Nope, the title is not a metaphor. I really did "fix" a car with floss. Driving from Utah to Arizona after Christmas, my friend found herself in a tricky situation. Hit the solid object ahead in our lane, hit the truck in the lane next to us, or run into the shredded tire on our other side. She slowed down as much as she could and we braced for impact with the solid object which turned out to be a fully-packed carry-on suitcase. It did a number on her car's low-profile bumper, but nothing else seemed to be wrong, so we threw the blasted suitcase to the side and put the pieces of her bumper in the trunk. As our speed picked up, we heard loud clicking in the wheel well. I got out in the sub-freezing weather in the middle of nowhere to check. I couldn't see anything. We tried again. Same thing. I checked again but still couldn't find anything. After several repeats of this, I climbed further under the car to realize a connector that held three pieces of overlapping plastic together was gone. When the car started moving, the plastic would move into the wheel well. I needed a way to stabilize the plastic. We didn't have duct tape or any kind of tape. Then I thought of floss. If I used several strands and threaded them through the hole in each of the pieces, I could tie them together. As I was working, a cop came up to see what was going on. I asked if he had any medical tape. He said no. He asked if we had brought the suitcase. I said no. He left to go get the suitcase. Huge help. I finished tying off the floss, and we started driving. No noise! We stopped at the next gas station where I bought duct tape to wrap around the floss. This fix held up for over a year until she was able to get her car fixed. I think Macgyver would have been proud.
Hello Jen. I am a Pastor from Mumbai, India. I am glad to stop by your profile on the blogger and the blog post. I am also blessed and feel privileged and honoured to get connected with you as well as know you and about your interest in the field of counselling. I too have learned the things hard way and fixing your car with floss is a kind of experience I have gone through but not with a care but with my motorbike. I love getting connected with the people of God around the globe to be encouraged, strengthened and praying for one another. I have been in the Pastoral ministry for last 40 yrs in this great city of Mumbai a city with a great contrast where richest of rich and the poorest of poor live. We reach out to the poorest of poor with the love of Christ to bring heaing to the poorest of poor with the love of Christ to bring healing to the brokenhearted. We also encourage young and the adults from the west to come to Mumbai to work with us du ring their vacation time. We would love to have you come to Mumbai to work with us during their vacation time. We would love to have you come to Mumbai to work with us during your vacation time. I am sure you will have a life changing experience. Looking forward to hear from you very soon. God's richest blessings on you your fmly and friends. My email id is:dhwankhede(at)gmail(dot)com and my email id is : dhwankhede(at)gmail(dot)com and my name is Diwakar Wankhede.
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