zip ties

Zip ties are cheap.

Singapore's train system was disrupted last week when some claws providing power and support to the third rail detached. The company in charge, SMRT, acted swiftly to fix the problem, by securing the claws with zip ties. Obviously this raised some eyebrows and the company is now under investigation.

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Toilet etiquette, the household equivalent of guerrilla warfare.

~NSHA

Sir, that is clearly past the expiration date.

~Not-So-Handy Andy

User Cog's workstation includes extensive use of magnets, zip-ties and 3M VHB tape.

User overwhelmed1's friend squished her finger between the wheel and the tire while mounting it on her truck, then used these pretty pink zip ties to fix it up.

User Xavier88 says: I accidentally dropped my coffee pot while cleaning it and the handle broke. My family, being hooked on the liquid, would not forgive me for leaving them without it. A couple of ideas came to my mind, but some of them got in the way until I came across these. Ever since then, nobody has noticed the fix.