This Olde Apartment - Page 8

jimhelm · 01-06-2013, 01:02 PM

So the handy man came, and after looking at the pipes, insisted that it was, in fact connected correctly. Must be the washing machine. He kept interrupting me when I tried to explain that I had tried the washer with all possible connection combinations, and run the hot water through the sink and felt the pipes....

He disconnected and reconnected the dishwasher for some reason and left his assistant here doing I don't know what for another hour. The assistant comes up and tells me it's all back together and should work, and this is the hot supply line.

So I say, ok, turn the cold off. Now open the hot. Now fill the washer with hot. Feel that water? Thats cold.

Lets turn the sink on hot, and go down and feel the pipes.

Oh, yeah. Youre right. This one is cold too. Calls the boss, argues with him, and leaves saying the boss will be back shortly to fix it himself.

Cocks.

jimhelm · 01-06-2013, 01:32 PM

Tap tap tap

Thats my toe tapping. Dude is making me late for my nap.

jimhelm · 01-06-2013, 02:39 PM

Mother. Fucker.

dude is still absent.

And I just ran the dishwasher...cold too.

So I cancel it, and start hearing noise from the basement. Water splashing.

Fucker left the drain pipe disconnected.

Guess I was due...this has been going too smoothly.....

jimhelm · 01-06-2013, 03:25 PM

Now the douche canoe won't be back until weds. plick.

zippyt · 01-06-2013, 03:31 PM

thats your down stairs shower

ZenGum · 01-06-2013, 06:21 PM

Even by stereotypical tradie standards, that's pretty shitty work.

classicman · 01-06-2013, 09:30 PM

After reading about the plumbing issues, maybe I'm not that sorry.

lumberjim · 01-06-2013, 10:05 PM

yeah... probably would have been a pretty bad host today. The guy that invented e-juanics ( remember the quote list and the cash year's check?) dropped by today though. He helped while I switched the power cord on the dryer. I dropped one of the tiny little 8mm nuts (that hold the individual segments of that cord on to the contacts of the dryer) into the body of the goddamned dryer. I had to tape the contact cable in until I can get out to replace that nut.

I did enough laundry to get me through until weds in cold water, and washed our dishes by hand...not that there was a lot. We had Chinee on paper plates. just soup bowls and coffee mugs really.

classicman · 01-06-2013, 10:11 PM

Ha - memories being made ...
I got some tools for Christmas. Ready to help out when you are.

jimhelm · 01-11-2013, 09:28 PM

Water situation was fixed tuesday. Washer and dishwasher are fully operational. Yay. The kids will be over for their first sleep over tomorrow night. Amanda will pick them up and they should be here when I get home from work.

Thats huge, to me. I got the twin bed assembled this evening, and tested the air mattress. Check check. I also hit 2 different good wills and found a nice set of 8 dinner plates and 5-7" plates that match...white with a blue ring... Plus a wrought iron lamp, a shade for another lamp, a pot rack, a couple of pots, and a thing to put my wooden spoons in.

I hung a coat rack, did a bunch of laundry, dishes, and had 3 hot dogs. Sunday, I'm going to hang my old signs in the kitchen, replace the dead bolt and fix the front door hinges.

I need a chest to store sheets and blankets, and a bakers rack. Most of all, I need to get a couch. And maybe a love seat. Id like to find a love seat sleep sofa so I dont have to use the air mattress.

I did shoot a quick video tour, but have not taken the time to edit it as yet. Suppose I should get on that.

Spexxvet · 01-12-2013, 10:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimhelm

I need a chest to store sheets and blankets, and a bakers rack. Most of all, I need to get a couch. And maybe a love seat. Id like to find a love seat sleep sofa so I dont have to use the air mattress.

Freecycle

limey · 01-12-2013, 03:34 AM

Sounds great! Isn't if fab fixing up a place the way you like it?! And the kids coming for a sleepover, too! I can feel your thrill from here!

orthodoc · 01-12-2013, 05:04 AM

Sounds great, Jim. So much done, plans in hand, and the kids coming to sleep over - have a great weekend!

Chocolatl · 01-12-2013, 11:16 AM

In the words of Jonathan Coulton

Ikea -- if you don't have a home, you can buy one there.

Trilby · 01-12-2013, 11:42 AM

jim, jim, jim...

...ever since you got famous (yeah, I saw that commercial you camera hog!) things have been going downhill.

srsly, I"m sorry about all this. Plumbing, cars....worst shite to deal with.

01-06-2013, 01:02 PM	#1
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	So the handy man came, and after looking at the pipes, insisted that it was, in fact connected correctly. Must be the washing machine. He kept interrupting me when I tried to explain that I had tried the washer with all possible connection combinations, and run the hot water through the sink and felt the pipes.... He disconnected and reconnected the dishwasher for some reason and left his assistant here doing I don't know what for another hour. The assistant comes up and tells me it's all back together and should work, and this is the hot supply line. So I say, ok, turn the cold off. Now open the hot. Now fill the washer with hot. Feel that water? Thats cold. Lets turn the sink on hot, and go down and feel the pipes. Oh, yeah. Youre right. This one is cold too. Calls the boss, argues with him, and leaves saying the boss will be back shortly to fix it himself. Cocks. __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

01-06-2013, 01:32 PM	#2
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	Tap tap tap Thats my toe tapping. Dude is making me late for my nap. __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

01-06-2013, 02:39 PM	#3
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	Mother. Fucker. dude is still absent. And I just ran the dishwasher...cold too. So I cancel it, and start hearing noise from the basement. Water splashing. Fucker left the drain pipe disconnected. Guess I was due...this has been going too smoothly..... __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

01-06-2013, 03:25 PM	#4
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	Now the douche canoe won't be back until weds. plick. __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

01-06-2013, 03:31 PM	#5
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	thats your down stairs shower __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

01-06-2013, 06:21 PM	#6
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Even by stereotypical tradie standards, that's pretty shitty work. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

01-06-2013, 09:30 PM	#7
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	After reading about the plumbing issues, maybe I'm not that sorry. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

01-06-2013, 10:05 PM	#8
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	yeah... probably would have been a pretty bad host today. The guy that invented e-juanics ( remember the quote list and the cash year's check?) dropped by today though. He helped while I switched the power cord on the dryer. I dropped one of the tiny little 8mm nuts (that hold the individual segments of that cord on to the contacts of the dryer) into the body of the goddamned dryer. I had to tape the contact cable in until I can get out to replace that nut. I did enough laundry to get me through until weds in cold water, and washed our dishes by hand...not that there was a lot. We had Chinee on paper plates. just soup bowls and coffee mugs really. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

01-06-2013, 10:11 PM	#9
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Ha - memories being made ... I got some tools for Christmas. Ready to help out when you are. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

01-11-2013, 09:28 PM	#10
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	Water situation was fixed tuesday. Washer and dishwasher are fully operational. Yay. The kids will be over for their first sleep over tomorrow night. Amanda will pick them up and they should be here when I get home from work. Thats huge, to me. I got the twin bed assembled this evening, and tested the air mattress. Check check. I also hit 2 different good wills and found a nice set of 8 dinner plates and 5-7" plates that match...white with a blue ring... Plus a wrought iron lamp, a shade for another lamp, a pot rack, a couple of pots, and a thing to put my wooden spoons in. I hung a coat rack, did a bunch of laundry, dishes, and had 3 hot dogs. Sunday, I'm going to hang my old signs in the kitchen, replace the dead bolt and fix the front door hinges. I need a chest to store sheets and blankets, and a bakers rack. Most of all, I need to get a couch. And maybe a love seat. Id like to find a love seat sleep sofa so I dont have to use the air mattress. I did shoot a quick video tour, but have not taken the time to edit it as yet. Suppose I should get on that. __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

01-12-2013, 03:34 AM	#12
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Sounds great! Isn't if fab fixing up a place the way you like it?! And the kids coming for a sleepover, too! I can feel your thrill from here! __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

01-12-2013, 05:04 AM	#13
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Sounds great, Jim. So much done, plans in hand, and the kids coming to sleep over - have a great weekend! __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

01-12-2013, 11:16 AM	#14
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	In the words of Jonathan Coulton Ikea -- if you don't have a home, you can buy one there.

01-12-2013, 11:42 AM	#15
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	jim, jim, jim... ...ever since you got famous (yeah, I saw that commercial you camera hog!) things have been going downhill. srsly, I"m sorry about all this. Plumbing, cars....worst shite to deal with. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

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