I was that child
It was my dads technics twin cassett decks 20 years ago when they were completely awesome and my dad was never shy of giving my a good smack. My older brother who was 12 refused to help me fix it, laughed at me and took the piss. I took a pair of pliers and a screw driver to it, and fixed the fucker.

I never looked back and have been pulling things apart for years with some minor successes including a video cassett recorder, a dvd player, a portable television, 100's of computers, a food mixer and numerous other bits and pieces....
(TwinkleFuckingToes Has a ingrown toe nail, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 16:33, 1 reply)

When I was 19
I borrowed my mum's car to go to Nottingham during my first summer home from university, went round a corner too quickly and smashed the nearside indicator. Rather than look like a mong who couldn't be trusted to borrow a car for a day, I phoned Directory Enquiries, found a Citroen dealer with an address I recognised, drove around until I found it, bought a replacement, drove to my university, managed to borrow a toolset from a postgrad in my department and changed the bugger. Meant to tell my mum eventually but forgot all about it until now.
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 17:40, closed)