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My husband comes from a long line of thrifty New Englanders who didn’t buy new if the old could be fixed.
The man who doesn’t blink at paying $200 for dinner refused to replace our broken mailbox pole and opted to piece it back together instead.
Sigh…
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Yes, it worked.
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Though it certainly isn’t pretty.
Could he have trimmed the wood to fit the pole’s width?
He could have.
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He also could have bought a new mailbox to replace the twisted mess that drunk driver left behind, but no…
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He glued and screwed and deployed his giant antique vise instead.
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Does the door open completely? No.
Is there a gap in the rear where rain can leak in? Sure.
Is the pole crooked and listing slightly to the right? Yes.
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But he didn’t have to buy a new one, and isn’t that all that counts?
🥴
River's world..... 
Bowed but unbeaten!! It has character!!
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That’s what he said.
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🤣🤣🤣
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Fixing things is fun. It’s a challenge, a puzzle. I’ll bet he replaces it before winter.
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I’ll bet he doesn’t….
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Looking forward to the first post after a heavy rain and wet dripping mail. 😃
He’s practical and clever, I’ll give him that. My dad was like that too…
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Somewhere deep down Men see this as a challenge 🙂
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From his perspective, he won.
Mine? Not so much…
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When I was in high school, a friend backed over someone’s mailbox after dropping him off at home. The pole was bent, so the bent section was cut off and it was just shorter. Whenever I ride past that house I remember that story from over 50 years ago. Throwing the pole and box away would have thrown the memory out with them – not that having your mailbox hit in the middle of the night makes an equivalent memory..
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We didn’t even hear it..
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Someone’s gonna need to hit your mailbox even harder for you to get a new one.
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In fact, I bet you could hire some local … hooligans … to take care of it right away.
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Someone.
Hmmm….
😈
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You have to give credit to your husband. If he bought everything new, you wouldn’t be enjoying so many $200 dinners.
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Ha!
I do give him credit for fixing it, but couldn’t he have taken a few extra minutes to make it look nice too?
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My cousin who’s a handyman always asks his customers three questions. Do they want him to 1. fix it so it works? 2.fix it so it works better? or 3. Install a new one?
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I’m fine with fixing it, but those oversized wooden slats?
Ugh.
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If he is so thrifty, why is he using cordless tools? I say he is a cherrypicker when itcomes to fixing things. Not a true handyman at all.
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That tool was given to him, used, by a friend who was moving out of state..
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I’m always intrigued by the differences between the Husband and me in terms of the things we’re willing to shell out for and the things we absolutely will not shell out for. This is the stuff of many marital arguments, methinks. And not just for us…
For the record, it looks pretty good.
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My guy only cheaps out when it comes to home repairs, which is why I didn’t let him do any of the interior renovations.
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Uh uh….no way. That “tilt” would keep me awake at night. Cupcake would wake up at 0200 hrs. and find I was out there fixing it, plumb and all. “Functional” is not enough. Got to think about the aesthetics.
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I agree.
My husband does not….
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Given his newfound appreciation for yard sales, you should have told him the mailbox would make a great addition for your next one.
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