First and foremost, I have to apologize I think. I just couldn't get the Drivel out the door yesterday. There are probably a few that were extremely grateful for the omission. This junk email didn't clog your inbox yesterday. Just as predictable as Lady Bugs in the spring, I'm back to inflict pain on your senses.
First, I have a correction to last week's Drivel. I seriously misstated how colored trash is handled by the Garbage Gestapo. Colored glass has always been accepted, however, residents had to separate it from the clear glass. My Bad. I have been informed that I misspelled "Avocado" last week. My bad again, I guess. Charles, not his real name, always vigilant brought my oversights to my attention. Thank you Charles.
Also on last weeks blog I mentioned that I had sold the naming rights to the French Doggie Bidet. Apparently that caused some comment amongst the brave readers out there. Mrs. Fluffy wrote, "Congratulations on selling the naming rights to the French Doggie Bidet. But, should this "Billie Bob's Dump & Run Sewer Sucking Service Doggie Bidet” be in French since it is a FRENCH Doggie Bidet? Otherwise you probably need to call it Billie Bobs Sucking Service for the Gentleman Cur and Lady Bitch Two Holer. A nice picture of dogs playing cards on the wall right between the holes might be a nice touch along with a confederate flag on the front door." She also added this admonishment, "Do not sit with Fluffy at any meetings. He is not allowed to sit with you as you are a bad influence." Of course I ran past this agreement past legal, marketing and sales. Everyone was on-board before I signed the contract. The naming rights were spun all different ways but it boiled down to Billie Bob's wished.
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Now for an update on the stray neighborhood dog. The other day I saw a neighbor's dog in what I thought was our back yard but it turned out to be another neighbor's yard behind us. I saw the same dog a couple of days later in our yard. He is small enough to go through a hole in our temporary fence. We just happened to have Kinnick, the 80 lb. Yellow Lab here and he didn't care for the interloper at all. Sure wish people could learn how to put a leash on their dog and take them out instead of letting them run all over the neighborhood.
Now to the business at hand. Trashy Tuesday was delayed because of a "drip". Yep, can you believe it? I'll back the train up a little. Sunday afternoon, daughter Jenny the elder called with a running toilet and could I come over. Now she is pretty accomplished with most household repairs and problems but this stumped her. I figured an hour tops would cut it and I would have the rest of the afternoon to myself. Wrong! I arrived at 1:00 pm and left just before 6:00 pm. The running toilet was solved rather timely but while I was there it was decided to add shutoff valves to the sink and toilet supply lines and also replace these pipes that came from the wall. Off to Menard's to get supplies. She is remodeling her bathroom and this was an ideal time to do this. We didn't get done so I promised to finish it the next day. Wrong. I woke up the next morning (Monday) to a note stuck on the bathroom faucet of our house.
I get the faucet installed, the drain installed drop it into the cutout. Yeah, it fits. Well, almost. It seems our vanity top is warped. This thing wiggles drastically. Okay, I put some wood shims under it, apply the caulk/adhesive to secure it. Wham, bam done. All that is left is the 2 supply lines and the drain. No sweat. Each of these pipes had a mind of their own and didn't agree with how I had the sink positioned. They repositioned it where they wanted it. At this point, I said fine and called it good.
To make a long story longer, I turned a leaky faucet into a bathroom remodel without really trying. I have a new appreciation for plumbers now. I am thoroughly convinced that plumbers have "earned" their butt cracks. BTW, remember "Joe the Plumber" who took issue with Obama during the last election? I guess he won his primary yesterday. Go get them Joe!!!
That is my tale of woe. The French Roast is long gone and I have to deliver dog food to a local animal rescue. Sorry for taking so long to explain but darn it, I needed to share my pain. I had planned to insert photos but, of course, I can't figure out how to get the stupid things to go where I want them to go. Until next we meet, remember - TA!
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