The Hall of Fame of Handy Men
I’m married to a handy man. I should have begun a list, long ago, of all the things that he has fixed over the years. VCRs, DVD players, computers, the washing machine, the dryer, light fixtures aplenty, garbage disposers, all kinds of plumbing…..the list is long, my friends. There is really no telling the time and worry and money that we have saved by having such a handy fellow around. Of course, I would have married him anyway, but I won’t deny that this is a bonus.

Why am I saying all of this? Because he rebuilt the motor on our dishwasher last night. And how did he do it? What magical part did he locate in our house that solved all the problems of the broken dishwasher? Well, it was a wheel bearing from a Powell Peralta skateboard. I would, I’m sure, be even more impressed with this mechanical epiphany that he had, if I could wrap my brain around it at all. He told me that we’d have to tell the grandchildren about this one someday (not that I necessarily think that there might ever be grandchildren in the picture). But that at least clued me in that this was an achievement for one of the handiest of men.

He’s pretty much priceless.