Today has been a very problematic day for me, as our bathroom shower has not been working properly for several weeks. I thought that the pump might be the main cause of the water being too hot and just trickling from the show head. However, the various plumbers I spoke to today are just not interested in fixing or repairing anything! ~ Only replacing it with a brand new shower unit.
I find it really sad that Plumbers don't seem to want to spend any of their time repairing anything. They only want me to buy a new shower, rather than try to fix whatever the problem might be. When we visited the Caribbean island of Saint Kitts, there was a train that traveled through the "sugar cane" fields.
The train also passed a massive "Scrap Yard" full of broken trucks, vehicles and other mechanical parts. The tour guide said that very few people had the money to buy "new" items and locals preferred to buy used parts at a much cheaper price. A form of recycling you might say!
Many years ago I enjoyed repairing many electrical goods like hoovers, radios, kettles, toasters etc. Nowadays it seems to be such a throwaway World with nothing worth repairing anymore. Many Electrical parts very quickly become obsolete in just a couple of years.
Washing machines, Computers and Televisions are good examples of this...
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Lastly, Please Stay safe! and healthy everyone!
I hope you enjoyed my thoughts on "True Life" for Today!
See you all again very soon... 🙋♂️