Why are some of this simplest things so hard?

[Neal Clayton]

old is the same, only with no square, level, or plumb joints or surfaces.

[Sonny Edmonds]

We sent a man to the moon but we can't make a toilet that doesn't leak!!

Sure can!
It's called an Outhouse.
No water required. But you might need to hold your nose in the summertime.

[Brian Effinger]

Everything I do to my house ends up as a problem - plumbing included. This past week I tore out all of the old cast iron sanitary line above my basement floor and reinstalled / reconfigured with sch. 40 PVC so I could add a second bathroom up on the second floor.
Nothing I ever do is easy, and it always requires multiple trips to the store.

[David G Baker]

Sonny,
Don't forget the bug spray for the wasps, black widows and don't forget the Sears & Roebuck catalog.
The incidences of black widow bites dropped approximately 90% with the installation of indoor plumbing in California and the plumbing problems began.

[Colin Giersberg]

But which is worse, the spider bite or the plumbing?

Regards, Colin

ps. If I did plumbing, I would have to charge $200 and hour, and I said that 20 years ago. I guess with inflation, I better up that to $500.

[Frank Guerin]

"Don't forget the bug spray for the wasps, black widows and don't forget the Sears & Roebuck catalog.
The incidences of black widow bites dropped approximately 90% with the installation of indoor plumbing in California and the plumbing problems began"

There was not any bug spray and any pages that showed any ladies garments which included full girdles as scampy were imediately torn out by the women of the house. The rest of the pages went I believe as follows. Mens clothe's, etc, etc, them tools.

[David G Baker]

We had DDT in a pump sprayer and the lovely ladies modeling underwear were not removed from our catalogs.

[Wes Bischel]

Tim, if it makes you feel any better - when I put new toilets in last year, I forgot to take the rag out of the hole the first time. I remembered it as I was tightening the last bolt...

Thank goodness I'm not the only one!

Wes

PS When I pulled the old toilet to replace the wax ring last week I didn't put a rag in - experience does teach us sometimes.

[Rich Stewart]

I went on an emergency job one time. The guy was replacing his toilet seat with a hammer and chisel. Broke the toilet in half. Shut-off didn't work. Talk about a mess.