Went to a yard sale in Rockford last weekend and saw a guy using a binder clip to fix a garden hose

I was browsing this old dude's stuff and his hose had a tiny leak right near the sprayer head. He just snapped a binder clip over the hole and it stopped the drip completely. Said he's been doing that for 2 years instead of buying a new hose for 15 bucks. It's such a simple thing but I never would have thought of it. Made me wonder what other common fixes people just figure out over time. Does anyone else have a go-to quick fix like that?

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jessica_miller10d ago

Yeah duct tape on a cracked vacuum hose worked for me for like a year before I finally replaced it. Also learned from my grandpa that a paperclip can hold a car's windshield wiper arm in place if the little clip breaks off.

tarajenkins10d ago

A paperclip for a wiper arm, seriously?