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"  I was having way too much fun trimming a large shrub recently, and I think I got a little overenthusiastic. As I swung the bar of the trimmer up and down one of the bush&amp;#039;s sides, the cord swung too\u2014right into the slashing jaws of the trimmer. Thunk. Trimmer silent. Breaker blown. Pride dented. I just spliced the cord\u2014I wasn&amp;#039;t going to throw away a 40-foot extension cord\u2014and kept working. (Yes, I&amp;#039;m fully aware that my actions probably violated multiple UL standards, warranties, and codes.) Twenty minutes later it happened again. I really needed a better system. Or more electrical tape.  The Fix: I hang a carabiner (a spring-loaded clip that climbers use) off my back belt loop and run the cord through that to keep it from swinging in front of the trimmer. I look dorky with my yellow power-cord tail dangling behind me, but at least I don&amp;#039;t have to keep splicing it back together. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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