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We have collected more treasures!
These apparently are bed bases chucked out from one of the big hotels which had an upgrade over the winter. What's he going to do with them? He says they'll be turned into shelving?
What do you bet they're still there this time next year and are thrown away ?
And this horrid rusty old bbq?
Which he asked his friend to bring round?
Thank goodness it's gone now.
He cut off some, apparently valuable (to him), rusty part and thankfully threw the rest in the rubbish
How about this odd shaped white 'thing' leaning up against the bougainvillia?
We have a reputation for collecting 'treasures' it seems. This suddenly appeared out of nowhere one afternoon.
K asked around and found out one of our neighbours had this odd bathroom heater he didn't want (uses too much expensive electricity) and decided we would love it.
No way!! He was told so very clearly and was supposed to come and remove it. He didn't, so I did. It's out in the road, leaning up against a wall. It's forecast to rain tomorrow. I hope it does
W T HELL
Chapter 2
We've had a run of bad luck recently. Give us a collective spit would you. Someone has put the evil eye on us
They're coming to take me away, ha, ha
Our car started acting peculiarly. It started, went a few metres and wouldn't move. So along came the tow truck, over on the car ferry, down our narrow lane with it's tight turn and carried it away to our local repair place. Insurance even paid for the car ferry .
An hour later our friendly mechanic over on the mainland, who didn't charge us anything, phoned to say it was fixed. Ehh? So what was wrong with it?
Greek ferrets, called kounavia, had bitten through a cable. A great thick cable. He had a spare on hand and replaced it on the spot. A bit of good luck there.
Now we have bags of mothballs hanging all around the engine.
Damn ferrets
To conclude -
Chapter 2
- I smashed the glass of the oven door and we have to buy a new oven.
The hinges were wonky and I forgot and opened the door wide without holding it up. The door smashed into the tiles below. I suppose it's a blessing the tiles weren't smashed either.
K is inspecting rubbish bins and recycling to see if he can replace the door without having to buy the whole oven.
The ceramic rings on top work and we have another oven outside so I'm not too worried about that
- The dishwasher started flooding the kitchen. K had recently repaired it so he decided there was a blocked outlet. And he was right. After a lot of swearing the pipes were unblocked and it's working like new.
- The outside sink was clogged and that's where he prepares the fish and meat he cooks. The water wouldn't drain away. So another few metres of wire were poked down the outlet pipe till that cleared too.
- Our brand new printer won't print. It was working fine but is now crumpling the paper and of course won't print. We've changed the type of paper and shone a torch down to see if something has fallen in. Nothing. There's got to be some simple reason but we haven't found it yet
Spit spit spit
And turn ourselves around
Please don’t look in my direction- I sympathise with you and your ‘problems’ but could do without any similar ones at the moment
ReplyDeleteYou are really lucky to have a handyman like K….once upon a time The Golfer could fix aircraft engines, sadly they have changed so much he can’t even turn his hand to that these days😊
Hmmm, are you one of those blue eyed devils then??
DeleteI suppose I am lucky to have a handyman around but I'd like the choice of a new appliance now and again
Kosta reminds me of someone. An Englishman & his son, from TV. Oh yes, now I remember......Steptoe!!!!
ReplyDeleteYou've got it!! Everytime he gets rid of a truck load I sigh in relief but while that's going out the back door another truck load is coming in the front
DeleteOh boy. I hope your wind changes direction pretty quick and brings good luck with it.
ReplyDeleteAt least these problems all seem to be fixable and it keeps him occupied for a while. But. I'd rather not hear the swearing and complaints
DeleteMy goodness what a run of it - who have you upset lately that they might cast such an evil eye? Still over 50% of it seems to have been fixable/fixed and at no cost in money (bit of time and a long prodding wire...) xxx Mr T
ReplyDeleteIt's all fixable but such a lot of bother and uproar. We have coils of wire long, short and thin and thick to cover every possibility. It is lucky that K is handy
DeleteSpit, spit, spit!
ReplyDeleteThanks. A spit is always welcome around here
DeleteK sounds like he's a collector like me. Propagating plants and plant pots seem to be my speciality at the moment.
ReplyDeleteHmm, a collector. Yes, you could call him that. I'd rather have pots. They can be stacked neatly into a corner lol
DeleteMultiple spits coming from Canada. Greek ferrets?!?!? Who would have thought! I am married to a "great deal" kind of guy. Currently, there are several huge solar panels in our car port and a couple of piles of cement blocks around the property. The solar panels are a project for next summer, so I will be staring at them for a year. However, he is a handy guy, sounding much like yours, able to fix most problems. -Jenn
ReplyDeleteThose handy husbands are great to have around. I just wish he wasn't always preparing for disaster by collecting treasures that 'might just come in handy'.
DeleteThat's life Linda, as you know very well. xx
ReplyDeleteOh yes. They were just bunched all together this time. More noticeable.
Deleteoh no it does sound like a run of bad luck, like we say here "when it rains it pours". Naughty ferretts.
ReplyDeleteI hope it's true they hate the smell of mothballs. Not much else we can do
DeleteAlmost every printer I've owned does that!!! A few years back we had mice in our Pool's electrical box. They had chewed through a couple of important wires, and the pump no longer worked. Luckily it didn't take much fixing.
ReplyDeleteWe've had mice in the past chewing wires but this was a thick cable. Nasty little weasels
DeleteOh boy I hope the spitting works for you, enough already!!
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