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Chidziwitso cha Mkonzi: Zaka zambiri zapitazo ndinapita ku maphunziro a utolankhani a Mauck-Stouffer ku Muscatine. Maphunzirowa anachitikira m’chipinda chochitira misonkhano, chomwe tsopano chili patsidya la holoyo kuchokera ku ofesi yanga. Wokamba nkhani pamaphunzirowa ndi wolemba nkhani wa Quad City Times Bill Wundrum. Anamwetulira monsemo pamene ankalankhula m’chipinda china chodzaza ndi atolankhani achichepere kuti: “Tiyenera kudziwitsa mabwana athu kuti tili ndi ntchito yabwino koposa padziko lonse, apo ayi sangafune kutilipira.” Chidwi chanu ndi chikondi chanu ndizopatsa. Sabata yatha, Quad Cities idataya wolemba wake. Polemekeza Bambo Wundrum, tidzapanganso gawo lake lomaliza kuyambira pa May 6, 2018, lomwe ndinapeza. Pumulani mumtendere, Mr Wundrum.
“Ndikufuna chipinda ichi,” ndinauza kalaliki wachichepere m’sitolo ya Quad-City. Imakhala ndi ma CD athu ambiri ndipo ili ndi mashelefu ndi zitseko kuti asagwe ponseponse. Kuphatikiza apo, ndi mtengo wabwino: $99.95 poyerekeza ndi $125.95.
Ndinakhumudwa pamene wogulitsa ananena kuti, “Pepani, simungagule, muyenera kuchichotsa m’bokosi n’kupanga nokha.”
Zinangotengera mtengo wopitilira theka la mtengo wogulira kusonkhanitsa nduna iyi muofesi yanga. Ndinasankha zokatengera kunyumba ndipo ndinazindikira kuti ngakhale ubongo wanga wa nyani ukhoza kugwirizanitsa chinthu chophweka ngati bokosi la mabuku.
Ndi momwe zimayambira zoopsa zomwe timakumana nazo mobwerezabwereza m'masiku atchuthi: "Msonkhanowu ukufunika."
Chimene chinandidabwitsa kwambiri chinali buku la eni ake a masamba asanu ndi atatu lomwe linali ndi chenjezo lakuti: “Osapita kusitolo kukalandira mbali kapena thandizo la msonkhano.”
Sindikukayika kuti padzakhala mavuto. Mkati mwa bokosilo muli thumba lapulasitiki lokhala ndi zomangira zokwana mapaundi 5, mabawuti, ndi mabulaketi. Gawo lodabwitsali lili ndi mayina monga zomangira za hex, zomangira za Phillips, zigamba, ma cam studs, ma pulasitiki a L-brackets, ma cam housings, ma dowels amatabwa, zokokera, ndi misomali yosavuta.
Chochititsa mantha chimodzimodzi ndi chidziwitso: "Pazifukwa zogwira mtima, mutha kupeza zida zochulukirapo ndi mabowo osagwiritsidwa ntchito kumapeto kwanu." Kodi zokambiranazo zinali zotani?
Komabe, sitepe yoyamba inanditsimikizira kuti: "Chipinda ichi ndi chosavuta kusonkhanitsa. Ingotsatirani malangizo a sitepe ndi sitepe." Zomwe mukufunikira ndi screwdriver ndi wrench ya hex (ndi chiyani chimenecho?).
Zonsezi zinandidabwitsa. Mkazi amafufuza nthawi ndi nthawi. Amandipeza ndili ndi zomangira zodzaza manja, ndikubuula momvetsa chisoni. Monga momwe mungaganizire, malangizowa si a opusa ngati ine. “Lozetsani mivi ya ngamira m’mabowo a m’mphepete, kuonetsetsa kuti matupi onse a ngamila ali poyera.”
Ndiye chipinda changa chatha. Ndizokongola, ndi CD yoyikidwa bwino mkati ndi mpesa wawung'ono pamwamba. Koma musandiyamikire pakuchita izi. Pakati pausiku ndinasiya. Tsiku lotsatira ndinaitana kapentala waluso. Zinangomutengera maola awiri okha, koma akuvomereza kuti, "Zinali zovuta pang'ono."
Monga momwe munaŵerengera m’nkhokwe ino ya chowonadi chatsiku ndi tsiku, ndimada nkhaŵa kuti majeremusi amafalikira mofulumira kwambiri anthu akamagwirana chanza. Mayankho ena:
"Zikomo chifukwa cha gawo la kugwirana chanza ndi zotsatira zake. Ndimasamalanso za kugwirana chanza pa nthawi ya chimfine. Kugwirana chanza kumawoneka ngati ku America kwa ine. Ndimakonda njira yachijapani yopatsa moni ndi uta - siyani mtunda wokhazikika," akutero Becky Brown waku East Moline.
"Hey, mwina tiyenera kugwadirana wina ndi mzake. Zimagwira ntchito kwa anthu a ku Asia," adatero Mary Thompson, akufanana ndi maganizo a Becky Brown.
kuchokera kwa bishopu. "Pokhala ndi opembedza 2,500 omwe amadzacheza Lamlungu lililonse, timalimbikitsa kuti kugwirana chanza ndi kusinthana kwamtendere kuimitsidwe mpaka zitadziwikanso," adatero M'busa Robert Schmidt wa tchalitchi cha St. Anthony mumzinda wa Davenport.