The Semi-Consolidated Leakage Thread

[4est_4est_Gump]

Old farmers almanac is predicting another harsh, cold, snowy winter.



I have a feeling that this might be the end of my jasmine and Zhou zhu...

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Happy Sunday. Thank the gawds, the night's sleep was nothing short of fabulous. Only one wakey spell in the middle, and the cat was quiet. The other cat has taken to sleeping in the computer room.


There will be s'ghetti today, smothered in gravy made with home-grown . . . tomatoes. Ha!!!


Still on call. The call yesterday was for a stopped-up kitchen drain line. We have garbage disposals out there, and I'm not so sure that's a good idea. I have never seen more mess in a sink line than when it has a disposal. Anyway, I couldn't get the drain open. I have no idea what the plumber's secret is, but I almost never can get those bastards to open. I'm pretty good on lavatory drains and toilets, and some good on tub drains. If a kitchen drain isn't the disposal, then I'm pretty much fucked.

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[Wat_Tyler]

Oh, while I was out on site, I stopped in at the birthday party of the Site Character.


I think he was genuinely glad that I did.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Two disposals ago, I paid for one that had some new type of easy install hardware. When it gave out after several years of use, for the life of me, I could not remember how the contraption worked. I struggled with it for hours, eventually developing a micro-crack in the sink which I had to then patch. So, I went back to the old-style mounting disposal type because I know how that works.



Isn't it true that shortcuts bite you on the ass?

My complaint of the week:

How is it that despite baking constantly and buying cookies at Sam's in the 1,000 lot containers, that the once a year that I get the munchies for some sweets, I cannot find a single cookie or baked good?

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Man, I haven't baked in eons. No cookies, breads, or cakes - not squat.


I think I'll make some cornbread today - easy, tasty, and fairly fast.


I'd wager that I'll have to chip out the baking powder.


And I know I have no kitchen help:

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[4est_4est_Gump]

I do cornbread and bread.



I hope that's not your yeast dispenser...

 

[Wat_Tyler]

No, nor do I have maple cabinets, granite tops, or an island.


I have a larger kitchen, but the door spacing isn't good. I do have a reconstruction plan in my head to make it better, but the furnace needs to be replaced first, and relocated when it is replaced.


Damn perfectionism!!!

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[Wat_Tyler]

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[4est_4est_Gump]

My kitchen is too small, but I like the design I created. The refrigerator used to be behind the back door, which meant that if I were grilling and the Queen was getting the table ready, we were always blocking each other with the two doors. Now it is all cabinets used for storage of infrequently used items.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

I actually have a large laundry room right off the kitchen, so I can store the infrequents in there, and do. It works nicely. The exterior door in there goes out to the side, so it's not the one that gets used - at all - except for bringing in and taking out washers-n-dryers. That's it.


What I really need to do is relocate the range and refrigerator to create a bit more prep space and to be able to open up around the table some. That would do it, really.


Oh, and to get a bit of the slope out of the floor. Damn 105-year-old houses.

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[4est_4est_Gump]

That was one of my favorite Anger Management episodes because both Sheen and Lohan were basically lampooning their real life escapades.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Our laundry room is right next to the kitchen, which was really handy for the placement of the new fridge, as I was able to run the water line from the bathroom sink saving me a lot of work to run it through cabinets and behind the stove. There is a downstairs office past that which we have converted to a pantry/gun safe/sewing room.

This is the smallest home that we have ever owned, and sometimes its painfully short of storage area (you should see what the Queen has done to the basement).

If the land wasn't so nice around it, we would have ended up staying in KANSAS.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

This house is a bit smaller than any I have ever owned, either . . . but I own this one entirely by myself.


Well, the cats own it. Their names just aren't on the title.


And they do let me work to make the money to pay their mortgage.

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[Wat_Tyler]

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[Wat_Tyler]

Happy Monday!!!


Were it not for work, my ass would still be in bed.


Just sayin' . . . .

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[4est_4est_Gump]

Cats are thoughtful like that, not so much dogs...



They do not think much further than how do I pretend that I am the leader of the pack?

 

[Wat_Tyler]

That's how our 2nd-in-"command" "acts" when he's left in charge, like he's posing as leader of the pack.


He might as well make vroom-vroom noises while he's at it.


And the Big Boss is reluctant to promote him to running our site. I think the best he'll get is "acting supervisor," and he'll get to keep it if he can act like it.

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[4est_4est_Gump]

I pretend that I'm not in charge of anything and keep my nose to the grindstone and for the most part, the crew follows my lead.



The dachshunds? Not so much...

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Exactly. When I'm in charge of shit, I'll know it. I'll have a company ID that says "supervisor" under my name.


If such day ever arrives.


And if I can ever train someone else to do carpentry and not just butcher wood.


That may never happen . . . .


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[4est_4est_Gump]

*chuckle*


Well, I have a few days off, so I'm chillin'...

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Man, I need a few days off. I'm going to try to keep next weekend to half a day's work, max, and loaf the other day.


Yeah, that'll never happen.


I just need to put in for a week and then leave town is the only way I'll get a break.


Besides, I got cars to work on in my "off" time. *sigh*

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[4est_4est_Gump]

I need to plow my garden under...




It's toast. Maybe I can get in some fall lettuce and peas.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Another long-ass day. The big boss won't be promoting my immediate supervisor. He says he's all done trying to coach that boy into the top slot. That means the #2 slot is full, so the only way I get promoted is to move to another facility. Neither one is that far away, so it would be no hardship. Plus, it would be a raise, too.


We'll see. People have been known to change their minds. Meteors fall out of the sky on people all the time, too.


Insh'allah . . . .

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[Wat_Tyler]

Happy Tuesday!!!


That is all until a lot more coffee takes effect.

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[Wat_Tyler]

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