Tag: home repairs

Raisin’ the Roof

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Roof flies off building due to storm in Downtown Anderson

Got yet another doctor appointment today, calloo, callay. I wish I could trust them. But I can’t, anymore.

AND we’ve got the roofing crew overhead today–wham, bam, scrape, thump–BOOM! This is not restful. I’m sitting on the pot when the building starts to make like a bowl of jello. Then it stops.

What to do? The roof HAS to be repaired, and no sense putting it off.

I can’t imagine how they’ll clean up the site once they’re done up there.

Update: We had to bump the doctor appointment… so tomorrow I’ll have two of them.

Do Inanimate Objects Think?

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A little while ago, our toilet flapper stopped working properly. That’s the little plastic doohickey that lifts out of its hole when you flush and then pops back in to make the water stop running when the tank is full again. I made several adjustments that seemed to work for a while, but in the end, I would up having to lift the lid and put the flapper back in its hole by hand. So we ordered a new one.

I believe the term “Artificial Intelligence” is a deliberate deception; but I wonder: do certain inanimate objects… think?

Because, the very day we were notified that our new flapper is available, the old one started working again. “See? See? I’m all better now, honest! You don’t need to replace me!”

I guarantee you that within seconds of us canceling the order, the old flapper will return to its evil ways and totally stop working.

We’re not going to fall for that.

Plumbing the Depths

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I am by no means a handyman. Don’t even think about calling me to fix something. But our bathroom sink was clogged, and over the years, I’ve learned how to do this particular job. I did it, and that’s why I’m running late this morning.

It makes me happy to be able to accomplish something. I mean, this is Day 5 of trying in vain to sort out my inexplicable loss of referrals from Facebook–but now at least my drainpipe works!

There’s something I very much want to write about today, but due to massive Global Warming forecast for tomorrow, in the form of snow and sleet and freezing rain, we will try to do our weekend’s grocery shopping today instead of tomorrow.

Meanwhile–hey, join in the fun, and try to get here from your own Facebook page! You can even take that Hank Williams song and share it with your Facebook friends. I’d like to see what happens as a result.