gattino
Justified & Ancient
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I'm mentioned my extraordinary - though i hesitate to tempt fate or rely on it happening - equilibrium between unexpected expenses and unexpected windfalls several times on here. It happens so often its hard to credit it to coincidence. Well a variant of it has happened again, so a quick recap..
There was the day i came into £150 for some forgotten reason, which happened to also be the day i accidentally cut the telephone cable while trimming the hedge, and was charged £150 for the privilege of getting it fixed.
The lost and unknown about £300 found in my late mother's rickety bedside drawer before christmas..one day before the boiler broke down. The cost of repair? £300.
Many similar smaller instances, but outside of the direct money for money ones there was my self diagnosed tendonitis which had me bandaging my foot up, on the day an Airbnb guest checked in who happened to be a paramedic.
Well this evening in a very similar vain i had a very last minute booking from man who turned up after work, one hour later. I did my usual routine of showing him what's what in the house including how to use the shower. "You have to press this big red switch on first" I said and demonstrated...and the completely dead switch just kept bouncing back into position. Gone, kaput, dead. Disaster...how can I have paying guests if i don't have a working shower? I wouldn't even know who to call and imagine it would cost a pretty penny to get anyone. No need. The very guest for whom the switch mechanism decided to die turned out to be an electrician...he popped down to b&q for the requisite parts and fixed it. Wouldn't even let me pay for the parts. Says he can claim it back on his tax.
None of this is a boast..and i never end up any richer for it. Its just freaking weird and leaves me with a comforting sense that of somehow being looked after.
There was the day i came into £150 for some forgotten reason, which happened to also be the day i accidentally cut the telephone cable while trimming the hedge, and was charged £150 for the privilege of getting it fixed.
The lost and unknown about £300 found in my late mother's rickety bedside drawer before christmas..one day before the boiler broke down. The cost of repair? £300.
Many similar smaller instances, but outside of the direct money for money ones there was my self diagnosed tendonitis which had me bandaging my foot up, on the day an Airbnb guest checked in who happened to be a paramedic.
Well this evening in a very similar vain i had a very last minute booking from man who turned up after work, one hour later. I did my usual routine of showing him what's what in the house including how to use the shower. "You have to press this big red switch on first" I said and demonstrated...and the completely dead switch just kept bouncing back into position. Gone, kaput, dead. Disaster...how can I have paying guests if i don't have a working shower? I wouldn't even know who to call and imagine it would cost a pretty penny to get anyone. No need. The very guest for whom the switch mechanism decided to die turned out to be an electrician...he popped down to b&q for the requisite parts and fixed it. Wouldn't even let me pay for the parts. Says he can claim it back on his tax.
None of this is a boast..and i never end up any richer for it. Its just freaking weird and leaves me with a comforting sense that of somehow being looked after.