things that are making you happy - Page 1723

seriously, thank g-d my brakes were good, and i was paying attention. i had to break, and veer hard left, wasnt sure i was going to avoid the bus.

NYC tomorrow.

In my economic history class tomorrow I'm going to spend twenty or thirty minutes lecturing about Woody Guthrie and the American labor movement. Given that my students are almost all Korean, I think it'll be interesting to hear both their take on the "sound" and political content of Guthrie's music.

I've always had a soft spot for Woody and Arlo. Under-appreciated by the mainstream, in my opinion.

almost 10 months, and things are going very well at the new job, i should not take that for granted.

Good on ya' Stitchy.

Woody gets a lot of love, Arlo not so much. I think that's about right.

I like Arlo too. Saw him live once years ago. Alice's Restaurant is not something I care to listen to on a regular basis but it's impressive to hear and see it live.

i only heard it in full once, and it was quite fun.

This is good. I hope it stays this way.

Slept in this morning (kind of). Woke up to a huge puddle in the kitchen, traced it back to the upstairs water heater. Found a leak in the output pipe, patched it (temporarily) with some spare flexible water line and a hose clamp I had lying around in the garage. Cut out the wet sheet-rock and insulation, cleaned up the kitchen floor, got ready for work. Took 30 minutes, all told. Wife noticed nothing until I told her (no one ever looks up without being prompted). Still on-time to work today.

Will fix permanently this weekend, trying to decide between this Shark-Bite product and just soldering in a new pipe. I've not had great luck with plumbing solder - yet.

We have a friend staying the night with us tonight, BTW. what timing.

And I think my OCBD binge is tapering off, now that I have a few new shirts in the closet.

And my legs are sore from yesterday's track workout. Yes, this is a good thing.

I'm actually quite good at soldering, but I have used the shark-bite attachments and they are stupid easy and form a perfect seal. I endorse them, especially for a small fix like that.

Yeah, I saw that a few months back and it came to mind for this. From their web site it looks like hot water won't be an issue, either.

Oh crap, I may not be able to use this, now that I think of it. The leak is about 3/8 inch from the connection to the flexible outlet hose. fooey.

thanks! me too.

thomas - you are like SFs iron man champ!

Should xpost in manly stuff thread

A bit tight, might be best to start again and reconnect the flexible hose to a new bit of pipe, soldered or shark-bitten on a bit further down?

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Over two years ago I was the victim of fraud on ebay - dodgy seller got about £400 off me and never sent goods. Got my money back from Amex and didn't give it another thought until about a year later when a policeman the other side of the country contacted me to ask about it, and I gave him a statement. Completely slipped my mind until today, when I received an email from the same policeman to let me know that the two fraudsters responsible have just been convicted. The system works! (Sometimes, and very slowly)!