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Serbia: Ziveli! (For health!)
Portugal: Saude! (Health!)
Latvia: Prieka (To joy!)
Esperanto: Je zia sano! (Health!)
Germany: Prosit! (Cheers!)
Argentina: Chin-Chin! (Sound of clinking glasses)
Iceland: Skal! (The cup!)
Italy: Cent’ anni!
(A hundred years [of luck]!)
Turkey: Serefe! (To honor!)
Hawaii: Hauoli maoli oe!
(To your happiness!)
Spain: Salud! (Health!)
Israel: L’Chayim (To life!)
Albania: Gezuar! (Cheers!)
Greece: Yia Mas!
(To our health!)
Brazil: Saude! Viva!
(To your health!)
Hungary: Egészségére!
(To your health!)
Kenya: Maisha Merefu!
(To good life!)
Estonia: Terviseks! (For health!)
Lebanon: Kessak! (Cheers!)
Iran: Salahmatie!
(To good health!)
Indonesia: Selamat minum! (Cheers!)
Korea: Ogung bai!
(Bottoms up!)
Yiddish: Zol zon tzgezhint! (To your health!)
DO-IT-YOURSELF DISASTERS
Tackling a home project? Be careful…or it might just tackle you.
PROBLEM: Tone Pina’s apartment in Citrus Heights, California, was infested by thousands of cockroaches.
FIX: Because there were so many roaches, Pina got a lot of bug bombs. He said about 8 to 10; the police later said there were probably as many as 18. (One or two is usually recommended.) Pina set them all off at the same time and rushed out of his house.
OUTCOME: A spark from his refrigerator ignited the fumes, triggering an explosion that separated the building’s walls from its roof, caused three families to lose their homes, and cost more than $1 million to repair. Pina still has cockroaches.
PROBLEM: In 2007 a Brevard, North Carolina, teenager’s Xbox 360 video game console kept turning off every five minutes. FIX: The 14-year-old boy did some research online and found a Web site that the said the power supply was probably overheating. So, following the directions provided, he wrapped the power supply in plastic and tape and submerged it in a bowl of cool water… while it was still plugged in.
OUTCOME: The teen’s mother walked into the room a few minutes later and found him lying unconscious on his back. She rushed him to the hospital, where he was treated for minor burns to his right hand and right foot.
PROBLEM: While trying to fix up his old Lincoln Continental, a 66-year-old man from South Kitsap, Washington, tried everything he could think of to get that last stubborn lug nut off the right rear wheel.
FIX: Frustrated, he went and got his 12-gauge shotgun. Holding the barrel only a few feet away from the lug nut, he fired.
OUTCOME: His plan backfired—literally. A police spokesman said the man’s legs were “peppered with buckshot.” He was taken to the hospital for serious (but not life-threatening) injuries.
PROBLEM: Weeds were growing between the hedges at the home of a German gardener.
FIX: While it’s not uncommon for gardeners to use a small blowtorch to clear weeds from cracks in a driveway or sidewalk, it’s not recommended when the weeds are growing among giant hedges. But that’s what this 54-year-old gardener tried to do.
OUTCOME: The hedges caught fire…then the toolshed…then the roof of his house. Unable to extinguish the blaze with his garden hose, the man called the fire department. By the time they put it out, his house was so damaged that it was uninhabitable.
PROBLEM: A 45-year-old man from Düsseldorf, Germany, found a hole in his inflatable air mattress.
FIX: He tried to seal the hole with tire solvent, which is flammable. Then he used an electric air pump to blow up the mattress.
OUTCOME: A spark from the pump ignited the solvent, and the explosion knocked out a wall and shattered all of the windows in the apartment. The man and his daughter were treated for burns, but were otherwise okay.
PROBLEM: The toilet in the master bathroom of Carol Taddei’s Minneapolis home stopped working.
FIX: Taddei, a retired paralegal, wanted to save money on costly repairs, so she purchased a new toilet and tried to install it herself.
OUTCOME: The
Serbia: Ziveli! (For health!)
Portugal: Saude! (Health!)
Latvia: Prieka (To joy!)
Esperanto: Je zia sano! (Health!)
Germany: Prosit! (Cheers!)
Argentina: Chin-Chin! (Sound of clinking glasses)
Iceland: Skal! (The cup!)
Italy: Cent’ anni!
(A hundred years [of luck]!)
Turkey: Serefe! (To honor!)
Hawaii: Hauoli maoli oe!
(To your happiness!)
Spain: Salud! (Health!)
Israel: L’Chayim (To life!)
Albania: Gezuar! (Cheers!)
Greece: Yia Mas!
(To our health!)
Brazil: Saude! Viva!
(To your health!)
Hungary: Egészségére!
(To your health!)
Kenya: Maisha Merefu!
(To good life!)
Estonia: Terviseks! (For health!)
Lebanon: Kessak! (Cheers!)
Iran: Salahmatie!
(To good health!)
Indonesia: Selamat minum! (Cheers!)
Korea: Ogung bai!
(Bottoms up!)
Yiddish: Zol zon tzgezhint! (To your health!)
DO-IT-YOURSELF DISASTERS
Tackling a home project? Be careful…or it might just tackle you.
PROBLEM: Tone Pina’s apartment in Citrus Heights, California, was infested by thousands of cockroaches.
FIX: Because there were so many roaches, Pina got a lot of bug bombs. He said about 8 to 10; the police later said there were probably as many as 18. (One or two is usually recommended.) Pina set them all off at the same time and rushed out of his house.
OUTCOME: A spark from his refrigerator ignited the fumes, triggering an explosion that separated the building’s walls from its roof, caused three families to lose their homes, and cost more than $1 million to repair. Pina still has cockroaches.
PROBLEM: In 2007 a Brevard, North Carolina, teenager’s Xbox 360 video game console kept turning off every five minutes. FIX: The 14-year-old boy did some research online and found a Web site that the said the power supply was probably overheating. So, following the directions provided, he wrapped the power supply in plastic and tape and submerged it in a bowl of cool water… while it was still plugged in.
OUTCOME: The teen’s mother walked into the room a few minutes later and found him lying unconscious on his back. She rushed him to the hospital, where he was treated for minor burns to his right hand and right foot.
PROBLEM: While trying to fix up his old Lincoln Continental, a 66-year-old man from South Kitsap, Washington, tried everything he could think of to get that last stubborn lug nut off the right rear wheel.
FIX: Frustrated, he went and got his 12-gauge shotgun. Holding the barrel only a few feet away from the lug nut, he fired.
OUTCOME: His plan backfired—literally. A police spokesman said the man’s legs were “peppered with buckshot.” He was taken to the hospital for serious (but not life-threatening) injuries.
PROBLEM: Weeds were growing between the hedges at the home of a German gardener.
FIX: While it’s not uncommon for gardeners to use a small blowtorch to clear weeds from cracks in a driveway or sidewalk, it’s not recommended when the weeds are growing among giant hedges. But that’s what this 54-year-old gardener tried to do.
OUTCOME: The hedges caught fire…then the toolshed…then the roof of his house. Unable to extinguish the blaze with his garden hose, the man called the fire department. By the time they put it out, his house was so damaged that it was uninhabitable.
PROBLEM: A 45-year-old man from Düsseldorf, Germany, found a hole in his inflatable air mattress.
FIX: He tried to seal the hole with tire solvent, which is flammable. Then he used an electric air pump to blow up the mattress.
OUTCOME: A spark from the pump ignited the solvent, and the explosion knocked out a wall and shattered all of the windows in the apartment. The man and his daughter were treated for burns, but were otherwise okay.
PROBLEM: The toilet in the master bathroom of Carol Taddei’s Minneapolis home stopped working.
FIX: Taddei, a retired paralegal, wanted to save money on costly repairs, so she purchased a new toilet and tried to install it herself.
OUTCOME: The
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