We got an analogue BEN10 watch for EJ couple of months ago.
Needless to say it stopped working a little after it lost it's novelty for him
[which was about a week ;)] On recent inquiry, he was forced to look for it and
reported it bust. So I declared it be FIXED instead of a purchasing a new one. After
the local clocksmith diagnosed it as a case of dead power cell [even before
opening it K] the
argument against me was the cost of repairing versus purchasing a new one. Cost
of power cell $1 [Rs.40] Much opposed by all family members, I GOT IT FIXED.
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| The fixed Ben10 wristwatch |
After
a couple of hours we realized only the seconds hand was moving and the watch
may end up showing the correct time only twice a day. On the way back home, I stopped at the same
clocksmith and demonstrated the problem. “Uska ‘movement’ change karna padega,
saab”, once again without even removing the panel at the back of the watch L. The “movement” cost $2 [Rs.80] and entailed replacing the
whole small machine inside !!!! Yet, again after a token debate with family, I FIXED
IT. Total cost of FIXING $3 ; original
cost of watch $2.5, which when added up is not far from the cost of the current
demand of a Chelsea/Drogba watch - $7. [Football being the “flavor of the month”]
Through this experience JC observed silently and my “zidd” [Indian
equivalent of something in between perseverance and stubbornness] bore fruition
now that he’s started interjecting in between most conversations - “we kin oviously
get a new one, but lets try en fix it, toh!?!”
PS – note its ‘oviously’ not ‘obviously’ ;)
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