Oldnslo
2/4/2007, 12:02 PM
I just replaced a faulty light switch in my utility room. No big deal.
Except, when I was a kid, my big brother was always the one who did chores like that around the house. I'd peer over his shoulder watching, and he'd have me fetch whatever tools he needed. Sometimes, I'd "help", but that usually meant he'd have to undo whatever I did and then do it right.
So, now, whenever I do something like this, simple as it was, I'm amazed when it works. Especially on the first time. Without electrocuting myself or causing even a small fire.
Last time I was in Atlanta, bro and I went on a bike ride. 80-something miles on the Silver Comet trail, just about the flattest, easiest long ride in the known universe. I'd shipped my bike there for the ride--we'd been talking about it forevar.
Except, about an hour into it, bro got a flat. He was all ready to call his wife to come get us, but I got my tire fixin' stuff out of my pack, got the tire off, replaced the tube and put the tire back on. Took about 15 minutes.
Now, he carries flat fixin' stuff and handles that bit of unpleasantness when it arises. He's taught my nephew how to do it, too.
Anyway, the switch works.
Except, when I was a kid, my big brother was always the one who did chores like that around the house. I'd peer over his shoulder watching, and he'd have me fetch whatever tools he needed. Sometimes, I'd "help", but that usually meant he'd have to undo whatever I did and then do it right.
So, now, whenever I do something like this, simple as it was, I'm amazed when it works. Especially on the first time. Without electrocuting myself or causing even a small fire.
Last time I was in Atlanta, bro and I went on a bike ride. 80-something miles on the Silver Comet trail, just about the flattest, easiest long ride in the known universe. I'd shipped my bike there for the ride--we'd been talking about it forevar.
Except, about an hour into it, bro got a flat. He was all ready to call his wife to come get us, but I got my tire fixin' stuff out of my pack, got the tire off, replaced the tube and put the tire back on. Took about 15 minutes.
Now, he carries flat fixin' stuff and handles that bit of unpleasantness when it arises. He's taught my nephew how to do it, too.
Anyway, the switch works.