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Wrestling with a Vacuum
My Dyson DC-40 wasn’t working properly, and I called their support line. I was told to bring it to a local repair shop and they’d fix it, no charge. I hoisted the machine into the trunk of my car (no easy feat for a lightweight like me), hauled it into the shop and the repairman turned it on, shrugged and said, “It’s working now. There’s nothing I can do.” I hauled it back into and then out of the trunk. A week later, it was dead. Dyson agreed to have it shipped to their own repair place, which required another lifting in and out of the trunk to the nearby UPS store. 15 minutes ago, the vacuum arrived back at my place (happily this time straight to my door) and it took me an eternity to pry the machine loose from the shipping box. It’s at times like this that I most want a husband.
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I get it. Funnily enough…my sister and I timeshare our Dyson Animal. Most of the time it lives at my house and when I have to lift it into my car to drive it to her house…it’s a pain.
Great vacuum though. And in some respects, more reliable than a man. 🙂
I haven’t owned it for too long and was surprised it broke down so quickly. But the support has been terrific.
Careful what you wish for 😉 Maybe you just need a better xacto-knife? Hope your new vacuum works better than the old.
Opening up and breaking down cardboard boxes is not something I enjoy. But maybe you’re right. Maybe it’s all about having a better tool.
Yeah, it’s having to pull weeds that does that for me.
Do husbands generally help with weeds?
Not a clue here! I just get angry having to deal with bug bites and sun burns from having to do all my yard work by myself!
I’ve never been a fan of yard work. The few plants and orchids on my patio are the perfect amount of yard work for me.
For me, it’s putting together IKEA furniture. It can be done, but it’s much easier with a partner.
I wouldn’t even attempt putting together IKEA furniture. I’d have to summon task rabbit. https://www.taskrabbit.com
Task Rabbit what a great bussiness. Bet they are doing well.
I haven’t used them yet. Has anyone?
Petra: I dated a man for several months. Things seemed perfectly fine to me til he broke up with me out of the blue to get back with a long lost ex. I looked back at the relationship and thought “at least I got him to assemble that Target bookshelf with a million screws so it wasn’t a total waste” Btw I just spent two years in a house I did a lot of work on and maintained the yard myself and built a raised garden – can’t recall ever wishing I had a man. One I dated during that time tried to help with hanging some blinds and I wanted to snatch the power drill from his hands because he had no skills… sigh.
This made me laugh, Claire. Thanks!
Claire, that story brought a big smile to my face. Thanks for sharing it!
I once put together an IKEA dresser. After much cursing and a few small bruises, I had the thing completed. The next day, I noticed that a panel on the bottom was facing the wrong way (white, and not faux wood, was showing). I was momentarily annoyed, before I just decided to live with it. And it hasn’t bothered me since!
Is the panel on the bottom visible? Maybe it’s even better this way.
Loved everyone’s input here! Made me smile. My last boyfriend helped me put together a shelf. It wasn’t from Ikea but a similar type item…didn’t require any tools other than a screwdriver. Thank goodness b/c he had no tools and didn’t seem to have any dexterity in that department. But..happy to report that the shelf has remained together even though we haven’t. 🙂
Come to think of it, I don’t think my wonderful Dad, who was a great husband, ever assembled anything in his life.
In my experience, husbands, or boyfriends, in general, do not pull weeds. They will mow and trim, but weed pulling, not usually. 🙂
There’s a lovely movie, Enough Said with James Gandolfini (sadly, his last) and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Their characters are dating and in one scene, she’s sitting in his backyard pulling weeds, and he’s clueless. Exactly to your point.