The water here is "hard," which makes the sink and other fixtures degrade quickly. Our kitchen faucet had started leaking at the base due to this corrosion, and so John asked the compound manager if we could get a replacement.
Our previous faucet had not included a spray handle, so I passed along the message that I would love a unit that had a sprayer, even just an old-fashioned, black-handled sprayer off to the side.
News came that yes, I could have a sprayer, and that it would be one of the new-fangled types where you where the sprayer is part of the main faucet unit and you can pull the faucet out of its neck bar. How cool is that? I was thankful and excited.
Just a few days later, the very nice compound plumber installed the new faucet. You can see the black ring about 1/2 way back where the sprayer handle attaches to the neck. You can even unseat the spray handle and pull it out about an inch.
But that's where it stops. Indeed, it is a removable spray handle. But the plumber did not understand how to make the spray handle fully functional. When I asked him about pulling it out via the four feet of hose that is ready, hanging out underneath the sink, his answer was: "no pull, only twist" (as in rotate side-to-side).
So now I have a sprayer handle that doesn't function as a sprayer.
A while back, the boys had a set of Tops Trumps cards--I can't remember the theme--and occasionally they would get into a battle with these that was pretty fun. Somehow that deck got lost/mutilated, and since that time, I've kept my eyes open for a Top Trumps set they would like. These sets come in all sorts of themes: cats, dogs, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, baseball, football, soccer, Webkinz, etc.
Low and behold, at the Doha entertainment superstore (Virgin Mega, which is sort of like a Best Buy), we found Harry Potter (هاري بوتر) Top Trumps! Thinking that I could/would play this with the boys, I spent the $10 on a set.
Look closely at the two photos below.
The front of the package was totally in English, but once you open the cards, all the important info is only in Arabic...meaning we can't read them and, therefore, can't use them.
Well!! do not despair over the $10.00, it was not wasted, you received ten bucks worth of experience
ReplyDeletelearning to look before you leap. (take nothing at face value) You and the boys can learn Arabic, in your spare time, and become bi-lingual which makes the ten dollars look like a tremendous bargain. As for the faucet, it looks like it was make to sell, not use. b-4 I go any further, I must have another glass of vino!
Someone is giggling at BJS.
ReplyDeleteI think you should just make up your own interpretations of the cards and play anyhow!
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