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<\/span><\/p>\nSo he consulted an expert. Careful observation indicated the expert used a screwdriver. Great! He happened to have one in his toolbox.<\/p>\n
He noted that the useful part of a screwdriver was the slotted tip at the end. So, he cut it off and taped it to the head of his hammer. <\/p>\n
After one strike, the tip broke off and fell to the floor. <\/p>\n
“Boy, my hammer is really letting me down,” he thought to himself. “I guess I’ll have to use the whole screwdriver.”<\/p>\n
He went to the store and bought another one.<\/p>\n
Once he got home, the man held it in his hand. It didn’t feel right. Any decent tool has a grip that goes at right angles to the head. He found a piece of wood and attached the screwdriver to the end.<\/p>\n
That felt a little better but the screwdriver was very light. No decent tool was that insubstantial. So he attached a weight to the tip. That felt better! Now he was making progress!<\/p>\n
Confident in his tool, the man pounded away at more bolts.<\/p>\n
He managed to make a dozen deep scratches and bend several bolts before the screwdriver broke.<\/p>\n
“That was worse than before! Screwdrivers are really overrated and it took so much work before I could even use it, ” the man said to himself. <\/p>\n
“I’m not making that mistake again. I’m going out and get a really good hammer!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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