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Post by shiningbrow on Nov 5, 2019 4:44:38 GMT
Go ahead, spit it out.
I see Algolei is lurking about. Finally.
Get busy and say something.
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Post by evileeyore on Nov 5, 2019 11:09:39 GMT
Eleventh month. Very enthusiasm. Extra wow.
Though, I'll admit, I'm surprised Ovi let it go 5 days, maybe I should continue posting in August just to make sure he's not dead?
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Post by shiningbrow on Nov 5, 2019 18:32:12 GMT
A very close friend of mine died over the weekend, so excuse the lack of enthusiasm. You're lucky I made an appearance at all. I feel like crawling in a hole and pulling the opening in after me these days. So it's up to you and anyone else still visiting this site to drag me back out.
Or not.
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Post by Algolei with a capital A on Nov 7, 2019 13:03:49 GMT
I wasn't lurking, I was lost in the shrubbery.
Yeah. Heh heh. "Lost."
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Post by evileeyore on Nov 24, 2019 5:37:38 GMT
Fuck today, right in all of it's non-fuckholes with a rusty chaionsaw.
Had a water main break... in the front yard about halfway from the house to the street. So after digging out the meter box and the main valve (it's been years since anyone needed to look in there, I didn't realize it was buried, I just keep the grass from growing across the cover), and switching the water off to the house, we call the landlady. Her voice mail says she's unavailable, apparently her Father died and so she's flown back down to south america and won't be back until some time late next week.
So I make the executive decision "No, we aren't paying 300+$ to a plumber to come out on the weekend to fix this, I can fix it". 6 hours of chasing the breaks (when the pipe popped in one spot apparently it decided to pop in several), digging up the front lawn, the side lawn (along the house's foundation), and replacing pipe (and juryrigging a step-down from 1 inch to 3/4 inch pipe*), and then burying it all again...
Fuck today. On the plus side, the repairs (not counting labor) only cost 25$†. That's two 10' 1 inch schedule 40 pvc pipe, 8 straight connectors, the primer and glue (the most expensive part), and a box of 3/4" sinker nails (had some fence pickets I've been meaning to replace but only had finishing nails). On the double plus side the landlady actually returned our call to apologize that she wouldn't be able to get anyone out to fix it till Monday or so, and when she found out it was already fixed she knocked 100$ off the rent for next month (I mean... a hundred is a hundred... but I know it would have cost her more than that).
* I'd already hit the Homeless Despot once for parts and didn't know they did a step down at the side of the house. So... I cheated and bored out the 1 inch and sanded down the 3/4 so the 3/4 fit snugly inside the 1. Gave it plenty of overlap (like 2 inches)... it ought to be fine.
† I already owned the pvc cutter, shovel, file, sandpaper, and flashlight and lantern (yeah, worked two hours in the dark), so cost savings right there. And now I have 8$ primer and glue that will turn shitty long before I ever need them again. Sigh.
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