90. TV by Soda Can

Being the economically conscious person I am, I am always looking for ways to make do with what I have.  So as it happens, my new apartment had an old TV that was missing the plug at the end of the power line, had no remote and no antenna and the buttons that change the channels don’t work.   Most people would take one look at it and throw it in the trash but not me.  Nor sir, I was going to get it to work. Why should I spend hundreds of dollars on a new TV when I had one sitting in my living room? 

I asked around and found someone who agreed to come take a look at.  When I opened the door, there was a kid who looked no older than 17 years old standing outside.  He came up and took one look at it and said, of course he could fix it.  I had my doubts but with only my paring knife as his tool and the empty can of ginger ale I had drank the night before he fixed it sure enough.  

                               

I am now the proud owner of a TV that only plays one channel.  Only in Afghanistan…..