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Electricity – The HATS Soap Opera

January 28, 2015 Posted by Keith Wight 5 Comments

“ELECTRICITY” – the HATS soap opera – The Sequel.

Yes. We are back with the sequel and a whole new season.
In our last episode of the season on November 3, 2014:

“Electricity” – the HATS soap opera – update.

Our installer arrived this morning! Yes he did.
The old Delco is disconnected and the new Wilson is all hooked up.
Nice and quiet and efficient.
Flick the switch. Life is good.

Oops, we may have spoken too soon. Anyway the electricity in the front part of the compound worked well but at the office and big house there remained a problem. Luckner finally tracked down, at least some of the problem, to an electrical short in one of the connecting wires from the generator. So yesterday he arrived (still dressed in his school teaching clothes) with a helper, Palto, to begin the replacing of the wires. He discovered that some of the outlets in the house were 220 volts instead of the standard 120V.

Stay tuned.

Luckner and Palto with ladder holders Moise and JJ

 

Karen was busy so Magdela was supervising Luckner

 

Where do you start?????

Last week while on a trip to St. Marc, Joan and Karen decided to go twacking.

The Dictionary of Newfoundland English defines the word:
Twack (Verb) To look at goods, inquire about prices, but buy nothing.

Well the ladies said they were twacking but they bought a table anyway. Karen said now that the riff-raft have gone home it would be nice to have a new table in the sun-room to replace the plastic patio table. It was an IKEA knockoff and none of the holes lined up but Jofky and I managed to put it together anyway.

Jofky and Keith figure out the new table

 

While the Maritimes dealt with a major winter storm, Joan and Karen enjoyed afternoon tea.

Sandra, they even saved you a seat.

Gotta go. A hockey game just broke out without me.

Stay tuned!!

~Keith

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About Keith Wight

Joan and Keith Wight have been involved with HATS since 2011. Keith is a retired airline pilot and previously volunteered with missions in Belize, Zimbabwe, Panama and Honduras in various capacities. Joan is a retired music teacher and uses her abilities to assist with the office work and tutor the children at HATS. Since retiring they have committed to 4 months per year in Haiti. They live in Montreal and have 3 daughters, 2 son-in-laws and 2 grandsons and 2 grand-daughters.

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  • Bill
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    January 28, 2015 at 3:17 AM

    Glad to see Keith has found his pace and has an assistant!

  • Sandra
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    January 28, 2015 at 11:15 AM

    It would be sooo great to get the electrical problems solved. We take so much for granted here. I love the new table and chairs and what a great place to play Train with the kids. It is always a relief when the riff-raff leave, enjoy your peace and quiet! Are they drinking Germaine's ginger tea? I am going to try to make some of my own.
    I love the fact Joan is in her tank top while Karen has on 2 layers!
    By the way, the storm was a bust here, what a disappointment for me! Most of the town was shut down but I worked and hoped all day that it would get worse but it didn't oblige.
    Have fun and love to everyone.

  • Sandra
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    January 28, 2015 at 4:00 PM

    Question: When I enlarged the photo of the ladies drinking tea I see something on a plate….what is that? I guess the riff-raff don't get served tea and goodies, but Germaine did make me ginger tea and mango juice and there is nothing better!

  • Bill
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    January 30, 2015 at 7:50 PM

    Nice to see Keith has an assistant!

  • Keith
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    February 1, 2015 at 10:30 PM

    There are no shortage of assistants – but hard to find "helpers"

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