This made me think of you, Greg.
In other news, we have moved in to our new house. There was already an incident with a leaky pipe, but it's been taken care of. Ah, homeownership.
In other news, we have moved in to our new house. There was already an incident with a leaky pipe, but it's been taken care of. Ah, homeownership.
posted by Matt | 6:45 PM
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And this reminds you of Greg because?
Was the pipe leaky when you got the house, or did it decide to leak after closing? What's really cool is when something upstairs leaks so you get to see the watermarks on the ceiling in the kitchen. My favorite experience is having the blower for the AC go out, flood the house with smoke, and then leave me in 95 degree weather. $98 part. $300 to fix.
Well, I was unaware of the whole Rick-rolling phenomenon until Greg clued me in. And honestly, I never really experienced it since. So I always associate it with Greg.
Ranch, baby! Ranch. One floor, plus basement. Simplifies a lot.
The leak happened because I was trying to fix our not having hot water, so I can't really blame it on anyone else. Seriously, the one part of the whole apparatus I decide to actually touch, after studying the whole business for 20 minutes, sprung a leak. I wasn't sure whether to laugh or cry.
Ha--yeah, I saw this.
You know--about the whole pipe-leak, been there, done that.
I kinda lost our heat one Thanksgiving in Takoma Park, because I was trying to 'optimize' a crappy radiator system. Court was pretty pissed; I felt pretty bad. (I bled the water out of the system to fill it w/ fresh water--thinking that it might flow more effectively. What I didn't know is that the refill pipe was 100% clogged from years of corrosion. So our radiator had no water.)
Ended up getting a year long "fix-whatever-goes-wrong" contract. Which we used. Often. (And not because of me--except for that one time above.)
And I know exactly what you mean...Staring at the system for an hour; figuring out how it works. Been there; done that. And I think it's a good thing.
Now, when I call repair guys, I basically tell them what to do. They come, look at it, think for a bit, say "yup", and they do it.
There's a whole new level of personal growth that comes with home ownership, that's for shizzle.
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