Age 10
When my Mum used to say “a stitch in time saves nine”. I had absolutely no idea what she was talking about. You see as a child I had never sewn anything or repaired anything. So the idea that you should catch a loose thread early or else it will take much longer to fix in the future, mean’t nothing to me. I’m now 55 and I remember buttons being sewn back on, trouser hems re-stiched and the knees of my jeans being caught with stitches as the merest hole threatened to tear straight across. Clothes had to last longer back then. They needed maintenance.
Age 20
As time goes on we all make our mistakes. Many of which were preventable if we had just taken some action much earlier. I’ve run out of petrol twice in my life. It should have only taken once to teach me that lesson. But on the first occasion I ground to a halt only 100 yards from my chosen petrol station. I got out of the car, bounced the rear end a few times, got back in, re-started the car and made it to the pumps. Having got away with it the first time I hadn’t learnt my lesson. Continue reading “Maintenance Man”