After-action report on the #Regina Repair Cafe of Sunday, 8 November 2026. Well, at least my station and maybe my friend and partner-in-~~crime~~repair Ralph.

It was incredibly busy today. We had over 100 bookings plus dozens of walkins. We had tons of repair volunteers - probably close to 20 if not over - and pretty much everyone was busy all day. But we got through them all! I don't think anyone was turned away for lack of time etc.

My personal success rate today was not great. Two items took ages to work on - one because it was almost impossible to get into, and the other simply because of the size of the task - dozens of screws holding tens of components to different backplates and heatsinks and subframes and chassis components - and it all had to come out to get access to the underside of the main circuit board.

But I mostly want to complain about a #toaster.

We get a lot of #toasters. 95% of the time, the client reports "if you hold the lever down it heats up and toasts fine, but it won't stay down on its own". There are a couple common causes of that, and one of them is generally an easy #fix.

This was a Special Toaster. You could tell, because it was all brushed stainless steel, and a bizarre one-long-slot-for-two-pieces-of-bread #design so the thing is 10cm / 4 inches wide and 35cm / 15 inches long, and all swoopy-oval. This one screamed "I was created by a #Designer, and I am #Art".

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