Mr Fix-It

Barb bought me a big office chair at the second hand store.  She knew that I needed a big strong office chair because I tend to break chairs a lot.  And even though this was a big strong chair, I broke the armrest.  We asked our neighbour if he thought we could fix it and he said he didn't think so.  But we didn't give up.  One night we took the armrest off the chair and we went to Home Depot to ask the guys there.  We looked in hardware but there was nobody there.  So we asked the plumbing guy and he said that he didn't think we could fix it.  But we didn't give up.  We searched and searched for the hardware man and finally found him.  He said sure we could fix it.  He found some braces and some bolts and some drill bits.  We went home and the next day we went back to our neighbour and asked if we could use his drill.  We were lucky because he was already packed and was planning to leave to go back up North the next day.  He got out his drill and made holes in the braces and in the armrest.  It was the hottest day of the year and Barb was roasting outside as he was drilling.  Then we went back in the air conditioning of our house and put on the braces with the bolts and attached the armrest back on the chair.  It is very sturdy now and Barb is very happy because the braces are on the wall side of the chair and you can't see them from the other room.