I headed to the store, and I walked to the plumbing area to find my valve. I took a picture of the new valve on my phone, so I had it available to compare. It was called a “boiler shutoff valve.” I walked back and forth in the aisle, and I could not initially find…
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I really needed to work on the leaking shut off this weekend. But now, I needed to remove the laundry sink cabinet to have better access to the valve. I did not have the room to get at the valve to remove the Flex Seal® tape. And if I could not remove the tape to…
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Efiwym, my wife, texted me one morning, stating that the towels under the laundry sink were wet. Apparently, something was leaking. I texted her back, asking if the leak was bad, as if she could see water dripping. She texted me that she could not see anything. I texted her that I would look at…
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Things were a little slow at work, so I decided to take some time off. I was planning on cutting the grass and rototilling the garden. Yes, I was going to rototill the garden. My hope was that the rototiller would cooperate. I had a chance to print out the user manual for the tiller. …
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I started another project the following day as I waited for my tiller parts. I decided I would wash the windows. One of those necessary chores I despised. However, in the middle of the project, Efiwym, my wife, yelled that I received a package. My daughter wisely had the parts shipped directly to me. Like…
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After I got home, I started searching the Internet for information on this rototiller. It was a Ryobi® 410R tiller. I found a YouTube® video from a guy who was trying to get this tiller to start and run. A perfect video for my purpose. As I was sitting by the dinette table watching the…
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Before we started our regular Saturday ritual of grocery shopping, Efiwym, my wife, and I headed back to the estate sale house to pick up the rototiller. Of course, while Efiwym was there she purchased a couple of tomato cages for her garden. The lady reiterated that her father, who now was a small equipment…
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Efiwym, my wife loves to go rummaging. It is her passion. Her intention, objective, aim or holy grail of rummaging is to find that great deal. She rarely has a specific item in mind when she goes and visits someone’s garage. She might be looking for clothes for our grandson, or a special item, that…
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I had some time after supper to install the Roku® on the TV in the family room. Again, this was nothing new, so the installation should be easy. The only difference with this model was it did not have the voice-controlled remote. It had the power adapter, which according to the instructions, was better than…
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The next day, Efiwym, my wife, and I talked about returning the Roku©. She was looking online and found out that a big box store had it for seven dollars cheaper. I kind of felt bad about not going back to the store I bought it from and just exchanging it. The salesclerks were nice,…