Resourcefulness

We buy our water from the store across the yard. It's 48 Som for a 5 litre bottle, about a $1. As its very dry here at this time of year we drink LOTS of water.

 
So we have LOTS of spare bottles and it seems such a waste to throw them into the garbage (no recycling here). But we have discovered that they come in handy for things like

a door stop when the wind blows in one side of the apartment and out the other, slamming doors on its way through,

and a rubbish bin in the bathroom.

David is a great Senior Servant and is truly resourceful.

I looked up the word resourcefulness. A couple of definitions seemed to explain just what I wanted to say: 'The ability and the means to meet situations effectively' and 'able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means'.
 

The drainiage from the washing machine needs to go into the toilet, but the bracket that keeps it in place had disappeared and so we decided that a plastic shopping bag should do the job nicely. It does.

 And the shower was one of those I have seen in Europe that is made to be hand-held only. We're not used to that and wanted it as it would be in Australia, if possible. Quite possible. First David found 'Funnings' (the Bunnings look-alike) and bought a pair of plyers. Next he found a store that sold wire. When he asked the store-keeper if he could buy a small length of wire the guy cut it off and gave it to him. Thank-you. We have found these people to be very friendly and helpful. And now we have a 'real' shower.