencil and distracted her during tests. So she flipped it up so it stayed out of the way and kept the dog visible. Then she taped it there. Sadly, I have no pictures of this particular kludge.