
Home from Home: Maintenance

Susanne Bacon · · ·
German-American journalist Susanne Bacon is also the author of the Wycliff novel series (available in local bookstores or on Amazon). The latest, published in 2022, is Major Musings. Her Suburban Times column “Home from Home” is also available as a book now. Its German title is “In der Fremde daheim". She lives with her husband in Lakewood, Washington. You can contact her at Facebook. If you are interested in an express delivery of Susanne's columns, subscribe to her Bacon's Bits email, delivery free to your inbox. Click here to sign up.
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I do most repairs and maintenance myself because hired help can’t seem to do it right. In some cases, such as my cars, I’ve had to become my own expert as the professionals don’ know what they are doing. Now I only pay for mindless grunt work.
maybe because the general overregulation in Germany kills most of initiative in doing anything by oneself since nobody really does know what is not forbidden.