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My secretary's husband had a bad hair day yesterday!

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Carousel Realty of Dyer County Tn 248435000

bad hair dayI apologize for not having a real picture of James from yesterday but I was not there when his hair was rearranged!

My secretary, Donna told me she almost called in sick because of an incident her husband had. All sorts of things ran through my head as James does things differently than most normal people.

For instance, last fall Donna called him home from work because she saw a "huge" snake in the garage. He came home and went in the house and came back into the garage with his shotgun and proceeded to rid the garage of the snake. Instead, "snake" was splattered all over that garage,literally!

Now back to the real story here: Donna was cooking and the bottom element in the oven shorted out and started a small fire that quickly went out. She called James from outside and he said not to worry that it is only a burned out element and he can take care of this. Donna knowing her husband said, "are you sure you want to fix this, I can get a repairman out to do it". James said, " you can count on me to take good care of it".

As James was taking out the screws to remove the element, suddently there was a violent crack(or pop) a puff of smoke and James knocked across the room with hat blown off and his hair standing straight up. I know I would have won the $100,000 prize on America's funniest home videos! This picture probable describes pretty well what James looked like as he was laying there!

After asking if James was ok, I then proceeded to laugh almost uncontrollable!

To finish the story, the stove did catch on fire and James and Donna(as I write this) have gone to the appliance store to get a new kitchen stove.

Gary L. Waters Broker Associate, Bucci Realty
Bucci Realty, Inc. - Melbourne, FL
Eighteen Years Experience in Brevard County

Lucky man...and Lucky woman. It must be so nice to have such a handyman in the house!

Mar 26, 2009 06:05 AM
William J. Archambault, Jr.
The Real Estate Investment Institute - Houston, TX

Mike,

I always like a happy ending! I hope shes enjoys the new stove and the old husband! She very lucky she didn't have to replace both.

Bill

Mar 26, 2009 06:07 AM
Mike Frazier
Carousel Realty of Dyer County - Dyersburg, TN
Northwest Tennessee Realtor

Bill,

You are right, very lucky.

My family and the two of them are going easter weekend to look for diamonds at Diamond Crater State Park in Arkansas. Maybe with his luck we will find a diamond!

Mar 26, 2009 06:15 AM
Steven L. Smith
King of the House Home Inspection, Inc. - Bellingham, WA
Bellingham WA Home Inspector

James needs to be more careful. The element on an electric range is 240V and just turning off the oven does not mean the power is dead to the unit. Anyone putzing with one of these MUST turn off the 240V breaker and not turn it back on till they are done putzing and standing back from the range in case they did it wrong and there is a short somewhere the result of their work -- sparks and arcs might scare them. Unless one really knows what he or she is doing, leave this to an appliance repair person or an electrician.

Mar 26, 2009 06:24 AM
Kristen Hall
Jalex Real Estate Services - Shippensburg, PA
REALTOR, Shippensburg Real Estate

That is really quite funny.  I'm glad he was ok!

Kristen

Mar 26, 2009 06:26 AM
Gabe Sanders
Real Estate of Florida specializing in Martin County Residential Homes, Condos and Land Sales - Stuart, FL
Stuart Florida Real Estate

So, if she continues to do good work for you, I would imagine some sort of bonus (AIG type) to help pay for a stove!  :-)

Mar 26, 2009 06:55 AM
Randi Brammer
Randi Brammer, Acctg. - Hinckley, MN
Accountant & Tax Preparer

Mike...sometimes It is better to not to try to fix things yourself.  LOL

Mar 26, 2009 08:22 AM
Renee Busse
Tennessee Realty - Dyersburg, TN
ABR,ePRO Dyer Co. TN Real Estate

Whew! God is REALLY taking care of James. Thank goodness this did not result in anymore than his hair maybe taking on the characteristics of Albert Einstein! Bless his heart, he is not going to live this down for awhile (ROFL)

 

Mar 26, 2009 11:56 AM
Mike Saunders
Retired - Athens, GA

Mike - sounds like Tim the Toolman Taylor! I have been there, knocked across the room from an electrical shock, and my hair looked like that (when I had hair). I hope that James and Donna are getting installation with that stove.......

Mar 27, 2009 12:54 AM
Mike Frazier
Carousel Realty of Dyer County - Dyersburg, TN
Northwest Tennessee Realtor

Surely he can unplug old stove and plug in new one!

Mar 27, 2009 08:20 AM
Barbara Delaney
Park Place REALTORS, Inc. - Roanoke, VA

Dear Mike,

I am so glad James is O.K.! Sounds like he needs to give up the "By Owner" approach" to home repairs!

Loved your photo!

Barbara

Mar 28, 2009 04:36 AM
Debbie Walsh
SHAHAR Management - Middletown, NY
Hudson Valley NY Real Estate 845.283-3036

Now that is a picture!  Thank goodness her husband is okay!!  Wow!

    

Mar 29, 2009 08:42 AM
Sandy Shores FL Realtor®, Melbourne Real Estate
M & M Realty of Brevard Inc. - Melbourne, FL
Brevard County Real Estate, Florida's Space Coast

Hi Mike, Wow, that James sounds like a wild and crazy kind of guy. He better be careful, he's going to get himself killed one of these days. (I would have laughed too!)  Love the picture you used for this post.

Mar 30, 2009 08:59 AM
Mike Frazier
Carousel Realty of Dyer County - Dyersburg, TN
Northwest Tennessee Realtor

I had an electrical problem in the office yesterday and told donna to call James to fix it. She disobeyed a direct order and called a real repairman.

Apr 02, 2009 03:05 AM