My father always tinkered with things when I was younger. He had projects going on all over the house. The basement and the 2-story garage, formerly a barn, were filled with scraps of things he'd found.
My favorite Dad tinkering story is the time he came down and built our outdoor shower. He used scrap lumber that he'd pulled out of a dumpster on a construction site, an old faucet from my uncle, and a shower nozzle that he'd rescued from the married student dorms he'd lived in. Apparently the college had upgraded the showers and my father saved that nozzle from 1960, before I was born. It was just waiting to be used for 4 decades. The only new things were the flexible pipes. So our shower cost less than $5.
Got a Happy Story is a community gathering every Friday night where we share stories large and small that have put a smile on our face. It is a time to acknowledge the joy and wonder we experience. The Happy Story diary exists as a way to anchor the community in hope and comfort while we do the hard work of taking back our country. Everyone and all sorts of stories and pictures are welcome. May we find joy and strength here.
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