my FAN, rewired; a nice drink...
Hear no Power
Originally uploaded by svale. so the other night, i stepped on my fan's cord and instead of the plug just coming out of the wall, the metal prongs of the plug broke off of the plastic. shit!
i bought a replacement plug in town yesterday from 'the muslim store' and the nice salesguy explained to me how i'd need to cut the plastic away from the neutral & live wires, stick them gingerly into a couple of little slots, screw them down, screw the wire into place, screw the plug back together, etc.
the ladies at the 'chiney store' (starline) had made it sound like i should have an electrician-oriented friend help me out, but i would RATHER be able to do something as simple-sounding as this independently.
and, today, i did!
granted, it took me the better part of an hour, but my fan is now ON (hopefully keeping any lurking DENGUE mosquitoes away [yes, there have been recent cases of dengue fever on-island]) so i'm feelin' groovy.
i saved myself $42 for a new fan and proved to myself that i can fix some things, to boot.
i'd love to celebrate w/a rum punch drink, but my unexpected guest last night finished it off. sigh.
i'll get some more soon, believe you me--i had a great thing going on mixing approx. equal parts passionfruit rum punch, bounty rum (from st. lucia- so far my favorite caribbean brand of it), and instant orange wannabe-koolaid from powder & cold water.
on ice.
i could try making my own rum punch, but don't really see the point since the rum punch costs barely more than rum; and this one is *supposedly* 40% alc. (according to the label), though that claim struck me as specious both before and after consumption of said punch.
i wonder, btw, how i would PROVE it's weaker than 40%. any ideas?
what a mark that would be to leave on a country as a PCV -
'i got the local rum punch maker _____ to stop their false advertis/labeling & correctly report the alcohol percentage of their rum punches.'
lol.
but for now, my accomplishment of the day - fixing my fan - was even more self-serving than that.
sigh.