One Battle After Another

The outside temp here in Central PA is 64 (F) and it isn't going to get much higher, a few degrees perhaps.  Overnight we had on and off soaking rains.  We need them.  The showers are supposed to hang around for a few hours, the wind is supposed to pick up, and the temps are supposed to climb a few degrees.  This looks and feels a lot like the beginning of Autumn.  How seasonal things get is anybody's guess.

I did fix the left drain in the sink yesterday, for the most part.  There's still a bit of a dribble.  The problem was that the red rubber gaskets located where the joints screw together have begun to deteriorate.  With the seals going, water begins to drip, drip, out.  Two of the seals have been fixed.  This morning sometime I will fix the thirds and final seal.  Yes, that's right, I was deal with three seals, and not the barking kind.

Yesterday was also cardio day, so I rode over 11 miles in Corsica.  It took me over 45 minutes, and my average heart rate was 122.  Total calories burned? 404.  I was happy.

And for the first time in a long time, I went to the movies last evening to see One Battle After Another.  I liked it for a number of reasons:  it's definitely pro-immigration making it quite relevant.  It mocks white Christian Nationalists; one of the main antagonists being a group of ultra rich white men belonging to supremacist group called the Christmas Adventurer's Club.  And, besides the occasional foray into drama, for the most part it's funny, almost zany at times.  Lots of Oscar nominations for this one including DiCaprio and Sean Penn.  

For those who missed it, Pammy Jo Bondi had to testify at an Oversight Committee hearing yesterday, at least that's what was supposed to happen.  She refused to answer so many questions and when she did she always deflected.  An example:  when asked if she'd seen pictures of Orangie with underage girls in the Epstein files she started her response with "What about the fires in California."  This was a yes or no question.  She could have said "no," and many Republican Senators would have sighed in relief.  However, she deflected.  Perhaps she realized that a negative response might possibly lead to perjury charges against her in the future.  People who are certain about what they believe the future to be will always lie, so I suspect Pammy Jo may be a bit uncertain about certain things.

Finally, AOC said the Stephen Miller is 4 feet 10 inches tall.  Truthfully, he's probably an inch or so over 5 feet.  Still, now we know one of the reasons he's such a vile, angry man: he suffers from short man syndrome.  So, maybe we should start calling him tiny Stevie.

All about the leak

 Well, it's Wednesday.  Plans today include shopping for groceries, cleaning the front aquarium, doing laundry, and cleaning up the kitchen after yesterday's plumbing debacle.  Wait, I'm wondering if debacle is quite the right word.  Catastrophe might be better.  No, that's way too strong.  It wasn't a catastrophe, or even a debacle, more like an upper level inconvenience.

Firstly, I bailed on the concert in Philly.  The plumbers didn't leave until 5ish and we needed to be on the road by 4ish.  It's a good thing I have pictures, otherwise people might be thinking I was fabricating an excuse because I'd changed my mind.  Believe me, I'd have rather been in Philly.

Everything started fine.  The was a drip coming through my kitchen ceiling when I used the bathroom sink and the plumbers agreed there was probably a problem with the drain.  So they started making holes in the kitchen ceiling.  The first one they made was about 1 foot square, and it was like a mini-waterfall in my kitchen.  There was a large pool of water sitting up on top of the drywall.  I took this pic around 12:30.  There was a problem.  They couldn't find out where the water was coming from.

Around 2 PM, they had ascertained that the problem was where the PVC piping used in the bathroom renovation joined the copper piping, which was over against the wall.  So, they cut out the copper and replaced the entire thing with PVC.  And the hole was now this big.  And they did discover mold.

I learned something important, yesterday.  A long time ago lead piping was used because it was fairly inexpensive and very malleable, however, lead is not good for humans.  The switch was made to copper, which at that time was still inexpensive and it too was a soft metal and malleable.  However, copper piping is not that durable over time.  Water pressure can lead to metal fatigue and slowly the pipe will begin to crack, and that leads to leaks.

When the plumbers finally left around 5ish, I was left with an $1150 expense and several holes in my kitchen ceiling. This is the largest.

On the bright side, this will make it so much easier for the electrician to run the wiring up the the new laundry room.  Also, I understand that while the plumbing expense is not covered by my homeowners insurance, the drywall contractors expense should be, less deductible, of course.

And, speaking of leaks, it's been how many months since someone associated with the Supreme Court leaked the information that Roe was going to be overturned and no culprit has been named.  I'm betting it was Ginni, the treasonous, and they know how even worse that would make Thomas look.

Oh, and I saw that Vlad, the dumbshit, has just declared martial law in those 4 areas he illegally annexed.  I suspect that there is a lot of unrest we're not hearing about happening in those areas.  He truly is proving to be a most incompetent dictator.