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Hi finnjim, I'm spelugx (usually just :x though).

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Hey, finnjim! I spent a couple of years teaching computer and video skills to adults, which mostly meant leaping to save some expensive piece of equipment from being destroyed while smiling supportively at the idiot who was wrecking it. Thank Zarquon for !

I dont even bother to do that cos as far as im concerned it's easier to learn by making mistakes and i tell them that mess on the machines cos i'm the one who has to fix them any way. And as regards fixing them it's so easy and automatic to rebuild tham and reinstall windows that thats what i do.
I have created a boot CD for the various machines it formats the machine and puts the software back onto it.

I was more thinking of incidents like where an expensive video camera was being used as a hammer to free a stuck tripod leg... Or someone was trying to remove a floppy from a Mac with pliers because they "couldn't find the eject button"... Or where someone had actually managed to force a second floppy disk into a drive without removing the previous one... You get the picture?

True but my problem is I'm actually a qualified Engineering teacher so I'm usually the one showing them how to do these things not stopping them. As is well known Engineers never use the proper tool for the job. For example the screwdriver is also a paint can opener, paint stirrer, crowbar, pry bar, hammer, nail, stabbing inmplement.

...and in industrial situations, it can make a great temporary fuse...

Don't forget the Sharpened and under the back wheel of the bosses car the day before you retire/resign/get fired (please delete where applicable)