Clogs and leaks

[rebeccmeister]

Saturday deserves its own, separate post, but Sunday first.

Sunday morning I worked on annoying kitchen projects, like reattaching the front of the drawer that I had worked on earlier (the slides work fantastically enough now that we're using it, so of course the screws holding on the front worked loose). I also blocked off the hole in the corner, so of course now Emma's yelling about the fact that she remembers the hole and it's no longer there. S was concerned that that whole corner is an entry point for unwanted houseguests (cockroaches, rats), so I also had to go in and put a board over another hole inside of the corner cupboard. These quirky bits are all because someone, at some point, salvaged these cabinets and installed them in DogTown.

And then I made it just in time to have lunch with coinneachf at Haji Baba, yay! That made me feel like I should find out more about community things for cat people, even if that's an oxymoron, heh. I also may or may not have come home with a box of jaffa cakes, some aleppo pepper, and some of scrottie's favorite salsa from Food City.

The afternoon wound up being way less productive than the morning. I finally rolled up my sleeves and took the tank off the toilet, and immediately decided that the instructional videos were right about the need for a set of slip-joint pliers. So! To the hardware store. Then there was a bunch of clanging around with wrenches and such, and then I got everything reassembled, turned the water back on, and...still a leak. YARGH. Based on the appearance of part of the seal from the old flush valve, there's probably an issue with the same spot somehow. So maybe I need to tighten the giant plastic ring further, or add in some sort of extra seal, or ???? Regardless, the project is involved enough that it will have to wait until next weekend, at the earliest.

So that's the leak. Meanwhile, the clog. Earwax. Cursed stuff. I FINALLY managed to loosen that up this morning, thank goodness, but as of Friday afternoon I could only hear out of one ear, which gets old really fast.

Comments

[scrottie]

This month's miracle cure-all is going to be 3M 5200 Marine adhesive sealant, which is the same stuff that fixed the dented watering can in El Cerrito.

The stuff is amazing, but if you really want to be amazed by it, try to disassemble any two parts adhered together by it.

[randomdreams]

I was thinking, after reading that, that damage to the tank is the most likely explanation for a recurring leak, at which point sealant is a pretty great idea, but I was thinking about silicone or something else you can peel loose if necessary. 3M adhesives seem to be much more permanent.

[coinneachf]

A social thing for cat people would be everyone in a large room, maybe one or two people walking around to sniff everybody else (or start fights), and the rest studiously and pointedly ignoring the crowd.

(Was good to see you on Saturday, btw!)

[rebeccmeister]

Hahaha, true!

...although the concept of Cat Cafes has been catching on, as a general phenomenon, and such a place would be an excellent hangout for cat people. Given the number of stray cats in this region, it would make even more sense for a shelter to offer something along those lines. Hmmmmmmmmm....