Mechanics' ingenuity. (Ear to the Ground).With no car fitness tests, entering a vehicle is a leap of faith. Kenyan mechanics are ingenious in·gen·ious adj. 1. Marked by inventive skill and imagination. 2. Having or arising from an inventive or cunning mind; clever: an ingenious scheme. See Synonyms at clever. 3. , as I have discovered driving an elderly Japanese import over 3,000 kilometres during my time here. During one unscheduled unscheduled Adjective not planned or intended Adj. 1. unscheduled - not scheduled or not on a regular schedule; "an unscheduled meeting"; "the plane made an unscheduled stop at Gander for refueling" stop, a passing mechanic checked under the bonnet bonnet usually worn along with new clothes on Easter Sunday. (“Oh, I could write a sonnet about your Easter bonnet.”) [Christian Tradition: Misc.; Am. Music: Irving Berlin, “Easter Parade”] See : Easter and asked me to fetch him a pen cartridge (1) See phono cartridge. (2) A removable storage module that contains magnetic disks, optical discs, magnetic tape or memory chips. Cartridges are inserted into slots in the drive, printer or computer. , a foot of garden hose, a milk carton and some insulation tape. Within an hour we were back on the pot-hole-ridden highway. One month on and the problem has not reappeared. |
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