http://dixiblog.com/topics/life/holy-socks-sherlock/ So, uh...what now? Wed, 16 May 2012 02:19:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://dixiblog.com/topics/life/holy-socks-sherlock/comment-page-1/#comment-403 Living a Humble Life Sat, 10 Apr 2010 01:04:46 +0000 http://dixiblog.com/?p=1696#comment-403 [...] So you adapt. My husband is great at fixing things, and that’s why. I mean, yeah, he’s mechanically inclined, but it was the years of fixing broken crap that honed his skills. You don’t have the cash to to replace it or pay a repairman, you fix it yourself or do without.  You use things until they wear out; you get secondhand, shop around for bargains, look for quality. You ignore a lot of little things as long is it still works. You have no idea how many years I used cracked ice cube trays or used a microwave you could only cook things in increments exclusively involving 3, 6 or 9. Guess that’s why I had a mental block about throwing out my holey socks. [...] [...] So you adapt. My husband is great at fixing things, and that’s why. I mean, yeah, he’s mechanically inclined, but it was the years of fixing broken crap that honed his skills. You don’t have the cash to to replace it or pay a repairman, you fix it yourself or do without.  You use things until they wear out; you get secondhand, shop around for bargains, look for quality. You ignore a lot of little things as long is it still works. You have no idea how many years I used cracked ice cube trays or used a microwave you could only cook things in increments exclusively involving 3, 6 or 9. Guess that’s why I had a mental block about throwing out my holey socks. [...]

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