What does that mean then?

Hasn’t been used for a while – battery was down to totally flat.

Any ideas?

I gave it a whack off the table at it seems to be working fine now. Good old fashioned engineering skills at their best.

There you go: it just needed waking up. ;0)

“Good old fashioned engineering skills at their best. “

How to tell a real engineer;

Apprentice – Knows it needs hitting but doesn’t know where or how hard.

Semi-Skilled – Knows either where to hit it or how hard but not both.

Engineer – Knows exactly where and how hard.