Monday, June 16, 2008

Oh Joy, OH Happiness---Drats

I was enjoying my hot shower this morning---til I notice the blank gunk bubbling up outta the shower drain, and realized I have a plumbing problem. I called for the plumber, (he's number 3 on the speed dial---and got the ever popular, yes we will send someone out between 8am and Noon.-----so here I sit watching the clock count down to Noon . I wanted to go do my grocery shopping and make a trip to the library, but can't , have to wait for the plumber----$75.00 just to knock on my door and ask ME what seems to be the problem?? (sigh)

Actually my plumber is not a bad guy, his firm has been involved with this house since it was built. His grandfather put in the original plumbing, then his father, and now the grandson. When I had the faucets replaced last year (updating the look of the bath), the kid gripped about how tight the connections were, and then he kinda laughed, "one thing my dad always told me was make damn sure ya tighten all the connections before ya turn the water back on---boy he sure did mean TIGHT!"

The $75 charge for house calls gets applied to any resulting work, parts and labor---and is pretty much a standard charge by any plumbing outfit in the area. ahhh yes the fun of owning your own house-----hear now on the radio, that the price of electricity is bout to jump up about 30 percent, due to the high cost of gasoline/diesel fuel, and the need to update generating capacity which has been kinda ignored for the last few years so that now demand is more than capacity can handle on peak demands-----(maybe its time to shoot the air conditioner and learn how to make candles?)

7 comments:

  1. $75! Send him over. You can't get one here for less than $125 and that's for just showing up!

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  2. I had to pay the tv repair guy $90 just to knock on my door a couple of weeks ago ... and that did not go towards the repair costs at all. Arrgggghhh!!

    Glad the guy could help you and he could fix your problem.

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  3. At least you don't have a water issue. Try watering a 40 acres farm with no water. That is not an easy task.

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  4. We live in the country so we have our gas hauled in by truck and the gas truck was here today...putting in gas for the WINTER! I wish we'd put in a heat pump when we were furnace shopping. We also need ONE CAN OF FREEON PLEASE. And that will be $120 with the housecall. Being on a fixed income makes you learn how to dance REAL fast.

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  5. OH, before I forget...........QUITYERBITCHIN'

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  6. the plumber came at 11, left at 11:50----everything now works and I'm out $224.00, and I have a headache-----

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  7. $224!!! GOOD GRIEF. You need a Nap!

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