‘sometimes we fix stuff’
Just down our street is a little wooden shack next to the road which we pass each day. Usually there are 2 or 3 older men sitting in the shack or sleeping in the back of the adjacent truck. We always smile at the men as we walk past and earlier this week I saw one of their faces crack into a smile for the first time.
When these men are not sleeping (accounts for more than 50% of the time) they are gathered around a broken pieced of machinery or an electric devise or even an air conditioning unit, either discussing how to fix it or occasionally actually fixing something.
If they had a sign above their shack it should read ‘we sometimes fix stuff’.
So when our iron broke earlier this week, we thought instead of just buying a new one we should try taking it to the men to see what they could do.
James went to see them and presented the iron which was in two pieces, so not much Thai explanation was needed. The Iron parts were taken from him and he was told in Thai ‘come back tomorrow’.
The next day James returned and was given the fixed and cleaned iron back for a cost of £2.
We should fix more old things instead of buying new things.
4 Comments:
Enjoying dipping into your blog for insights and giggles every so often! Don't know if you knew but on Hope Uni's homepage there's a familiar face. If you cant see an image with people on, keep clicking the red Hope Uni banner. Btw our baby was born Nov 24th! You can see him in the gallery on www.joshwaller.co.uk Remember Mags and Dave? He's training to be a vicar in Durham now :) From Josh and Heather
Hi guys, Mum forwarded me your blogsite to have a look at what you are up to. Sounds like you are enjoying life there.
We're settling in to our new jobs in Northen Uganda and enjoying being in a small rural town not a capital city.
The guy we are taking over from here has left to travel round South East Asia. I thought I could try and put him in contact with you as they arrived in Bangkok yesterday. If that's ok could you let me know your email address.
love Jodi xx
Fixing stuff is the way forward, me and our Dyson went head to head on Saturday I got covered in dust and sneexed all day but got rid of all the pine neddles and we have a fully sucking hoover ...Just got to use it now...
hello Earth Friends; can you get them to fix our toaster, kettle and bin?
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