tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-235907502024-03-07T10:42:53.234+02:00Grandpa will fix itA blog devoted to my grandfather. He will fix like anything. He's like MacGyver's older brother or something. We love him very much but sometimes his inventons and fix-ups are just too damn funny.maikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09873994733375615229noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23590750.post-58889465564954062302007-11-11T23:14:00.000+02:002007-11-11T23:34:54.596+02:00Since 1962 - Sam the SwatterThe flyswatter introduced has been good companion to my grandfather for a few decades. From my early years i remember my grandfather running with this around the house and crushing the poor bastards and their little bug-bodies.Actually even my mother remembers this scene vividly in her head, since the flyswatter is nearly the same age age my mother. The flyswatter is made from bamboo stick from maikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09873994733375615229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23590750.post-22084480805777407522007-07-07T00:05:00.000+03:002007-07-07T08:25:08.802+03:00Todays topic: Grandpa is helping our readersFew times ago : in March 23, 2006 we wrote about the coat hanger Hanky. In the story's comment, one of our readers asked in Estonian language something like this:"Me problemo", "Me have broken thermos", "Me want to fix it and take my liver-sauce with me into my work".With few months (from 2006 March till 2007 July) thinking my grandpa came out with totally acceptable solution and we recommend maikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09873994733375615229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23590750.post-1170598791795180092007-02-04T16:11:00.000+02:002007-02-04T16:19:51.813+02:00Sock-n-slippersThe thing of beauty. A decent footwear for any occasion - parties, clubs, home environment, saunas. It has both the characteristics of socks and slippers : warm, comfortable, weather-proof. Because grandfather likes to run fast and by running fast the slippers tend to get lost, he uses rubber-bands to keep them with him.maikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09873994733375615229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23590750.post-1168463004721321882007-01-10T22:45:00.000+02:002007-01-10T23:03:24.736+02:00Ye olde coffeepotSince the coffee and it's magical influence on people was discovered a few years ago, the number of people (ab)using it has grown rapidly. No wonder my grandfather wants also to be one of the cool youngsters out there using and drinking coffee and getting loaded of heavy amount of coffein running in blood vessels. Since he was probably one of the first early adopters to drink the coffee on free maikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09873994733375615229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23590750.post-1167334993400265822006-12-28T21:34:00.000+02:002006-12-28T21:43:13.446+02:00Glasses of predictionLong time no see?Take a look at these glasses my grandfather uses. And yes, he still can see through them. He has done a lot of work on them, because the lenses kept falling off. Now he can see, watch and look all the noticeable and unnoticeable things in the world there is to see.maikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09873994733375615229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23590750.post-1152007178236472912006-07-04T12:48:00.000+03:002006-07-04T13:15:15.646+03:00Slippy Slippers of Seven-LeagueI had these slippers, my mom used these slippers, then my brother used these slippers. We didn't feel so connected with them so we decided not to wore them.For a long they were in a dark basement, used as a playground for small rodents and cellarbugs.Then a miracle happened for them. Grandpa found them and thought they had great capabilities in satisfing his needs. He has done a lot of repairingmaikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09873994733375615229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23590750.post-1148213543038252622006-05-21T14:57:00.000+03:002006-05-21T15:43:45.036+03:00Toilet DuckThe formulaGrandpa is very economical dude.+Also he is very modern man.---and what you get?=yes, A Modern Ecological ToiletGrandpa never likes wasting things when you can save them. Therefore he admired my toilet that had an ability to flush with full tank or by measure you think is appropriate.Grandfather didn't have that kind of toilet. Only the one with the ability to flush with the whole maikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09873994733375615229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23590750.post-1147629612159098472006-05-14T20:49:00.000+03:002006-05-15T10:25:58.336+03:00Coat rack MackyYou can't find decent coatracks these days anymore. Only cheap and disappointing ones. And those are having a habit of serious breakdowns. My grandpa decided not to thorow the coat rack away, when the first hook was shattered. He decided to replace it with an old metallic one. After a year, another hook also abandoned the rack. But there was no other metallic hook to replace it. So my grandpa maikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09873994733375615229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23590750.post-1143121618513018582006-03-23T15:24:00.000+02:002006-03-29T18:21:40.803+03:00Wannabe Coathanger HankyCoathanger Hanky is serving our family well. It was born as normal ski, but my grandfather decided that Ski Hanky isn't as good as it could good be when it would be a Coathanger. My grandfather split the ski and cut its size. After it he drilled a hole and made a hook from wire. Now we have a great coathanger and we are all happy except my little brother who used to ski, but not anymore.maikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09873994733375615229noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23590750.post-1142160219357521212006-03-12T12:31:00.000+02:002006-03-12T13:28:03.743+02:00Valdas (the thing that has no name in english)Boiling potatos or soup on cooker needs special care. You have to be very alert that your stuff doesn't boil over or the cover doesn't fly away.Many people have said that they are concerned about their cover flying to China or to some other country. It's obvious that my grandpa is also concerned about the issue because he is old and doesn't like to travel much. (He especially doesn't like easternmaikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09873994733375615229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23590750.post-1141899182542761892006-03-09T12:05:00.000+02:002006-03-09T16:22:36.073+02:00Bruce the BrushOnce it had all: fame, money and ladies. This brush was used to wash back and it did it proudly and assiduously. But the granny-s warm and tender grip was too hard to handle for the brush and then - the handle was broken. Many tears were shed and the soon-to-be-thrown-away brush was forgotten. But there was a Man, a Man who faced the challenge and fixed the handle. The man was my grandpa. No we maikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09873994733375615229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23590750.post-1141745302773430102006-03-07T17:10:00.000+02:002006-03-07T17:34:22.306+02:00SpongeBob SquarePantsOne time we had a sponge that was the shape of tortoise. My little brother loved to wash with it. After years of exploiting the sponge tired and tortoise lost his head. And the feets. Because grandpa saw the throwed away feets he immediatly took these and sewed feets back to where they belong - to the sponge. No we can wash again with this sponge. "Dear childred, you don't understand but i love maikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09873994733375615229noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23590750.post-1141744189433486812006-03-07T17:03:00.000+02:002006-03-07T17:09:49.446+02:00About the blogHi,I have a grandfather. Not a regular one, a different kind of. He likes to build things, or repair them. When i want something to throw away, because it's broken then he tries to repair things, no matter how much effort it needs or how valuable the things are. Because some things are funny what he has repaird i started to photograph them, and decided to put them on web.Needless to say that my maikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09873994733375615229noreply@blogger.com1