What To Do...

[prairiedruid]

Home Depot??? Nah.....you should be figuring out where the closest hardware store is to your favorite liquor store.

 

[jaytex1969]

Check beer stock and get back to us

Check! Got the goods, including treating myself to a new set of channel locks, made in 'Murica from 'Murican steel!




@3rdguy Why is MY starship red??

 

[prairiedruid]

Why is MY starship red??

Terran Empire version.

 

[Ted the Chilehead]

Killian's Irish Red delivering the holiday "cherry"/cheer and fruitful taste throughout the year. Check your local alchemist and distributor for details. ;-)

 

[highwaycobbery]

I just realized I have never posted a poll, so here we go.

The toilet is taking too long to refill and sometimes the flapper fails to seal, causing a slow but constant running water situation.

I need to trek over to the Home Depot, get one of those $20 kits, have Mrs. jaytex remove her vast shelf full of stuff obstructing the work area and make sure there is enough beer for the operation.

What is the proper course of action?


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Did you try adjusting the length on the chain? Try making it a bit longer, that usually works for me. Before buying new I’d try that. Just might work.

 

[jaytex1969]

I was going for the Scotch Ale, as it is one of my wife's favorite styles.

The fact that the package has holiday imagery is coincidental.

I did also pick up some Evan Williams 1783, but I dare not open it before the plumbing is done...

 

[FurCoat]

Check! Got the goods, including treating myself to a new set of channel locks, made in 'Murica from 'Murican steel!


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@3rdguy Why is MY starship red??


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Make sure to drink three beers before you start. This will help take the edge off when you leave some sacrficial knuckle skin on the project. Wil also help loosen the tongue so you can curse like a sailor when crap doesn't work out. Good to keep an open beer handy to pour on wounds.

 

[Epip Oc'Cabot]

What? No "Have a pipe while deciding what pipe to have while letting a beer get cold before replacing the flapper" option?

Hmm... in my manner of thinking.... some beer should ALWAYS be cold and ready for a needed time like this. And, by “some” I would suggest I mean using all the available space not taken by other essentials. But, your bigger point is well taken too.... you should have extra beer ready to add to the refrigerator as the cold beer is consumed. That is the only safe way to be sure you are prepared.

And, have a pipe as you head to the store for the flapper, one on the way home from the store, and one while you figure out where the tools were left the last time you ended up doing a task. ?

 

[weezell]

Drink the beers,smoke a pipe,figure out how to con a buddy in to doing it for you...

 

[ashdigger]

What to do? ........

 

[The Clay King]

Smoke your pipe, buy a bunch of rushes and take up sh*tting on the floor and tell everyone who asks you are part of the Green New Deal!

@condorlover1 I'm not THAT medieval!

 

[wayneteipen]

Fix the toilet then take the rest of the day off, drink some beer, and smoke your pipe in celebration of your accomplishment.

 

[cigrmaster]

I would be online looking for a plumber to fix my flapper. Seeing as I don't know what a flapper is or how to fix one, easy choice for me.

 

[jaytex1969]

Well the installation was uneventful. Not even any water on the floor.

Mrs jaytex drank the beer and I was stuck in coffee mode.

I did get in several pipes after the deed was done.

Thank you, all, for your wisdom and support...

 

[highwaycobbery]

What to do? ........

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I would never change this flapper