Tuesday, February 9, 2010

The village idiot

It would seem that having visited our village in India some summers has paid off. With some of the "problems" that arise here, I know exactly what to do merely because we've been through the same things there.

Very weak water pressure, not quite strong enough to take a decent shower? Fill a bucket with water and use a pitcher to pour water over your head. Toilets won't flush because the water tank takes several minutes to fill up again? Same solution, except you aim the water elsewhere.

It's a feeling of "been there, done that" that is quite welcome actually. It stands quite in contrast with my general unfamiliarity with tropical medicine.

2 comments:

  1. tropical medicine =D bring out the sulfuuuuuuuuuuurr, that's what they used on my ringworm ffs.

    I know the bucket thing, I detest it as around 5:00 pm the mosquitoes hover the water buckets and lay eggs that hatch into maggots after 2 seconds...

    thank GOD for the selection of countries and climates.

    Hang in there!

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  2. Emptying buckets is also permitted :) And mosquito nets, damn, they're a godsend.

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