Actually, I did get another car not much later (but for completely different reasons) - didn't see any erosion of the leather seats or anything before exchanging cars though.

Exploding batteries? Eating Play-dough and paste?

What the hell went on here

We all have a little "KOB Kitchen" around us, lol.

This post has been edited by mALX: Feb 12 2013, 10:44 PM

I was about to say something similar!

So a missive from Casa Treydoggie.

My toilet has been acting up recently (looks at KOB with suspicion and makes note to ask Mrs. Treydog if anyone has asked to "borrow" the bathroom recently).

The tank was filling really slowly. So on Saturday I finally got a chance to look into things. Step one- check the supply line... which involves several prelim steps- to wit- flush so the tank mostly drains, valve off the supply so it doesn't refill, find a container to place under the opening to catch the excess that will drain out when the supply line is removed.

Did all that, valved it back on. Good flow from the supply.

And now we come to the joy that always attends ANY "work" around the house. Mrs. Treydog (lovely woman- we have an anniversary coming up on the 14th) decided many years ago that what the bathroom needed was a metal rack/shelf type deal that goes over the top of the tank.

No problem- storage space is good. Except... the lowest shelf sits about 4 inches above the top of the tank. So any work inside the tank requires moving the rack... which has a crossbar along the bottom- which goes BEHIND the toilet. Still, no problem. Just get the Phillips screwdriver and... oh wait. It is an Allen screw- not a Phillips. Just need to find my computer tool kit, which has Allen keys...

(3 days later) No tool kit. On a whim, I reach down and test the screw- it is only finger-tight. I can loosen it by hand (facepalm).

So maybe on the UPCOMING Saturday, I will be able to get at the innards and replace the malfunctioning whatsis.

Or more likely will end up with the toilet disassembled and unrepairable until I call in a guy named "Bubba" who charges more per hour than I make in a week...

This post has been edited by treydog: Feb 13 2013, 04:26 AM

Geck, toilets. That's why I married a man XD

I had to unload 9 totes of frozen food alone. Not TOO bad, except the guys who delivered it came at 6:30 at night when I was supposed to already be finished with half the store and working on the other half. Needless tto say, I finished unloading at 8 pm and we close at 9. My boss is gonna kill me.

The cashier also got teased for a hickey on his neck by a customer. He's my age and SUUUUPER quiet. I couldn't help but laugh.

SPEW !!!! ROFL !!!! Er...3 days of looking for a set of Allen wrenches before trying it? ... ... ... ..... SPEW!

See, we women when we build something (notice I didn't say "try to build something"), we don't bother with touching grimy tools. You would be amazed what (and how many) simple things found readily at hand in any house at any given time can be used in replacement of screwdrivers (even Phillips heads!), hammers, Allen (or any other) wrenches, vise grips, etc.

We are wonderously gifted builders, but leave it to the men to dismantle our efforts, lol. (and there the fun trouble begins).

I'm just plain lazy and usually use a knife in place of a screwdriver. Although he did say Allen, that's hex right? That's a little more difficult to get loose with a knife, but I've done it before.

Nothing to it, chewing gum and a jelly bean...er...

I don't have any of that laying around usually. And I'd rather not use something sticky. That'll just make a mess.

Cigarette butt and a clotheshanger? String tied to a toad?

But stickiness is HALF THE FUN!!

NO IT ISN'T.


Garden Gnome?

My dream is to make a time machine using a hamster, a rubber band ball and a yardstick.

ONE DAY.

Oh, if you have a Garden Gnome, just stick him in the bathroom and go have a cup of coffee. He'll do everything for you. I filled my Megaton house with them, turned off the Mr. Handy and never had to clean or fix a thing!

Unfortunately his name is Bubba and he charges more per hour than Treydog makes a week.

Lol, maybe he has an agenda.




See, now there is where you are making your mistake. Try using a gerbil next time, see if that fixes the snag.




This post has been edited by mALX: Feb 13 2013, 06:12 AM

If the gerbil doesn't work, I'll try a chinchilla.

Thanks, mALX! -hugs-

There is a precedent for blue police call boxes...

Just call me McGyver McmALX ("What's she doing with that thing?").