Our lawnmower is on the fritz. My already overcommitted husband has spent hours taking it apart, fixing, adjusting, and reassembling, but it's still not working. Meanwhile, our yard is reaching new heights. Literally.
Last night, Karl knocked on the door of a house in our neighborhood where there is always a crowd of lawnmowers in the driveway. We didn't know who lived in the house, but we were hoping he or she might be able to fix our mower. A 92-year-old man answered the door. Not only is he looking at our mower, but...
The Oscar Mayer/microwave bacon cooker/Maurice's combination had me smiling all evening long.
Last night, Karl knocked on the door of a house in our neighborhood where there is always a crowd of lawnmowers in the driveway. We didn't know who lived in the house, but we were hoping he or she might be able to fix our mower. A 92-year-old man answered the door. Not only is he looking at our mower, but...
- He worked side-by-side for years with Karl's great uncle as an engineer at Oscar Mayer
- He bought my mother-in-law's microwave bacon cooker at our yard sale a couple of years ago
The Oscar Mayer/microwave bacon cooker/Maurice's combination had me smiling all evening long.
2 comments:
our mower was on the fritz too and greg worked on it forever. in the end we bought a new one since it was pretty old. my dad took the old one thinking he might like to tinker with it and it was a blown head gasket!!! no wonder it sounded like it exploded when it backfired on me!
So much fun! That was very smart of you to ask the handy neighbor - old guys know everything. I sometimes wonder about all the city people in our generation - who will fix our things when the old guys are gone? As for Maurices - go back, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
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