Those of you with kids - *that* moment which we all dread...

[Lowe]

Yup, it happened to me.



After finding my son looking very sheepish and the cover removed from my Paradigm CC250 I was faced with the above.

So, after getting the Dyson out and removing all the filters (to get as much suction as possible) we ended up with:



Not a mark on the cones and they sound fine. I know they're only dust covers but on a semi expensive centre speaker you don't want that do you?

The hoover method worked perfectly though on the first one it oversucked very slightly and I had a little too much displacement as the cover popped back into shape. I was much more careful with the second, and looking back modding the Dyson wasn't really needed.

[GoNz0]

and next, weetabix in the cassette deck and mini cars in the VCR

[Lowe]

Oh man, don't even joke lol! On the upside all of that kind of gear is behind a glass door which as yet has remained closed. Only a matter of time though I suppose

[Domestic_Ginger]

Just spent this morning trying to get milk vomit off the sofa covers......

Its not the cleaning up; its the diagnosis that I am having problems with. He doesn't have a temp.

[MSIC]

Oh man, sorry to see that but well done fixing it.
My son is 10 months old - which means he's nearly walking (well, wobbly-walking), and has a keen interest in all things that he shouldn't.
Couple this with us currently having builders in re-doing our kitchen, and i have hammers, buckets, screws all kind of lying around (or placed delicately on matts on the table, just at finger-tip height).

It's all a nightmare until the builders are done! I'm just hoping that he doesnt think that my plasma TV needs a bit of a good bash...

[Lowe]

My Bravia bore the brunt of a plastic hammer the other day as well, luckily no damage done. It really is 'danger age' right now for anything gadgety!

[Grey M@a]

Yeah like the morning I made Cameron some toast when he was 2 or 3, I went into the kitchen to make a coffee for Sharon then I walk back in the room a minute later to find him playing with the VCR. At first I thought he wanted a video on, till I opened the flap to insert the tape and I find the toast had been lodged in there with the bairn claiming to be Postman pat :S

[Andehh]

oh lord, i did that to many dads speakers when i was young, he wasn't so lucky pulling them out again though (they're still like it to this day). Ironically enough, my flat mate did it to my Q acoustics floortsanders (1050i) as he was 'curious'. Luckerly he is old enough to pay for the replacement of them (they had badly creased when we popped them out)....£72 for one bass cone!

[Agent]

ouch mate. Just keep your iPhone hidden

[Workaholic]

Originally Posted by GoNz0

and next, weetabix in the cassette deck and mini cars in the VCR

These are all quite easy to repair, however melted crayons cannot!

[darkghost]

Easy solution - don't... EVER have kids!

[daniel_owen_uk]

Had to take my sub to pieces to fish out all the cars the girlfriends son had "posted".

Fortunately it's not an expensive sub