Wednesday, December 12, 2007
THE MONEY PIT.....HILLBILLY STYLE
When trouble comes who will help? Almost everyone! I wanted to let all of you know that Becky and I are doing OK. The worst of the storm missed us. We had a thin sheet of ice Sunday night and each day this week it has rained but above freezing temperatures. Thank you for praying for us and being concerned. It all worked for our well-being and we have been praying for the folks to our West…..namely Oklahoma, Kansas and parts of Texas and Nebraska.
Yesterday Becky called early in the morning to say her furnace was making a terrible noise and she had called a repairman. Since she was at work I was needed to go up and unlock her door to let the man in. It didn’t take long to realize he was more in the selling mode than fixing it. He said it was too old and he gave me a long resume of faults he could see……all the time standing and looking at it.
Mainly I got the “might be, could be, should do” and finally we got to the nitty gritty. We needed a new furnace was the opinion. I wondered how he could find everything that “might be” wrong when he never took the motor out to look at it. I was on the phone back and forth with Becky and we decided to call another heating business in our town.
The man came right out, checked it over and said he didn’t think we needed a new anything. He cleaned it up, tightened up a few screws and the heat came on. He only charged for a service call and his work was done. Guess who we will be calling next time. Number one or number two?
Also, the man who agreed to fix the roof on Becky’s garage came yesterday and did a beautiful job. There was no indication where shingles had been replaced and he put good support under them. As with the second repair man, he charged less than we had expected. The weather held until he finished.
Mainly we were well taken care after we moved away from the first repairman. I am so grateful for honest people who work hard and don’t run the expenses up. I’m glad I live in this country and that most folks rally to help those in need. From tornados to floods to hurricanes, fires, mud slides or 9-11 we rush to help those in harms way. Let me also expand that to the world view…..Americans are mostly there before the local people can get organized.
Because we care we step up when it’s necessary. Neighbors arrive with chain saws and trucks to hall off debris….our elder citizens help with the skills they still possess. They are glad to help with food, lodging, getting medical help or just being a shoulder to weep on. Older people know how to deal with life’s setbacks or to console the broken-hearted. With so much good going on in our country, lets give a high five and encouragement to those who continually give a helping hand.
God help us to keep the ideals and vision that made our country unique. Freedom!!
Essentially Esther
Yesterday Becky called early in the morning to say her furnace was making a terrible noise and she had called a repairman. Since she was at work I was needed to go up and unlock her door to let the man in. It didn’t take long to realize he was more in the selling mode than fixing it. He said it was too old and he gave me a long resume of faults he could see……all the time standing and looking at it.
Mainly I got the “might be, could be, should do” and finally we got to the nitty gritty. We needed a new furnace was the opinion. I wondered how he could find everything that “might be” wrong when he never took the motor out to look at it. I was on the phone back and forth with Becky and we decided to call another heating business in our town.
The man came right out, checked it over and said he didn’t think we needed a new anything. He cleaned it up, tightened up a few screws and the heat came on. He only charged for a service call and his work was done. Guess who we will be calling next time. Number one or number two?
Also, the man who agreed to fix the roof on Becky’s garage came yesterday and did a beautiful job. There was no indication where shingles had been replaced and he put good support under them. As with the second repair man, he charged less than we had expected. The weather held until he finished.
Mainly we were well taken care after we moved away from the first repairman. I am so grateful for honest people who work hard and don’t run the expenses up. I’m glad I live in this country and that most folks rally to help those in need. From tornados to floods to hurricanes, fires, mud slides or 9-11 we rush to help those in harms way. Let me also expand that to the world view…..Americans are mostly there before the local people can get organized.
Because we care we step up when it’s necessary. Neighbors arrive with chain saws and trucks to hall off debris….our elder citizens help with the skills they still possess. They are glad to help with food, lodging, getting medical help or just being a shoulder to weep on. Older people know how to deal with life’s setbacks or to console the broken-hearted. With so much good going on in our country, lets give a high five and encouragement to those who continually give a helping hand.
God help us to keep the ideals and vision that made our country unique. Freedom!!
Essentially Esther
