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shawner88
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Pipes have been frozen for 4 days now, no water. I missed the get-together because of this. Fortunately I have heat. The landlord wanted nothing to do with it for the first few days, but finally caved under the pressure of all the angry tenants. They tried to fix it yesterday, but discovered the problem is really bad...now they have giant fan heaters out in the halways. Not sure if that's the solution or not. I need a shower!
The landlord is angry at apartment 101 for not letting there water trickle, lol. I guess their aparment is the route of it. From now on mine will be trickling. |
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camel96
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| Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2004 2:12 am Post subject: |
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Uh-oh 10 days in Thailand my crap hole is gonna be trashed - TRASHED!
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I've got no hot water, no cold water, no heat.
This place is worse than a freezer.
Seriously I can see my breath in the APT.
Thank god for the gas stove.
First world country my ass..!!!
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kangnamdragon
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2004 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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"Hey, Culligan man!". The appliance repairman who's always lonely because Culligan products are so well made, and to last. Dom Deloise looking guy, glum, long-faced because nobody calls him.
BANG! THUMP! KA-THUNK! Those are the shuddering sounds at night of pipes freezing. This morning the outside tap is on to keep the water moving so it won't freeze up in the pipes.
Yee-haaa, friends and neighbours, cowboy plumbing! |
That is the Maytag repairman. The Culligan man sells soft-water systems. |
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camel96
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| Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2004 8:53 pm Post subject: |
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| I've now got cold water and one tap which is continually running hot water while it defrosts the pipes under the APT. So I can fill up buckets and take a bath. Still not much fun. On the plus side my frozen pee drops on the bathroom floor unfroze. |
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HardyandTiny
Joined: 03 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2004 12:41 am Post subject: |
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After winter you undo all the socks and rags from the pipes and then you boil them in a pot on the stove to get rid of all the germs. you have to keep an eye on the rags and stir them around and once they are properly disinfected you hang them up on a fold out rack in your living area. the rags will dry stiff as cardboard and you can use them to wash down your hardened heels and toe corns.
here's a rag job.....
and here's some great soap for your feet
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camel96
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| Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2004 12:36 am Post subject: |
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Hey thanks for the advice.
Inshallah the sleazy engineer is coming around tonight to hook my shit back up. Otherwise I may just do it myself.
Oh and on the plus side the pipe on my other balcony burst while I was at work yesterday.
Thankfully it froze itself closed again before I had to deal with it. Hopefully i can give notice and get out of here before it floods the place again. |
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Snatch
Joined: 01 Jan 2004
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| Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2004 4:06 am Post subject: |
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The hair dryer thawed out our pipes after standing there with it for two hours. Heaven!
HardyandTiny... so it was you who stole the milk out of my fridge! |
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camel96
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| Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2004 4:29 am Post subject: |
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| I think mine's fixed. Woohoo. At least until it gets really cold again. |
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HardyandTiny
Joined: 03 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 5:58 am Post subject: |
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| Snatch wrote: |
The hair dryer thawed out our pipes after standing there with it for two hours. Heaven!
HardyandTiny... so it was you who stole the milk out of my fridge! |
what is that soap?
how do they make that? |
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camel96
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| Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 6:23 am Post subject: |
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| Now my place is so hot I've developed jock itch.... |
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shawner88
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 6:49 am Post subject: |
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| camel96 wrote: |
| Now my place is so hot I've developed jock itch.... |
Hahahah...did you see the story I wrote on my site about that?
It's on my site under "more stories" to the right.
I cannot believe it but I've got no water...AGAIN! It can't be frozen, it's not that cold out? We must be out of water now. ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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camel96
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| Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 8:40 am Post subject: |
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| shawner88 wrote: |
| camel96 wrote: |
| Now my place is so hot I've developed jock itch.... |
Hahahah...did you see the story I wrote on my site about that?
It's on my site under "more stories" to the right.
I cannot believe it but I've got no water...AGAIN! It can't be frozen, it's not that cold out? We must be out of water now. ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!! |
I look at it as a cultural experience - albeit an unpleasant one. It's like a trip between the developed and undeveloped worlds. No running water, no heat in the middle of winter - you're in the third world. Running cold water but nothing else - second world. Heat, hot and cold running water - first world.
Imagine the chaos if NK attacked and all the amenities were instantly cut off for good.  |
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camel96
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| Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2004 4:44 am Post subject: |
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Oh crap here it comes again.
Forecast for Thurs night is -17 again.
Cover up the pipes. |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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| Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2004 4:56 am Post subject: |
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| Where do you check the weather forcast? |
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camel96
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