[Mostly O/T] The Wiz
Sometimes it is the littlest of things that make you feel the best.
I consider myself reasonably handy. I can fix quite a few of the things around the house that break. I don't mess with natural gas and I don't get carried away with electric projects, but otherwise I can usually take care of "issues".
A few weeks ago I noticed that my kitchen faucet was becoming sluggish. I got less and less flow as time went on. I diagnosed the problem correctly, looked up the solution on the internets and eventually decided that it didn't apply to my model of faucet.
The stupid thing had almost zero flow tonight, so I revisited the solution. Moments before I had made up my mind to either post something on a forum or just give up and call a plumber, I took one more look at it. Grabbed some pliers, got a grip I hadn't had before, and voila. Clean it out, reassemble and test to see if I needed a new part and ...
Gush.
Oh!
Fifteen seconds of labor, one helluva rush. You want to feel godlike -- okay, how about Wizard of Oz-like -- for a few minutes, go figure something out. Even stupid home repairs can give you that feeling that poker used to give you.
Speaking of which ... On the poker front I'm limping upward and have cleared about 30% of my imaginary bonus. That leaves a ton of hands to play in the next 3 weeks if I'm going to reach my arbitrary goal.
I consider myself reasonably handy. I can fix quite a few of the things around the house that break. I don't mess with natural gas and I don't get carried away with electric projects, but otherwise I can usually take care of "issues".
A few weeks ago I noticed that my kitchen faucet was becoming sluggish. I got less and less flow as time went on. I diagnosed the problem correctly, looked up the solution on the internets and eventually decided that it didn't apply to my model of faucet.
In other words: I didn't think I could fix it.
The stupid thing had almost zero flow tonight, so I revisited the solution. Moments before I had made up my mind to either post something on a forum or just give up and call a plumber, I took one more look at it. Grabbed some pliers, got a grip I hadn't had before, and voila. Clean it out, reassemble and test to see if I needed a new part and ...
Gush.
Oh!
Fifteen seconds of labor, one helluva rush. You want to feel godlike -- okay, how about Wizard of Oz-like -- for a few minutes, go figure something out. Even stupid home repairs can give you that feeling that poker used to give you.
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Speaking of which ... On the poker front I'm limping upward and have cleared about 30% of my imaginary bonus. That leaves a ton of hands to play in the next 3 weeks if I'm going to reach my arbitrary goal.
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