BearOfaTime

There's an episode of Northern Exposure where a young woman says to Ed "give me your words" in a very sexual way. It's outrageously funny, and simultaneously insightful.

If you've never watched it, the writers are all about studying people, warts and all. Very thought-provoking.

Offline?

Sorry to say, but you're gonna need to be online to send anything.

DIY what, exactly?

To get your...battery replaced, and they want to charge you for a new engine.

Lol, yea, that's what I was thinking, 80's and 90's.

If it were me, I'd fix it the lazy man's way - clean out the slot and the glass very well. I'd then dry it out with rubbing alcohol and paper towels.

Then I'd squirt some Goop adhesive in there, and push it back in place (also consider clear silicone). I like Goop because it sticks to almost everything, cures quickly, holds incredibly well, yet is easy to cleanup (or remove when you need to).

You want enough adhesive in there so just a little oozes out, to ensure it's made good contact.

You buy as much space as you'll need in the next few years and make a plan for proper duplication/backup, such as 3-2-1 Backups.

Depends on if the kid meant "in space" or "on something like the space station".

Kids being kids, he probably literally meant space, not realizing the implications of water (possibly) becoming gaseous from lack of pressure (I assume?).

For that age, it would be a good learning experience to explain in a spaceship vs in space - just not the triple point of water, or the different ices, etc.

Right? It's a frigging battery.

Surely we can get a group of battery techs and mechanical engineers together to come up with a solution.

Hell, I've been bastardizing the "wrong" batteries into devices since the mid-70's, while today I'm usually replacing crappy built-in batteries with 18650's. And I'm no EE, just have a little skill and vision.

Surely the battery spec on this is pretty clear, and it's an off-the-shelf tech (not some odd chemistry devised by the company). Not that it really matters - a replacement merely needs to fit in the space, and match voltage and current requirements.

Love that German seems to have a word for everything. Neat.

They used to have a small truck, or is my memory that bad?

That's a river?