In a previous post we discussed washing
clothes (see following link). We are still in the process of
building the house and we have a spot for the washing machine. But,
we still do not have a machine and continue to do the clothes by
hand. However, we do have an improvement (more on that shortly).
Before we left America, we had a garage
sale and sold off 90% of the tools I had accumulated over 40 years of
living (see following link). This included circular saw,
oscillating saw, belt sander and an angle grinder. We sold them due
to the power difference between the US and Philippines. The US is
110 volts AC and the Philippines is 220 volts AC. After arriving in
the Philippines, I started shopping around to replace these four
items. These items are expensive (circular saw for example was about
$100). However, I did find a step down transformer here that cost
about $70 and would adequately power these tools. In hind sight I
should have shipped the tools here instead of selling them.
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| Step down transformer |
Bring in Harbor Freight, a discount
tool supplier in America (I do miss Harbor Freight, and yes John O,
Harbor Freight). I had my father buy the mentioned tools, extra
blades, extension cords, rubber boots (hard to find my size in the
Philippines), sheet rock screws (I use them for everything, Filipinos
use nails) and some thrift store girl clothes to give to neighborhood
kids). They placed the items in a balik-bayan box (see following
link) and shipped them to us. Cost of tools, step down transformer
and shipping was cheaper than buying the tools here.
After shipping the box, my parents sent
us a message that the box was on the way and that there was something
in the box that Flor would like. That item was a Universal wash
board. It was immediately put to use and was the first item we used
out of the box (trying to bring this post full circle now). I think
(but not sure) that my parents sent the wash board as a gag. But, it
is a very useful item, we use it every time we wash and greatly
appreciate the wash board. (Thanks, mom)
Along with our high dollar drying
system we are getting along with our laundry. However, we are still
planning on getting a washing machine in the future.
Thank you for following.
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