I will be the first to admit that I'm no handyman. I can swing a hammer okay and I have repaired a few things around the house, but only the least complicated things. If it has a motor or hooks up to electricity, I'm out.
So although some of these solutions people came up with are weird, I don't begrudge them at all. They've found workarounds that, well, work, and that's what matters most. And I never would have come up with them!