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Inqaku loMhleli: Kwiminyaka emininzi eyadlulayo ndaya kuqeqesho lobuntatheli eMauck-Stouffer eMuscatine. Uqeqesho lwenzelwa kwigumbi lenkomfa, ngoku elingaphaya kweholo ukusuka kwiofisi yam. Isithethi esiphambili kolu qeqesho ngumbhali wemihlathi weQuad City Times uBill Wundrum. Wancuma umzimba wonke njengoko wayethetha kwigumbi elalizele ziintatheli eziselula: “Kufuneka sibaxelele abaphathi bethu ukuba sinowona msebenzi ubalaseleyo ehlabathini, kungenjalo abafuni kusihlawula.” Uthando lwakho kunye nothando luya kuphumelela. Kwiveki ephelileyo, i-Quad Cities ilahlekelwe ngumbalisi wayo. Ngembeko kaMnu Wundrum, siya kuvelisa kwakhona ikholamu yakhe yokugqibela ukususela ngoMeyi 6, 2018, endiyifumeneyo. Phumla ngoxolo, Mnu Wundrum.
"Ndifuna eli gumbi," ndaxelela unobhala oselula kwivenkile yaseQuad-City. Iphethe uninzi lweeCD zethu kwaye ineshelufa kunye neengcango zokuzigcina zingawi kuyo yonke indawo. Plus, lixabiso elikhulu: $99.95 xa kuthelekiswa $125.95.
Ndadana xa umthengisi wathi, “Uxolo, awukwazi ukuyithenga, kufuneka uyikhuphe ebhokisini uze uyidibanise ngokwakho.
Kuxabisa ngaphezu kwesiqingatha sexabiso lokuthenga ukudibanisa le khabhinethi kwiofisi yam. Ndiye ndakhetha ukuyohambisa ekhaya ndaqonda ukuba nengqondo yam yenkawu iyakwazi ukuhlanganisa into elula nje ngekhabhathi yeencwadi.
Kwaye iqala ke iphupha elibi esijongana nalo ngokuphindaphindiweyo kwezi ntsuku zasemva kweholide: "Indibano iyafuneka."
Eyona nto yandothusayo yayiyincwadi yomnini-ncwadi enamaphepha asibhozo enesilumkiso: “Musa ukuya evenkileni ukuze ufumane iinxalenye okanye uncedo lwendibano.”
Andithandabuzi ukuba kuya kubakho iingxaki. Ngaphakathi kwebhokisi kukho ingxowa yeplastiki equlethe malunga neekhilogram ezi-5 zezikrufu, iibholithi, kunye nezibiyeli. Le nxalenye engaqondakaliyo inamagama anjengezikrufu zehex, izikrufu zePhillips, iipleyiti zepetshi, izikhonkwane zecam, izibiyeli zeplastiki ze-L, izindlu zecam, iidowuli zokhuni, izikhonkwane zokutshixa, kunye nezikhonkwane ezilula.
Esoyikisa ngokulinganayo sisaziso: "Ngenxa yezizathu ezisebenzayo, unokufumana i-hardware engaphezulu kunye nemingxunya engasetyenziswanga ekupheleni kwakho." Yayiyintoni loo ncoko?
Nangona kunjalo, inyathelo loku-1 landiqinisekisa: "Le fenitshala kulula ukuyidibanisa. Landela nje inyathelo ngenyathelo imiyalelo." Konke okudingayo sisikrudrayiva kunye ne-hex wrench (yintoni leyo?).
Yandimangalisa yonke le nto. Umfazi uyahlola amaxesha ngamaxesha. Uza kundifumana ndinesandla se-hex screws, ndincwina kabuhlungu. Njengoko unokucinga, le miyalelo ayiyoyezidenge njengam. "Lathisa iintolo zemizimba yekam kwimingxunya esekugqibeleni, uqinisekise ukuba zonke imizimba yekam ikwindawo evulekileyo."
Ke i-closet yam yenziwe. Intle, ineCD ebekwe kakuhle ngaphakathi kunye nomdiliya omncinci ngaphezulu. Kodwa ungandiniki uzuko ngale nto. Ezinzulwini zobusuku ndancama. Ngosuku olulandelayo ndabiza umchweli oqeqeshiweyo. Kwamthatha iiyure ezimbini kuphela, kodwa uyavuma, “Yayinzima kancinci.”
Njengoko usenokuba uye wafunda kobu buncwane benyaniso yemihla ngemihla, ndinexhala lokuba iintsholongwane zisasazeka ngesantya esimangalisayo xa abantu bexhawulana ngezandla. Ezinye iimpendulo:
"Enkosi ngekholamu yokuxhawula isandla kunye neziphumo zayo. Ndiyakulumkela ukuxhawulana ngezandla ngexesha lonyaka lomkhuhlane. Ukuxhawulana kubonakala kuseMelika ngakumbi kum. Ndikhetha indlela yaseJapan yokubulisa ngesaphetha - shiya umgama omnye Ukhululekile," utshilo u-Becky Brown wase-East Moline.
"Hayi, mhlawumbi kufuneka siguqe omnye komnye. Isebenza kubantu base-Asiya," watsho uMary Thompson, echaza iimvakalelo zikaBecky Brown.
evela kubhishophu. “Ngama-2,500 abanquli abatyelela rhoqo ngeCawe, sicebisa ukuba ukuxhawulana ngezandla kunye nokwabelana ngoxolo kuyekwe de kuphinde kubhengezwe esinye isaziso,” utshilo uMfundisi uRobert Schmidt weCawa enobubele iSt. Anthony kumbindi wedolophu yaseDavenport.