cold
It got below freezing again last night. It was not much above that when I left for work. I had my winter coat on (without its liner) and I wore gloves. As I pulled out of the driveway I saw a kid walking, who was wearing shorts and a t-shirt.
2004-04-12
one of those days
I stayed in bed an extra hour this morning, and I had to run home to let the water guy in to get me off the temporary water supply (I'm glad of that, because it is below freezing again tonight). So I had to stay late at work, and was still short half an hour.
Being sick for a weekend tends to run things out of your head. One of the things I lost track of was that there was no scout meeting. I wish I'd remembered that before I got there. I would have stayed home and fixed a decent supper. So I came back home. Still didn't have any decent food, so I went grocery shopping and got some soup.
Another of the things I forgot was to remove some bx cable so the drywaller could get that last bit of "rock" up. So I got out the sawzall and cut it. sure enough - pop! It was live. The electrician said it was not, but if I'd stopped to think about it, I would have realized that it was live. Then I had to find the breaker and turn it off. Then cut the cable off. I couldn't just leave it like that, because my other task for the night was to reinstall the thermostat, so the furnace could run and help dry the joint compound (mud), and it's on the same circuit - the only live circuit. I didn't have time to open up the junction box and remove the wires, so I taped them up. Then turned the circuit back on and hooked up the thermostat. Wasn't real happy to see that both cold air returns were almost completely covered by drywall. I'm not sure if he knew that's what they were...
Then, arouind 10:30, I went to work on the toilet, which, by the way, is an Eljer. The big valve has been leaking, and now that I'm back on metered water, I really need to fix it. I don't know hw lnog it's been leaking - a couple of years, maybe? Could have been costing me over a hundred dollars a quarter. We're talking about gallons per hour, here. Anyway, I scraped a lot of scum from the seal, and it didn't help. It seems that the stopper is not aligned with the hole. I had to leave the water turned off to it. I guess that will be thursday's job. I also need to replace the supply valve.
And I discovered that when they replaced my water meter, a few weeks ago, they left it with a leaky joint. Fortunately, it's before the meter. Unfortunately, the water collects on my basement floor.
Being sick for a weekend tends to run things out of your head. One of the things I lost track of was that there was no scout meeting. I wish I'd remembered that before I got there. I would have stayed home and fixed a decent supper. So I came back home. Still didn't have any decent food, so I went grocery shopping and got some soup.
Another of the things I forgot was to remove some bx cable so the drywaller could get that last bit of "rock" up. So I got out the sawzall and cut it. sure enough - pop! It was live. The electrician said it was not, but if I'd stopped to think about it, I would have realized that it was live. Then I had to find the breaker and turn it off. Then cut the cable off. I couldn't just leave it like that, because my other task for the night was to reinstall the thermostat, so the furnace could run and help dry the joint compound (mud), and it's on the same circuit - the only live circuit. I didn't have time to open up the junction box and remove the wires, so I taped them up. Then turned the circuit back on and hooked up the thermostat. Wasn't real happy to see that both cold air returns were almost completely covered by drywall. I'm not sure if he knew that's what they were...
Then, arouind 10:30, I went to work on the toilet, which, by the way, is an Eljer. The big valve has been leaking, and now that I'm back on metered water, I really need to fix it. I don't know hw lnog it's been leaking - a couple of years, maybe? Could have been costing me over a hundred dollars a quarter. We're talking about gallons per hour, here. Anyway, I scraped a lot of scum from the seal, and it didn't help. It seems that the stopper is not aligned with the hole. I had to leave the water turned off to it. I guess that will be thursday's job. I also need to replace the supply valve.
And I discovered that when they replaced my water meter, a few weeks ago, they left it with a leaky joint. Fortunately, it's before the meter. Unfortunately, the water collects on my basement floor.