Thursday, March 02, 2006

Do-it-yourself

Do-it-your-own-damn-self…

I’ve been cursing that phrase for the past several days. How long ago was it when I last blogged about the water heater switch? Well, what I failed to mention that day was, when all was said and done – zero hot water, one unwanted shock permanent, four hours of precious knitting time lost, and one deflated confidence - I also lost the functioning of the overhead light.

So, for the past several days as I get up to pee in the middle of the night and wander into a dark bathroom, I curse loudly the man (and I’m SURE it was a man) who invented that hyphenated, hip phrase “do-it-yourself”. Yeah, I did-it-myself alright. Why wait for the overhead light switch to brake down on its own when you can DO-IT-YOURSELF?!

3 comments:

  1. Anonymous9:01 PM

    Oh man Lynn-- I'm sorry!! Come live with me.

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  2. Anonymous11:04 AM

    Don´t cry, Lynn. Electricity in Italy AND stores telling/selling "do it yourself" in Italy are not easy things to deal with. We bought a switch for outside light last summer, as you might remember. It worked this way: Either all the time or not at all.
    Could you please, for my sake, stay away from these things, because I would like to have you around next time, I come to Italy!!!!

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  3. Anonymous2:45 AM

    Hey, Lynn, it's great to read about your knitting and your adventure in Italy. I'm knitting and weaving a lot, and living on my own, so I have experiences like the switch on the water heater. Would you send me our e-mail address, so I can write you, I have some knitting questions. Thanks, Barb Giesen, bgiesen@core.com

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