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I usually keep ours on 69. The night before last, it rained, and the wind was blowing pretty good. It continued like that all day yesterday, and all through the night. I turned the heat up to 71. It stopped raining for now, but the wind is still blowing pretty good. It's going down in the 30's tonight.

I just had to mention....awhile back, we were having trouble with the toilets, and the guts needed changing. Dh did his toilet, and made it sound like he had worked really hard, and achieved rocket scientist intelligence skill levels. It may have been the first time he ever changed one, I don't know. I laughed at him. He let me know I was too dumb to know how to do it. I changed the one in my bathroom. I did fine. Not the first, or even second time I've ever changed one in my lifetime. Mine worked fine when I got done. About a month and a half ago, I commented that I needed a new flush rod assembly (the handle and rod that goes to the chain). It was an old metal one, and had corroded through the years, so it would hang up, causing the toilet to run, if you didn't jiggle the handle. About a month ago, when I was in town, I got one, and put it my toilet.

Once a week, for the past month, he keeps asking me if I really fixed my toilet. Yes. It doesn't hang up anymore? No. It doesn't keep running? No. You don't have to jiggle it anymore? No. The whole family uses my toilet, so I'd know. For the most part, he's the only one that uses his. I asked him why he kept asking me about my toilet? Well, his keeps running. He thinks maybe he bought cheap guts, and they quit working. Nope, he and I both bought our guts together, so they're the same, and mine works fine. He asked me to look at his. Excuse me? Mr. rocket scientist, with all his superior skills is asking me, the dummy, to look at his toilet? Not happening. Mr. rocket scientist can just deal with it himself. While he was at work the other night, I did go in a couple times, and use his toilet, so I actually do know what the problem is. I noticed he bought, and installed another set of guts today. That's not going to fix it.
 
What's it about?

I keep the heat here at 58 or I'd be in the poor house. It was worse before I got my pellet stove. For 5 bucks a day i can crank that thing and spin in front of it like a rotisserie.
I have a serious relationship with wool socks, too.
Off work today, thankfully. I need the rest.
Not that I'm going to rest, but the option is at least available
I am making a wedding quilt for my niece. It has flower blocks, found it in a quilt book. I like to draw it on graph paper to get an idea on proportions. Some of the directions are a bit hard to follow. I will post a pic of the finished quilt from the book.
 
@getaclue, Hades hath no fury like a woman/wife scorned. Help the poor guy out. :lau
Nope. Not yet. Soon, he'll be talking about buying a new toilet, because this one is too old, and beyond repair. At that point, I will go get what it needs, and fix it. When I do, I will make several signs saying "on this date, Mr. Superior Rocket Scientist failed at fixing his toilet. His dummy wife had to figure it out, and do it for him." I will even frame 2 of them, hanging one in his bathroom, and one in with the family photos.
 
The toilet story is hilarious.
BF once stopped to help someone at the sand pit who couldn't get his truck restarted, but had jumper cables. BF popped the hood on his truck, they fiddled around with it for a bit, and couldn't get the other vehicle started. I was in the passenger seat. After what seemed like too long, I started paying attention to the going ons, jumped out of the truck, said some not nice words and told them how to jump a vehicle. Neither wanted to listen to me.
I used to drive an old pickup truck that I'd have to jump multiple times a month. I still have cables in my car, and I know how to use them.
Finally they listened, and it worked. Imagine that.

I'm also capable of push/roll starting my (manual transmission) car. Have had to do that a number of times, as well.

I also drive him nuts when I listen to CarTalk reruns on NPR.
 
@getaclue, Hades hath no fury like a woman/wife scorned. Help the poor guy out. :lau

Hades is a hot place. Scorned woman fury is cold, cold, cold.
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Don't scorn 'er, though, and she just might help you out . . . like the time Critter asked me how to put new wiper blades on his truck.

@superchemicalgirl I hope you "don't drive like my brother.";)
 
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Some of the bunnies i sold recently.
Those are cute with their fuzzy faces and tiny ears.

Yeah they were .
The driveway is a moderate disaster. I have studs and awd lo and was still sliding but made it.
Been meaning to get you the photo of the box as requested but the driveway has been too treacherous to think about grabbing the camera .
I took this yesterday of the bottom half .at least an inch of ice down there. Bad up by the house too but the middle part (hairpin turn) is passable
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I see some dirt!!! :clap
 

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