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Plumbing tales
Mar. 27th, 2006 06:52 amQuiet day yesterday though i did semi-firm up another social date for when i'm in Manchester with some old friends.
I then attempted to make a brew but when i turned off the hot water, the tap kept on turning off. I mean. the water stopped but then the tap kept spinning lol Ok ... call the superintendant. He came over and brought some screwdrivers and a wrench and tried some leftover taps he had but they didnt' fit so i suggested he put the cold tap on the hot side for now. That worked. He's putting in a work order and said they'll probably replace both taps today which i'm surprised with. The speed, i mean. The only other time i had a problem, i had to put in the work order to the supers myself though not the current ones and the company never did show up. I had someone fix it myself. It was only a replacement fluorescent tube but i couldn't quite get it properly in as it was awkward. Anyway. While he was there with a wrench i asked him to fit the new shower head i was given for my birthday so that's installed too. He mentioned the the new owners of the buildings are going to be replacing the tubs and fitting new tile on the walls which would be lovely since my tub has some pretty worn spots. I also have a bad patch on the wall by the tub that is going to need replacing again so if they do a new tub, that all will get fixed. I've been in this apartment since 1989 and things do start wearing out.
am going to be doing a small application at work in java starting this week. Shouldn't take very long but i am woefully out of practice so this will be good to get me up to speed a bit before the big projects start coming down the pipe.
I then attempted to make a brew but when i turned off the hot water, the tap kept on turning off. I mean. the water stopped but then the tap kept spinning lol Ok ... call the superintendant. He came over and brought some screwdrivers and a wrench and tried some leftover taps he had but they didnt' fit so i suggested he put the cold tap on the hot side for now. That worked. He's putting in a work order and said they'll probably replace both taps today which i'm surprised with. The speed, i mean. The only other time i had a problem, i had to put in the work order to the supers myself though not the current ones and the company never did show up. I had someone fix it myself. It was only a replacement fluorescent tube but i couldn't quite get it properly in as it was awkward. Anyway. While he was there with a wrench i asked him to fit the new shower head i was given for my birthday so that's installed too. He mentioned the the new owners of the buildings are going to be replacing the tubs and fitting new tile on the walls which would be lovely since my tub has some pretty worn spots. I also have a bad patch on the wall by the tub that is going to need replacing again so if they do a new tub, that all will get fixed. I've been in this apartment since 1989 and things do start wearing out.
am going to be doing a small application at work in java starting this week. Shouldn't take very long but i am woefully out of practice so this will be good to get me up to speed a bit before the big projects start coming down the pipe.
