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Lessons learned and things accomplished

Posted by Mark | Filed under Life

While I’ve been out on furlough this week, I accomplished a few things around the house (though not perhaps as much as I would have liked) and in the process I learned a few things about myself.

I handle hot weather now about as well as I did when I was twelve, which is to say […]

Tags: biking, furlough, plumbing

I Hate Plumbing

Posted by Mark | Filed under Life

With apologies to Cole Porter…
I hate plumbing in the spring time,
I hate plumbing in the fall,
I hate plumbing in the winter, when it drizzles,
I hate pluming in the summer, when it sizzles.
I hate plumbing every moment,
Every moment of the year,
I hate plumbing,
Why, oh why, do I hate plumbing,
Because my leaky, f’ing faucet is near.
That bit of […]

Tags: plumbing

The Plumbing Nightmare Continues

Posted by Mark | Filed under Life, Rants

Finally heard back from the plumber’s part guy. They have to order direct from the manufacturer as none of their suppliers have the part. The bleepied-bleeping bleep manufacturer will not ship overnight. Expected transit time of the part?
2–3 weeks
Yes, that’s right. They said it will take weeks. I told him I’d have to get back to […]

Tags: home-ownership, nightmare, plumbing

Plumb Fun

Posted by Mark | Filed under Life

Thanks to the loverly weather we’ve been having in Iowa, our house is having some plumbing issues. The subzero temperatures caused the supply line pipes to our downstairs tub to freeze, but fortunately not burst. Unfortunately, when they thawed a bit it freed up some of the years of lime/calcium/crud in the pipes. The build-up […]

Tags: home-ownership, plumbing, repair