<<I spent the last hour trying to figure out a really annoying air leak in the pool's pump/filter. Spent all this time (and some time last night) cutting, re-routing, and replacing hoses and fittings all over the place. Finally found it. It's the rubber gasket on the pump cover. Found it by running a garden hose over everything until it quit sucking air. Figures it'd be the thing that's easiest to replace (once I find it online somewhere).>>
Been there, done that -- two weeks ago. Only difference is that I just called the home warranty folks and had them send someone out. I figured that there just had to be a serious problem with the pump since no water was being pumped out of the particular waterfall it went to. I was finally going to get some value out of the pool add-on to the home warranty. A few years ago I figured that with six pumps for various things and 60,000 gallons, the warranty would almost certainly pay for itself: of course, that was just wishful thinking on my part. Imagine my feelings of stupidity when the guy looked at it, saw the cracked cover and broken gasket and had it diagnosed and fixed in under 60 seconds. He must have sensed it too since he just charged me a $45 co-pay instead of the normal $55.
Sometimes the most obvious things are the hardest to see.
Now it is time to take some pleasure time this afternoon and walk the six blocks from my office to the Astros game. Now if they will just win!
Troy
Troy
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Those who shoot from the hip usually end up just shooting themselves.
Plan the grub and grub the plan.
Where is the party tonight? Who is bringng the drinks?
