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MORNING DOWNUNDER
Everything Needs Repair or Replacement
I’m opting for replacement when I start earning money from Medium again
I’m confident Medium will recover but it might take some time. Call me an eternal optimist.
My ceiling fan is on the blink. I dare not turn it off. It might not restart. The light has died.
My fridge is on the blink. I turn it off when it sounds like a locomotive and turn it on half an hour later - if I remember.
Last night I forgot so it was off all night. As soon as I turned it on this morning, it complained with enough chugging to wake the neighbours.
I wish both the fan and the fridge would die. At least I could justify repairing or replacing them. I hate things that work intermittently.
Both were free. The fan from Gumtree. The fridge from my cousin. So do I bite the bullet and get new ones? Keeley needs a new stove, a new toilet and a new fridge. We have to look at our priorities.
I can have her old fridge and buy her a new one. I would if I had the money. That’s saving one purchase. Her oven and stove top are beyond repair. They are at least 40 years old. One of the four hotplates still heats and the oven still works but you need a strong pair of scissors to open and close the oven door. Since she cooks for me, I feel like it would be a useful gift.
And her toilet is beyond repair. I broke it when they first moved in. I’ve broken my own toilet too. — Don’t ask.
Thank you for reading the trials and tribulations I face.
