Peter is an engineer. And he is imbued with the true engineering spirit. So when he and Brian get together, it is only to be expected that Things Will Be Altered.
While Brian and David earlier in the summer got the Solar Cooker to do its thing and COOK, (see Post from July: Green Eggs. And Ham) when Peter arrived, simple cuisine was not enough.
Armed with copper pipe, rubber hose, some steel wool, and a sunbeam, Peter set out on the lawn to devise a way to use the Solar Cooker to provide hot water for the whole household.
And he succeeded! Not quite enough water yet to run the Resort Laundry, but in what seemed to be no-time-at-all he had plenty of hot water 'on tap.' We admit, we were a little disappointed that he didn't set up a bathtub on the lawn next to the Solar collector, fill it with hot bath bubbles, and hop on in, but perhaps we still have that to look forward to!
Whenever Peter is here, he finds a way to modify and improve some piece of technology that we've been using 'just the way it was.'
In recognition of his life long dedication to finding "another way", Bondi has awarded Peter the "License to Tinker."
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