laws on repairing

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laws on repairing

Murphy's Corollary:
Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse. Murphy's Constant:
Matter will be damaged in direct proportion to its value



Law of Selective Gravity:
An object will fall so as to do the most damage. Lucas's statement:

A 1000 Pound ECU will protect a 20 Pence fuse by burning first

Interchangeable parts won't.

Finagle's Fourth Law:
Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it only makes it worse.

Wyszkowski's Second Law:
Anything can be made to work if you fiddle with it long enough.

Schmidt's Law:
If you mess with a thing long enough, it'll break.

Lowery's Law:
If it jams - force it.
If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway. Sattinger's Law
It works better if you plug it in.

Anthony's Law of Force
Don't force it - get a bigger hammer. Gordon's First Law:
If a project is not worth doing at all, it's not worth doing well.
Inside every small problem is a large problem struggling to get out.

Weiler's Law:
Nothing is impossible for the man who does not have to do it himself.

Farnsdick's corollary:
After things have gone from bad to worse, the cycle will repeat itself.

Hellrung's Law:
If you wait, it will go away.

Shevelson's Extension:
... having done its damage.

Harrison's Postulate:
For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism. Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity
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Pournelle's Law of Costs and Schedules:
Everything costs more and takes longer.

Klipstein's Observation:
Any product cut to length will be too short.

Rosenfield's Regret:
The most delicate component will be dropped.

De la Lastra's Law:
After the last of 16 mounting screws has been removed from an access cover, it will be discovered that the wrong access cover has been removed.
Design flaws travel in groups.

De la Lastra's Corollary:
After an access cover has been secured by 16 hold-down screws, it will be discovered that the gasket has been ommitted.

Murphy's Restoration Law:
No battle plan ever survives contact with reality.

Murphy's Repair Law:
The most dangerous thing in the garage zone is the the repair manual.