{"id":160,"date":"2012-11-26T15:28:23","date_gmt":"2012-11-26T14:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.d-c-k.com\/nessie\/?p=160"},"modified":"2013-03-12T17:41:46","modified_gmt":"2013-03-12T16:41:46","slug":"the-plumber-and-some-electricity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.d-c-k.com\/Nessie\/the-plumber-and-some-electricity\/","title":{"rendered":"The Plumber and some electricity"},"content":{"rendered":"

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He is a pleasant man of my age whom we do not see very often. I like him and so does the dog. He is reasonably tall, strongly built, somewhat overweight, with muscular legs and an elastic walk – a footballer in his spare time. His face is round with a frame of straight blond hair. There is a pair of friendly eyes behind glasses.<\/p>\n

He acknowledges any signs one gives to create verbal contact, in fact making the most out of the humblest opportunity. For example when I remarked one day that the wind was strong, he replied \u201cyes, it is, isn\u2019t it\u201d. He looks at me calmly when I ask questions, then gives detailed answers without lingering unduly.<\/p>\n

As I am washing up, he calmly reaches past my arm to check the hot tap.\u00a0 I can hear him sing and whistle from time to time. When he kneels in front of the washing machine, his pullover slips up, revealing a piece of bare back; I have seen it every single time he has been. He never overcharges and leaves us whistling. When he had left last time he called, my daughter cautiously inquired whether I mention any names in my descriptions. The Plumber\u2019s son is in her class. Wouldn\u2019t it be embarrassing …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

He is a pleasant man of my age whom we do not see very often. I like him and so does the dog. He is reasonably tall, strongly built, somewhat overweight, with muscular legs and an elastic walk – a footballer in his spare time. His face is round with a frame of straight blond […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nessie"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t