First it was my car, then it was my phone (which I inadvertently dropped down
the loo. No questions please).
When I mentioned my misfortune on Twitter
someone told me to watch out as these things usually happen in threes.
'As if' I harrumphed, 'I could be that
unlucky'.
Cue burning toast from toaster that now no
longer pops up.
Looking around the house I realise it's
more than just these three things though. The downstairs toilet is blocked so
every time one of the kids goes to the loo I have to shout 'NO POOS!!' at the
top of my voice.
Then there's the kettle whose lid
won't open, the iPod docking station that won't play iPods, and the home phone
that hasn't worked for about two months.
Sadly I'm resigned to the fact that
eventually all these items will be thrown out to make way for ill afforded
replacements, but that’s the 'throw away' society we live in for you. The
problem really is that I don't know anybody who actually fixes this type of
thing nowadays - and if they do how do you find them?
Fortunately domesticappliance repair services are considerably easier to source, but
wouldn’t it be great if people started fixing stuff again? It seems to be a
lost art, a dying role - I wonder if that's our fault and whether the
‘recession’ will bring back some of these skills.
Silver lining?
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