The Fix-It Guy

Ken West
Post Card Stories
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2 min readMar 23, 2022

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He could fix anything, from broken toilets to broken marriages (sometimes caused by broken toilets).

He was the world’s most famous Fix-It Guy.

Diplomats in the middle of tense negotiations to prevent world wars would call the Fix-It Guy if they reached an impasse.

He could fix anything.

But one day he found something he couldn’t fix — his own psyche.

He could fix others’ problems, but he neglected his own.

Plus, his finances were in a shambles.

He’d forget to bill his clients for services rendered.

He had no real bookkeeping process except jotting everything on little scraps of paper.

He needed his own fix-it guy.

It turns out that he was saved not by a fix-it guy, but by a fix-it girl.

She was young — only about fourteen but had a mind like a mini-Einstein for bookkeeping purposes.

So, the Fix-It Guy hired the Fix-It Girl to fix his mess, including his frayed nerves and broken psyche.

Four days later she had set up an actual bookkeeping system as well as an airtight process for billing clients.

The Fix-It Guy decided to keep her around on a contingency basis.

Four years later, he proposed marriage.

She accepted.

Now, they’re the Fix-It Couple, fixing the problems of the world.

Meanwhile, President Zelenskyy hired them to help his Army defeat the Russians.

Putin’s days are numbered.

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Ken West
Post Card Stories

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