Archive for July 30th, 2006

Plumbing issues resolved

Sunday, July 30th, 2006

Went to the hardware store, couldn’t find the precisely the right single plumbing connector and had to get three separate pieces instead.  Meaning, of course, that I now have twice as many joins and twice as many opportunities to leak.  I put the pieces together, connected them to the filter, and no leaks!
Apparently, plumbing is [...]

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Too much water in my name?

Sunday, July 30th, 2006

In graduate school, I had a Chinese friend who used to say that he was destined to have plumbing problems because there was too much water in his name. Both his family name and his given name referenced water. This excess of water meant that he would always have plumbing problems.
I sympathize with [...]

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