What's the most Magyver solution you've ever pulled in real life?

I was in Germany, in the US Army, in the late 80s. We still had gasoline engine dodge trucks.

We were returning from a parts run from another base and our mechanical fuel pump failed.

We emptied the window washer reservoir and filled it with gas. We carried spare fuel with us

and connected the line to the inlet of the carburetor. We carried spare fuel with us and connected the

line to the inlet of the carburetor. We used the washer button to fill the float bowl of the carb

any time the engine started to sputter and had to pull over every 20 minutes or so to top off

the washer reservoir. Took us a little longer to get home, but we made it. Once a water main burst

up the road from our house,

and as we were downhill, all the water began to run through the side of our property and threatened

to flood the entire house. I took the slide off my sister's playhouse and took it up the road

and placed it on its side and propped it up, which diverted the water far enough onto the road

that our house completely avoided the torrent. Sorry, which diverted the water far enough onto the road that our house completely

avoided the torrent. Sorry, neighbours further down the road. Something similar happened to me. When I was

15, we had a water pipe bust in the garage right over the door to the house. I shut off the water

at the street and then proceeded to try and unlock the door and enter the house, broke the key off

in the door.

Apparently, it was already unlocked, but swollen shut.

I was already in the garage with duct tape, zip ties, and WD40 well in reach.

I grabbed our chainsaw and cut the door in half.

Let's just say my mom was not as impressed as I was.

The second Watermain story is less of a MacGyver story and more of a

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