"Larry is a good gardener - but half the gadgets that keep this log cabin running are failing to pieces.  I don't know how I can replace Duke.  Good all-around mechanics are scarce... and ones that will fit into this household, be a member of the family in all ways, are almost non-existent.  I'm limping along on repairmen called in from town - every visit a disturbance, all of them with larceny in their hearts, and most of them incompetent to use a screw driver without cutting themselves.  Which I am incapable of doing, too, so I have to hire help.  Or move back into town, God forbid."