Dr Copa

Ever since we moved here, we’ve been having a hard time finding people to come to the house to repair or install things that we need repaired or installed.  It seems that people just don’t want to work anymore!  I schedule appointments for people to come over and give me estimates or to do the work and they don’t shoe up and don’t call.  I keep getting fliers in the mail for a pesticide company and I keep calling them and leaving messages that I want to schedule an appointment, and they never return my calls!  Very aggravating!  It must be nice to be wealthy enough not to need to return calls for new jobs!

Charlie told me that there is a new website in England that he has been using to help find that kind of help when he needs it. It is called http://www.myhammer.co.uk/.  They provide the service for free, the Builders and repairmen register on the website, and the homeowner can post their job on the website, and they get matched up.  The repairman pays a small fee when the job is awarded to them.

That sounds like a great service:  I wish they had something like that here!

We haven’t had a Ford in the family in a long time.  I’ve always been partial to Mustangs, however.  I’ve come across someone who is leaving the state and wants to part with her Ford Mustang.  Bright red 1989, automatic with fancy wheels and air conditioning.  Since it’s an automatic, my wife will want to drive it! (She knows how to drive a standard, but she prefers an automatic.)   I didn’t have a whole lot of money to spend, but the lady didn’t want much for it anyway, so I got it for a song.  I’m supposed to pick it up by the weekend.  I can’t wait to pick it up and bring it home and get it waxed up and start driving it next week!