That can't be good... All geared up to head to the gym for a Saturday morning workout, I stepped into my garage and tapped the garage door button. The mechanism sprang to life and started grinding its way up, up...a good two feet...until it the motor started making a sad sort of extra effort sound. Yikes! I thought. What do I do if that motor explodes in a firey ball of flame and engulfs my poor, innocent car -- then destroys the rest of my earthly possessions and the place I call home? But my thoughts were quickly disrupted by the fact that my garage door wasn't going up. It was caught on something and stuttering as it tried valiently to do its duty and rise. And why was the front of my car stuttering along with it? That can't be good. Alas, a metal handle on the back of my garage door caught the bottom of my license plate and ripped it and the plastic holder clean off the bumper. Dang. After an appropriate moment of jaw-drop amazement at what had just happened, I sprang into action with my best MacGyver know-how. Here's how it ended up: - The plastic license plate mount is now upside down. (The license, however, is right side up.) - There are three new holes in my bumper, filled with three new screws. (Thankfully, the original holes are covered up by the license plate.) - I'm 90% confident the thing is now more securely affixed to the bumper than it was previous to this morning's drama. Dad -- and MacGyver -- will be proud. | 
