The last couple of days we had four of them.
It started with Phatsamon who by coincidence put her mobile phone in a bucket with marram grass and forgot to take it out watering it. Happy she discovered just in time so it did not break down totally. It could be dried and repaired in the city in a couple of hours.
The next day our basic water well pump only delivered a tiny little bit water instead of the regular huge amount. The engineer who installed the pump was 300 km away from us in a different province and could not come immediately. He first needed a heath certificate from a hospital so he could cross the border of our province in relation to the present virus crisis.
Yesterday two engineers came to fix and we were happy it worked out the connection pipe between the pump and the riser broke at a depth of nearly 60 meters. They changed the parts as a guarantee. We only had to pay for the petrol of their car and offered them a good tip for driving more than three hours to help us.
I use my Makita battery driven electric screwdriver a lot. It has two gears. One of the gears broke down so I only can drill at low speed. Will see how to deal with that but I think I can.
Last but not least two days ago our truck did not start. Carlien, my daughter who is a car mechanic in Australia, did do her best to help me out on Skype but I could not fix it. Also Phatsamon's brother in law came to give a helping hand with cables to have more power to start. The electric system seemed to be working well but... no start of the engine.
We called a nearby garage and the truck had to go to 'the hospital'. They came to pick it up and bring it to their workplace.
It appeared many things were wrong. The former owner only did some small maintenance to sell it (I really hate second hand to be honest). The cooling system did not function and the radiator was broken. No cooling liquid inside and at a test all brown water came out mixed with oil. Not good. Also the garage discovered one of the cylinders and an engine-pump was broken. Several times they called us to show us what they discovered and to offer us options how to repair. We want it to be good again in the right way and with the official spare parts. The parts are ordered now and we have to wait for delivery and fix. It will take some days. Happy we have enough construction materials so we can go on with our process.
What have been learned is that worrying, complaining and whining does not help anything and only consumes energy and ruins your day. So we are still happy building.
We have to give the process time and, sometimes with a little creativity, everything will be fine again. It does not only make yourself, but also your love-ones and environment sick so better not to start with it.
In the mean time our chameleon showed up to keep an eye on all what was happening on our site. And in the evening, after we came back from the restaurant where we had dinner, a black friend (scorpion) was walking on the main dirt road in the forest protecting our gate. We put it in the forest again after thanking for the protection.
It's very hot at the moment so we have to slow down our activities a bit. No problem. No schedule ;).
Frans Captijn
e-mail: pyramidhousethailand@gmail.com
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