fixing things

The washing machine's broken. We're lucky that my husband is good at fixing things, he pulls all the pieces apart and checks how each piece looks. I usually can't face that stuff, it seems way over my head and I know nothing about the pieces. But watching my husband makes me realise that for the most part, things are just logical although you still need to learn what pieces do. As it turns out, on this occassion, the electrical board doesn't work and the cost of replacing it begins to approximate the replacement cost of the machine itself, without knowing whether something else will crash soon after. But the lesson on fixing things is that it's not that hard. Patience is needed for problem solving and investigation, and there will always be stuff to learn - but it's a skill well worth developing.