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My chicken coop door jammed at 6am in Fargo, so I built a whole new one out of boredom
Stood there in the snow for 20 minutes prying at the latch with a butter knife before I gave up and realized the real fix was just replacing the whole auto door with a manual one, and honestly watching the girls file out on their own schedule has been weirdly calming, has anyone else gone back to old school doors after their fancy one broke?
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ray1366d ago
That butter knife at 6am in Fargo is the whole thing in a nutshell. My $180 auto door died in the middle of last winter and I did the same song and dance before switching to a plain sliding wood door I pull by hand. Over the last few years I've started to notice this pattern everywhere, the smart thermostat that needed an app update just to turn on the heat, the wifi fridge that bricked itself, the riding mower with a screen that costs more to fix than a whole new mower. We keep trading simple stuff that works for stuff that needs charging, updating, and a login, and when it breaks we can't fix it with a screwdriver anymore. There's something good about a door that just opens when you walk out and pull it, no battery, no motor, no firmware, nothing to fail at 6am in the snow.
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