About repairing VS getting a new one?

Sitting in the bus again. Rushing home to get the kids to their dance and acting classes on time (yeah, right, wishful thinking).

I need to get new boots… I walk much more now, and since I’m often at the last minute, I walk quickly, and without proper shoeing, it ain’t now fun. I had a very comfy pair last year, and had to resort to my previous pair this week ‘cause the newer ones died on me. A big hole on the side is letting all the slush in and it ain’t no fun either… Especially these last few days… So I’m now using an older pair of boots that don’t let anything in… Except pain!!!

I wonder if I should try to get the newer ones repaired. Would it be worth it? It’s not just a question of money. I can easily afford new boots, and could definitely afford the repair. It is more about the trouble that goes with it. Seems like it is so much easier these days to get new stuff as opposed to get the old things repaired, I wonder how we got there…

A few generations away, people would repair themselves what was broken (at least most of the time), and most of these things they had, they built themselves anyway. Nowadays, we depend on so many things that we have no clue how they work, we wouldn’t dare trying to repair them ourselves.

Like recently, I decided to sew a few pairs of my favorite socks that had holes at the tip of my toes (I know, cutting my toenails more often would help prevent such problem, but would you please get off my back? Look at your own toenails! Are they always bright and shiny? Well… shut it! will you? :-).

Anyway, I really like these socks, they’re comfy and look pretty good on me. And since I hate shopping and don’t mind playing with needles and pins, I decided to sew them myself (as opposed to others who like to suit at will, I would rather sew ;-). I was chatting with a very good friend of mine (a woman, of course), and she was very surprised that I would do this as opposed to simply buy new socks… Even she doesn’t repair socks (and she has three boys), she says nobody does that anymore, especially men (stereotype intended here :-)…

So it seems people don't repair things anymore, they prefer to get new things… Could this be why relationships don’t last as long either? Do you see a pattern here? ;-)

Anyway, change of subject, the other night, when I got stuck standing up in the bus for an hour and a half, there was this woman standing behind me (until I decided to turn around and then she was in front of me… haaa… much better… :-)… Well… She’s right in front of me again… Except this time, there aren’t that many people in the bus today, so I’m sitting, but she is not… weird… even though there is a lot of empty seats… Is she doing this on purpose? Is she sending me a message here?

Ho, and, BTW, she removed her clothing… Well… not all of it, of course, but she got her coat and a few other accessories off… Which makes me think it might not be the same woman, it is not the same coat… But woman do that sometimes… Change clothing…. Right?

No, I’m pretty sure that’s her. I remember well, because…. Well…. First…. She stood in front of me for about an hour and a half… And… I kind of have some experience at looking… right? And she has a few noticeable features that I quickly recognized… And no, I’m not talking about big boobs!!! Thought her small pair looks pretty nice, especially with this little hearth shape necklace that elegantly falls right into place… Wow… ;-)

Also, I had noticed her before we got in the bus the other day… While I was walking quickly to the bus (I told you, always at the last minute), I walked by and noticed her because she was walking almost as fast as I was while crossing the train station (which doesn’t happen often, I’m pretty quick… long legs… ;-)…

So I recognized her that other night in the bus (mainly from her coat, ‘cause, even if woman change clothing often, they rarely do it between the time they’re quickly walking across a train station and a few minutes late when they climb in a bus)… Actually, I just realized that she must have been standing behind me in the line up to get in the bus that was about 15 minutes late the other night… Interesting… So maybe… the reason she is standing in front of me now is that she recognized me too and decided to expose her nicely looking slim body right in front of me…

Dream on MAD… You’re not THAT interesting… At least not at first sight… Unless she reads your blog and couldn’t wait for you to talk about her… Et bien voilà! It’s done… Nice meeting you… And your name is…. ???

BYE
MAD