@dookie Said
Yes, thinking of my bother and me, when young we were both dab hands at pulling things to bits. It was the putting them back together that had us beat.
You're not the only one. And of course, being an all female household, the last thing we're ever going to do is admit we can't do something for ourselves.
Once, when our printer packed up and wouldn't work, Wife phoned her dad to ask how she could fix it. I was out, with Meg at swim class at the time. We came home halfway through her phone call and she'd tried the half-dozen or so fix-its that he'd told her to try down the line without success.
When she told me what it was all about, I pulled the plug out, picked the printer up, turned it upside down and shook it until the paper clip that had somehow got stuck inside fell out.
When she finished thanking her dad for all his help, and put the phone down she asked how I knew there was a paper clip in there.
"I didn't," I said. Actually, at this point, it occurred to me to claim some sort of feminine intuition but that would have been taking coals to Newcastle. Claiming mysterious female attributes is only worth doing when there are men around to hear and be baffled by inexplicable women's wiles.
Instead, I told her that it was something I'd seen my dad do with his printer at home some years ago. I just took a punt and got lucky.
The printer has worked fine ever since.