Don't tell the wife, I'm growing fodder in the 2nd bathroom!

[MROO]

I am here to save the day....

While you have good intentions you are doing this all wrong.

Excuses are playing defense. You need to play offense for this to work.

Shut the water off to the toilet.

Do not shut the valve on the supply line off..most women know enough to turn a valve and try it...

Take the line apart and plug the line with something. Now even a small hole in the “plug” will be ok.

Flush the toilet and let it fill very slowly. Let her see it’s not working if need be.

However, the longer you have to wait to show it to her the better.

With some luck it will be June before she wants to see for herself.

Spread tools, lumber and plumbing parts all over the floor in there. I suggest a few automotive parts to really confuse her and make her think it is a major problem.

Tell her the spare bathroom is out of order once she discovers the mess in there. Tell her you are working on it because it quit working, and wanted to surprise her with some upgrades.

You wanted to surprise her for ( whatever event is after June )..

If she asks what is wrong get technical
“ the power vac belt float valve seem to be stuck at the proton accelerator access resting detention” and “ that seems to have ruined the intake gasket exhaust dump seal”

If she questions your ability to fix something that complicated you say you have researched it on you tube and think you can and want to try.

Also have a few flooring samples in there so she can assume you are going to remodel at the same time.

Make it complicated and sloppy in there. Some place no woman would ever want to step foot..

Then sit back and grow barley to your hearts content. If she questions why you aren’t working up there you are waiting for a part or tool that is back ordered and should be here next week.

Then you wait a month and tell her it came but it came without the sub-atomic doohickey which is held up by the protests in Hong Kong. They no longer manufacture them in the USA so no telling when that will get here.

Play long ball on this!!

About the first of June if the snow is gone clean up the mess and tell her you fixed it. Remember to remove the plug you put in the line. You do this when she is not home..

She will have forgotten what the original looked like and be so happy it is working again. You might even get lucky!

If she says it looks like the same old bathroom, tell her it is slightly different but most the upgrades are unseen..


I bet she will even buy you a new deer rifle when it’s all over!!

I bow in complete and total respect of The Master.

 

[MROO]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-bird-haunting-not-for-faint-of-heart.975857/

ARRRGGGHHH! I just read through the whole thread (I don't have a real life, this week) What a TRIP! My head is spinning and I'll be seeing zombie birds in every corner of my yard ... and in every window ...

 

[duluthralphie]

ARRRGGGHHH! I just read through the whole thread (I don't have a real life, this week) What a TRIP! My head is spinning and I'll be seeing zombie birds in every corner of my yard ... and in every window ...

They can make your life miserable!!

We have learned to never deny a chickadee anything it wants.

 

[gtaus]

UPDATE 10/7/2019: I now have six bins started in the tower. So far, the odor is under control, but it is beginning to smell a little more now that I have six bins of wet seeds. So if the smell continues to get worse, I'll probably have to cut back the number of bins I have started and growing at one time.

In case anyone is wondering if this is really happening.....

Nothing to see here....right?

Ta-da! Fodder tower in the bathtub! Wife still unaware....

The oldest bins are starting to grow grass....

Looks like the fodder is growing more or less as I expected. Oldest bin fodder is about 1 inch tall. Will be watching it over the next few days to see how well it grows in the house. When I grew fodder in the garage this summer, it was warmer and I think the fodder was growing a little faster. But I should know more in a few days.

Stay tuned for more updates...

 

[Major_in_MS]

but it is beginning to smell a little more now that I have six bins of wet seeds

Don't forget to try the box of baking soda and the activated charcoal. I forgot who recommended that.

 

[Major_in_MS]

And an essential oil diffuser with some lemongrass oil will do wonders.

 

[gtaus]

Don't forget to try the box of baking soda and the activated charcoal. I forgot who recommended that.

I got another air freshener to open, but I might pick up some soda and charcoal next time I go into town. Thanks.

 

[gtaus]

And an essential oil diffuser with some lemongrass oil will do wonders.
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Thanks, never have tried one of those. Will check it out.

 

[Flashpoint]

Be sure to ask Ralphie about his DUX!

Ralphie just LOVES LOVES LOVES his Dux!!

 

[Shadrach]

@gtaus I can't help thinking that you've fallen prey to a very bad case of cultural norms and gender orientated brain washing. Of course you're getting rounds of applause and encouragement for suggestions on how to resolve this problem. What may have escaped your notice is the enthusiastic responses to your attempts to mollify your wife are in general coming from other females. Not only are you unlikely to find a working resolution to the problem, you're demonstrating a line of excuse tactics used by males to a whole bunch of other females and thus not only weakening your hand, but making life difficult for the husbands of the thread contributors by alerting their wives to male strategy.
You say you've been married for some 30+ years. I suggest you adopt the same strategy often sited on this forum regarding unproductive hens; don't keep them. No lay eggs, no get fed. This is assuming you've squeezed all the productivity you want out of your wife in the last 30 years.
The obvious solution hasn't been posted. Not hard to see why not given the contributors.
That solution is; lose the wife. In the event that you find you are having difficulty coping then you can always move in another female; just don't sign any paperwork!
There is absolutely no point in keeping an uncooperative and belligerent wife when there are so many good ones out there.