Weekend Plans Post: The Sink
About fifteen or sixteen years ago, the kitchen sink got a little bit of a leaky faucet. It wasn’t a huge problem, just… *drip* *drip* *drip*.
If it’s once every 5 minutes or so, you won’t even notice. When it’s once every 10 seconds? Well, you might want to fix it. So Maribou and I went to the hardware store and we picked out a nice little faucet set that matched the old one and we devoted ourselves to swapping it out. We read the instructions, we were very careful, and we somehow managed to get under the sink and reach up behind the tubs and swap stuff out somewhat efficiently. Hey. We did it.
Well, over the last six months or so, the kitchen faucet started doing it again. Every minute became every 10 seconds became every two seconds and we agreed that it was time to order a nice little faucet set from Amazon and we’ll get under the sink again and swap it out, no problem.
Lemme tell ya: I have no idea how we got under the sink. There’s, like, a slat of wood between the cabinet doors and maybe it’d be easy if that wasn’t there but it’s there and it doesn’t move. How did we do this? We contorted ourselves and got towels from the bathroom to use as cushions and we couldn’t even barely tap the bottom of the stuff that we were so able to reach and replace back when the first Iron Man was still in theaters.
So we called a plumber and they sent the young skinny guy and he swapped it out in about 45 minutes and it was covered by the “okay, we’ll go to your house, I guess” fee.
And we discovered that the faucet fixture is almost, not quite, exactly like the old one. The handles are about a centimeter higher than the old handles. The spray thingy has a textured trigger instead of a smooth one. From across the room, it looks identical. Using the sink to do the dishes feels like we’ve swapped universes. Again.
At least the new universe doesn’t have a leaky faucet.
This weekend is the last weekend before Maribou goes up to Canadia to visit family which means that this is the last weekend where I will *NOT* be batching it for a couple of weekends. So I’m sure that we’ll have a handful of little errands that will be important to finish before dropping her off at the airport. Get a couple of the travel-sized kleenex packs, get some of the travel toothpastes, get a pack of Sudafed from the pharmacy and endure light questioning as I hand over my picture ID.
And Sunday Night is Episode 8 of Season 2 of Reacher. So next week’s Weekend post is sorted as well.
So… what’s on your docket?
(Featured image is “What?”. Photo taken by Maribou.)
Replacing the sink was one of the first things we did when we moved into our house. I don’t remember the design of the old one, but we hated it. I’m not young, but I am on the skinny side. It was still a huge pain to get it done, and there was no way to be in a comfortable position while doing it. I don’t envy plumbers.
Board games tomorrow. Bad Blood PPV tomorrow night. I am looking forward to CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre. Everything else is take it or leave it. Cody/Roman vs. New Bloodline is just for plot development, so the match doesn’t really matter.
Nothing exciting on Sunday. Monday (I don’t work, so it’s part of my weekend) is busy. Kitten goes to the vet. My wife and I both have an appointment with a new PCP. I do not recall when I had my last checkup, but it has been more than ten years.Report
The New Bloodline looked great on the whiteboard.
But it’s the Bloodline. We’ve done this. You should wait 5-7 years before replaying angles the exact same freakin’ way.
I’m too old, I guess.Report
A lot of times when the sink is dripping you don’t need a new faucet, just a new cartridge. I have gone through re-installing them one by one in all of the sinks as they go out.
Of course the geniuses who designed my house tiled in the access for the tub in the master bathroom so when that one went I had to hire someone. We learned it was leaking when we saw water staining the ceiling in my kitchen/under the bathroom. Ended up cutting it open just to be sure nothing worse was going on, and because this was covid it took 3 months to get someone out to patch what was about a 4 x 6 foot hole. Thankfully it was done by Christmas but it will forever be remembered as the holiday season with the giant hole in the ceiling. Home ownership is annoying.Report
Oh man…A few years back I changed out our kitchen faucet and reaching up back there to take everything out and put everything back was SUCH. A. PAIN.
And then my Dad handed me his faucet wrench…I’m ready for the next one!Report
Yeah, even when I was young and flexible, I hated having to plan every move to get into the right place. Put this arm in first, straight. Slide in four inches. Then that arm, up and around the pipe. Slide a little farther then twist so you can get your head past the garbage disposal. Then back to the first arm and unfold it. Slide a little farther. All while you’re bent backwards over the edge of the cabinet sill…Report
Kris Kristofferson died last Saturday. I didn’t know him because of his music. I knew him because of the Blade movies. He was really good in the Blade movies.
Only later on did I learn that he was, like, freakin’ awesome. He was the guy who hugged Sinead O’Connor after the SNL appearance that happened a couple of decades too soon. I didn’t know that he sang an awesome cover of “Me and Bobby McGee.” I didn’t know that he was a member of The Highwaymen. I just thought that he was this old guy from back before.
Anyway. One of my favorite John Prine songs is “Angel from Mongomery” (as sung by Bonnie Raitt).
I didn’t know that when Bonnie Raitt sing the song at Farm Aid (’85), she sang it *WITH* John Prine and John Prine got assistance from Chris Christofferson!
Anyway, here’s my favorite John Prine song, with Bonnie Raitt, with Chris Christofferson:
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I didn’t know that he sang an awesome cover of “Me and Bobby McGee.”
Does it count as a cover given that he wrote it? And that he released his version before Janis recorded the version that hit it big?Report
Holy cow! I had no idea! I thought it was one of hers!
That makes it even more awesome!Report
A spectacular bio: Rhodes Scholar, Army helicopter pilot, Johnny Cash discovery, and more. Look him up!Report
If you consider his whole history, he’s an amazing guy. Influential enough in small college sports when he was young that he was mentioned in a Sports Illustrated story. Army helicopter pilot, and finished Army Ranger school. Rhodes scholar. Umpteen nominations and awards for songwriting and singing (he always seemed surprised about the latter, acknowledging he didn’t have a great voice). Nominated for an Oscar for best original score. A Golden Globe Best Actor award. Openly anti-war during a period when country music was all about ultra-patriotism.
ETA: Rex beat me to the sentiment, but I’ll leave my comment any way.Report