Flux Capacitor

I wish I was handy. I think we all know someone who is the ultimate handy man. I have many in my family, but that is certainly one of my recessive genes. All the men in my family seem to be good at fixing, remodeling, and working through any major or minor home repairs. I suppose the case could be made that we are all pretty handy judging by the gifts we hand make and exchange at our family Christmas every year. Home made gifts are one thing, remodeling your master bathroom like my cousin Jake is another. If our family members were TV characters, Jake would be MacGyver. I would probably be more like Tim "the Tool Man" Taylor or a cartoon character with no opposable thumbs. Seriously, Jake remodeled he and Kristi's bathroom and it is awesome.

Regardless of whether I can actually fix anything or not, I wish I knew the lingo to make it sound like I did. My air conditioning recently went out so I called my landlord and he had someone out the next day to fix it. He called me to let me know it was fixed and that the _________ had gone out. Wondering why that last sentence had a blank? Me too. He told me what part went out and was subsequently replaced, but I of course deleted that vital bit of information from my brain. I mentioned to DeWayne that my air conditioning was working again later that day at work. Of course he responded with "what was wrong with it?" Knowing this question was probably on the horizon, I prepared my standard answer. "Flux capacitor."

Many of you may realize that the only machine that uses a flux capacitor is the time traveling DeLorean from Back to the Future. I may not know much, but I know nothing I am in contact with on a day to day basis is fueled by plutonium. I do know that aside from getting my oil changed, replacing a fuse or anything to do with my alternator, all other car problems have to do with the flux capacitor. Computer crashed? Flux capacitor. Water heater out? Flux capacitor. Problems with appliances, lawnmowers and all things electronic? Flux capacitor.

Will I ever gain some handy man knowledge? Survey says........probably not. Let's face it, I am almost 30 and soaking up new knowledge from a topic I really do not care that much about it unlikely. Maybe I am wrong. I doubt I will ever replace the motor in my car, but perhaps I will learn to grout and tile a bathroom someday. I guess time will tell. Until then, the flux capacitor specialists will continue to be a phone call away.