I know, I know, what an odd title. Today there is a central heating engineer at the homestead; he is revamping the rather creaking oil central heating system – especially the electrical side of things. This engineer works on his own, and sort of part-time as he eases towards retirement. He arrives when he says he will and does what he has promised. In this regard he is directing his own life. OK – you would not expect a philosophy or deity to be bothered about the vagaries of home maintenance, but I am using existentialism in a borrowed sense.
On the other hand, I am wondering whether the joiners (in case you didn’t know there is still work to be done on the extension outside,) are even real. Are they perhaps a myth? What philosophy directs their disappearance, non-appearance or false promises? Are they in fact the ultimate existentialists whose directing philosophy is ineptitude?
Perhaps the joiners are driving me mad.
Makes me think of ‘Live in HOPE and you’ll never die in despair’, ‘HOPE springs eternal’. Faith, HOPE and Charity, Here’s HOPING!!! Lets just all have a communal HOPE that the joiner takes a maddy before he turns your completely mad and actually turns up and completes the work.
At least we have found one faithful workman. Maybe the joiner will indeed take a maddy.
Oh this is fun. Now I must ask about TWO words: joiner and maddy!
Isn’t it wonderful how blogging brings people from other countries closer?
Joiner is a carpenter, Lydia. And “taking a maddy” is having a daft turn or doing something very enthusiastically and out of character. Funny how differently we all use language.
I love this, Freda. I think I might blog about it!