Things I Learned Saturday:....

[terriphill]

When you have to use the bathroom, do not let the dogs precede you into the room. Bathrooms are very small rooms and only have one door.

When the dogs knock you down while they attempt to exit the bathroom, do not fall on the toilet.Toilets can explode.

Dogs vanish when toilets explode.

You can move at lightspeed when shutting off the water line to a toilet that has exploded.

Porcelain is very sharp, and cuts on the palm of the hand bleed profusely.

Dog towels are good for soaking up blood.

Dog towels are also good for soaking up water that results from exploding toilets.

Plumbers cost $150 per hour, plus travel time, plus a new toilet and hardware.

If you laugh at the plumber’s prices, he will hang up on you.

Toilets at Lowes cost about $150.

Toilets at Lowes have names like “Parfait”, “Bouquet” and “Boudoir”.

It takes two people to carry a toilet.

Toilets are not too hard to replace. Just be careful, because porcelain is sharp.

You can save about 300 bucks if you replace the toilet yourself.

Dog towels are also good for wiping up the wax ring goo from underneath exploded toilets.

Yard sales are great places to buy dog towels.

You can get a dog towel at a yard sale for about 50 cents.

Best yard sale bargain on Saturday, July 7th, 2007: 6 dog towels for 3 bucks.

Final score: Toilet=0, Plumber=0, Dogs=1, Dog Towels=6.

How was your day?

 

[AweMan]

I sure am glad to know that I`m not the only one that occasionaly has these types of days. Thanks for that! Dog towels .... hmmmmmmmmmmmm i`ll have to get me some. A poecelin cut, especialy from a broken toilet might require copious ammounts of peroxide frequently.
Sorry your day was a bummer. {no pun intended} *SMILE*

 

[bugimike]

I could muster a belly-laugh at all that if I wasn't feeling your pain!! Bet you're feeling pretty flushed now though! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/lol.gif

 

[Don_Neff]

We're waiting for the video /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif

 

[zblu]

Wait until you have a 85kg Great Dane!, towels?, those are small handkerchiefs!
Thats a car? (Healey), "Do I have to aim so low?"
Bathroom?, (I thought this was MY drinking fountain)

 

[DrEntropy]

Of all the homeowner tasks one must do, "honey dipper" ones are the least desirable. I'll rewire 'em, re-plumb 'em, fix windows, hang doors, paint and about anything needed. When it becomes necessary to fix th' "necessary" I get hives. HATE that. Did ceramic tile thru most of th' hovel a few years back, the loo was the last room to get done. Likewise it'll be the last room to be "remodeled". To do it the way we want, it needs to be gutted and THAT means a new 'throne'... Been able to procrastinate on that for a while now. But since this post it looks like time is not on my side any longer. Stuff like this usually triggers some cosmic rash of occurrences.
I just know my porcelain chair is listenin'... /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif

 

[Guest]

Doc, They aren't that bad to do. It's mainly an exercise in assembly.

I had to put a new one in the half-bath on the main floor when we bought the new place - the fact that it got vandalised is what caused all the flooding...

Just wash your hands afterwards!

 

[Mickey Richaud]

When you have to use the bathroom, do not let the dogs precede you into the room.

I must admit, I've never considered doing that, but due to your <pull>-chain of events, I'll remember your sage advice!

 

[Tinster]

I'm with you, Doc.

Gutted the master bath for a total remodle.
99.99% completed then it took me another four
months to finally tile around the Home Despot
porcelain chair.

Accidentally, snapped off the cold water supply valve.
Joy of joys; I flooded the entire top floor of the house
before I could get to the master cut-off valve in the
street.

I could have used a few hundred dog towels.

d

 

[judow]

/bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/blush.gif Impossible! And to think 2 tiny teacup puppies caused all this? /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/blush.gif

Seriously what kind of dogs do you have? And yes I too am awaiting the video.

 

[zblu]

Redid mine a few years ago, took out all the ancient fittings, including the brass pull chain cistern, now with the retro look! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/frown.gif

 

[DrEntropy]

Doc, They aren't that bad to do. It's mainly an exercise in assembly.

I had to put a new one in the half-bath on the main floor when we bought the new place - the fact that it got vandalised is what caused all the flooding...

Just wash your hands afterwards!

I've done more'n my share already, Alan. If it were my first mebbe I'd be less reluctant. Once had to reset one in PA, maul out the concrete floor where it'd cracked due to setteling, re-mud a 3'x3', 18" deep area around the replaced terracotta downpipe... Manual labor of the first magnitude. Makes this one look like childs' play. Still doesn't make it enjoyable, tho!

 

[zblu]

and did ya get a licensed plumber to sign off? $$$

 

[Guest]

Doc, They aren't that bad to do. It's mainly an exercise in assembly.

I had to put a new one in the half-bath on the main floor when we bought the new place - the fact that it got vandalised is what caused all the flooding...

Just wash your hands afterwards!

I've done more'n my share already, Alan. If it were my first mebbe I'd be less reluctant. Once had to reset one in PA, maul out the concrete floor where it'd cracked due to setteling, re-mud a 3'x3', 18" deep area around the replaced terracotta downpipe... Manual labor of the first magnitude. Makes this one look like childs' play. Still doesn't make it enjoyable, tho!

See now that's a job for a plumber. In my case (in the interest of full disclosure) he was downstairs fixing all the burst pipes in the basement, and I didn't feel like waiting...

What I'm more interested in is a picture of Terri carrying the thing in a Midget. Preferably pre-assembled for extra credit!

 

[bugimike]

Doc, They aren't that bad to do. It's mainly an exercise in assembly.

I had to put a new one in the half-bath on the main floor when we bought the new place - the fact that it got vandalised is what caused all the flooding...

<span style="color: #FF0000">Just wash your hands afterwards!</span>

I've done more'n my share already, Alan. If it were my first mebbe I'd be less reluctant. Once had to reset one in PA, maul out the concrete floor where it'd cracked due to setteling, re-mud a 3'x3', 18" deep area around the replaced terracotta downpipe... Manual labor of the first magnitude. Makes this one look like childs' play. Still doesn't make it enjoyable, tho!

See now that's a job for a plumber. In my case (in the interest of full disclosure) he was downstairs fixing all the burst pipes in the basement, and I didn't feel like waiting...

What I'm more interested in is a picture of Terri carrying the thing in a Midget. Preferably pre-assembled for extra credit!

One of the things old age and experience have taught me is that value of latex "surgical" gloves (I wear 'em for almost everything now /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif ) ...and still a good scrub-up after!!!! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/thumbsup.gif

 

[Shinsen774]

Thanks for the laugh. I have gotten much better at fixing toilets than I am at fixing MGs. Toilets are simple like MGs, but they don't leak oil.

 

[2wrench]

Terri, considering how your day stunk, I admire
you for maintaining your sense of humor.

Thanks for sharing and may the Throne Fairy always
keep the lid down ... and the dogs out.

It was a two-dog night. Could you even imagine three?

 

[hilsideser]

...hope you took adavntage of the oportunity to upgrade to the 17" tall toilet. Wow! What a difference it makes. Saves the knees, (if yours are as bad as mine).