The Wooden toy incident

There is something about wooden toys that I like. They are crafted from something, not just poured from a mould or cut out in a machine, although I grant you that there probably are many wooden toys that are just that, cut out using a machine. These toys though are a little bit different, they are far more hand crafted, still made with machines than with hand tools, but there not made by computer controlled devices, but by hand controlled ones. 

One thing I do not like about wooden toys however, is there price. This one cost far more than the equivalent metal or plastic toy, and also came with a broken wheel. Granted, we broke the wheel, which was why we had to buy it but that's beside the point, its was still extortionate.  

The offending item

This all occurred when we went out for lunch together, as the wife was off work for the day, using up some left over holiday entitlement, and we chose a nice little café down the road. The café in question also has a craft area, where local crafts men and women can see off there items to the local visitors and café patrons. Unfortunately, these sort of things also have a habit of attracting little hands, as was the case here. The car fell off the stand and the rear axel cracked in two, not a major problem and one that was easily fixed by some wood glue and if that doesn't hold, I can easily replace the whole axel, it being made of wood and all.

Being fixed

Now, personally, we have gotten away with a few little incidents in the past, broken china, damages boxes, smashed bottles of wine, that sort of thing, the things that tend to happen when little hands and delicate items come in to contact with each other. Every time these things have happened , I have always been honest about it and as I said we have gotten away with quite a bit but not this time. Now I honestly don't mind paying for it, after all, we did break it, and the café is actually pretty good and very reasonably priced, but it does put a bit of a dampener on things when you've just popped out for a nice, cheap lunch together to come home with something extra. 

Anyway, its all fixed now and in regular service with the kids, I just wonder how long before its going to be back on the work bench for more running repairs!