When Things Don't Work

When Things Don't Work

I absolutely hate it when things I own don't work. I know intellectually that things aren't built to last forever but on an emotional level I still get bent out of shape. As I wrote in a previous post I am probably the world's worst handyman. This self realization does not stop me from trying to fix things on my own. I usually know how the story will play out. I will spent a lot of time and sometimes money trying to repair something on my own. I will usually only quit and admit defeat when I have hopelessly destroyed whatever I was trying to fix. As the item needing repair is often fairly essential I will have to call a professional or sometimes my wife will call someone she knows that is handy. Then the job will get done properly.

Let's review what went wrong over the last five weeks:

1) I had an accident with my car. In a comedy of errors it took weeks for my car to be declared a total write off. I recently bought a new used car. It is another Ford Taurus just two years newer. It looks great however and it feels like a new car to me.

2) My front door lock jammed and the door would not open. This, I tried to repair on my own with the usual humiliating and disastrous result. My wife called one of her friends to reinstall a new lock.

3) Our refrigerator is not keeping the temperature cool enough and our food and milk have been spoiling. This issue is still not entirely resolved.

4) Our computer starting acting like a rebellious youth with lots of attitude. After weeks of trying all sorts of fixes on my own I finally gave up and took into a computer shop for repairs. It is now working very nicely. Spending three days without a computer was almost intolerable for me.

In summary my replacement car is presently working, our fridge is somewhat working, I can now open my front door and my computer is now running properly.