Definition: In this task, you are given a Reddit post as a text. Your task is to generate a title for this text. The title should start with "TIFU by", followed by a situation that caused humor. The title should contain 7-12 words, ideally.
Input: Text: ok, i didn't break any bones here, fail to retrieve a turd i threw out of a window or kill anyone, but lets face it. this sort of fu is the kind we do waaaay more frequently :)

i am a bit of a tinkerer. i occasionally repair the odd nintendo handheld, you know the sort of thing, game & watch, gameboy etc. usually its simple things i can manage like mechanical problems.

so kindly folk send me things to repair, usually in exchange for a coffee or a free gadget. i am happy to do this, it satisfies my curiosity and makes me feel good about preserving these often unloved historic artefacts.

so among the things i was sent recently was a sinclair microquartz (http://rk.nvg.ntnu.no/sinclair/other/microquartz.htm). for those of you that do not know, it was a product of the ill fated sinclair radionics (of the zx spectrum fame). they produced many cutting edge but unreliable electronic gadgets at the time and the microquartz was an offshoot product of their ill fated 'black watch' led wristwatches.

anyways, it was reported that it only operated when you pushed hard on one of the buttons so duly i proceeded to tear it down rather cautiously. these are rare as hell and their components are typically custom made so spares are impossible to find so i was very *very* careful.

after dismantling it completely i eventually traced the problem back to some crud on the pcb, cleaned it up and satisfied myself that it was good to re-assemble. however there was something i noticed just as i reassembled the unit - one segment of one character on the led display did not look quite right to me. to be honest, to go from not working to 95% would have been a good point to stop, however now confident of my amazing abilities i decided i would remove the cover on the led bubble display unit and clean it out. 

unknown to me, sinclair cut costs by removing the discrete bubble display unit from its typical packaging and mounted the led units directly to the pcb with gold microwires - which i then proceeded to completely tear from the pcb. squinting at the board it dawned on me i was staring at what is typically on the inside of the integrated circuits we commonly see.

i must have sat there in silence for a whole minute comprehending what i had done before letting out a tirade of expletives before contacting the rather understanding owner to admit what i had done. i am not sure if i am more annoyed at myself for breaking it or for adding another problem to deal with. 

 

p.s. to make matters worse the ubiquitous hp qdsp-6064 display that sinclair based their technology (something i can adapt), once available for under £5, costs over over 6 times that owing to hipster electronics junkies using up all the remaining stock to make retro timepieces! thanks sparkfun!

p.p.s i discovered that technically these wires can be bonded back on if one has access to enough patience and around six thousand pounds to purchase a second-hand machine for doing it. seems i need to consider my options carefully.

TIFU by unnecessarily ruining an irreplaceable Clive Sinclair product