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Malawi: wonders of a local mechanic

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007 @ 19:12 UTC

by Ndesanjo Macha

Countries:: Malawi
Topics:: Humor, Technology

“Meet George. He repaired our punctured tyre in less than 20 minutes without hydraulic tools, and hand pumped it to exactly the right pressure with no guage,” writes Extra Extra.

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# 2007-04-1 at 19:16 pm

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