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Once my daughter went into a hardware store to buy a car upholstery cleaner, and a wrench her husband asked her to get. When he handed her the wrench, the clerk said, "You can't clean the upholstery with that!"

I am sure he was kidding. At least I hope he was. I trust he wasn't one of those males who believe women can't do anything but domestic chores. Take me for instance. I am actually very mechanical and can fix almost anything. I am not claiming everyone would approve of my procedures, but at least I get the job done. For instance, the strut holding our trailer awning kept slipping, but I came up with the perfect solution....a paper clip. I just stuck it in and the awning has been level ever since.

I have a toolbox full of odds and ends for my fix-it kit, with nary a nail or screw in sight. It consists of tape, nail polish, chewing gum, safety pins, string, wire,bobby pins, etc., a practical assortment of things which do the job to perfection. I can take care of any annoyance. After all, it is the little things which get to you.

Who needs to call a carpenter to repair a collapsed bed when a few books will do? With my system of placing the books to brace it up, not only can the height be regulated by subtracting or adding a book, but the reading material is right there should I decide to read in bed! Now that's what I call ingenious.

Then there was the time our electric stove lost its drawer handle, leaving two gaping holes. I solved that in two minutes by covering the holes with matching refrigerator magnets in the shape of ducks. It worked just ducky. There is no end to my creativity!

I feel so strongly about my abilities thst if that hardware clerk had made the same remark to me, I would have bopped him with the wrench.

P.S. I also carry Band-Aids.

Ms. Adams is a freelance writer for newspapers, books, and magazines. She also wrote jpkes for Phyllis Diller which she told on tv. She has a blog on the various aspects of writing. Click here CAN WE WRITE?

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