In fact I thought he was dropping by your study to ask you if you'd read Milton lately, he'd been trying to remember how that sonnet went and did you have a copy?
The best recommendation for a plumber is if your friends had work done and did they recommend the plumber. I have a woman friend who is a great plumber.
But I also have a secret weapon. Before Dad became an Electrician's Mate in the Navy, he was a plumber's apprentice. He hated it, but my father never did anything half way. He can tell me what needs to be done...
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Date: 2005-03-15 06:03 am (UTC)Two years ago the cold water tap wouldn't close, and I had water pouring into the bathtub.
The company sent out their Emergency Man, a very nervous plumber who kept running back and forth to his truck to search for parts.
I sat in despait on the living room sofa as he passed by me, sometimes muttering and sometimes shaking his head.
Once he said, "I don't know, Lady. These pipes are really old and not standard. It's not looking too good in the ballpark."
He would go back into the bathroom and drop heavy tools on the floor (making me jump in horror) and curse.
Finally he cobbled together a fix and was able to turn everything back on, but he told us to NEVER USE THE BATHTUB TAP again, only the SHOWER TAP.
Then he drove off without his Water Main Turner, which I left on the porch for a week. He never picked it up.
Now my hands are shaking again. I fear plumbers and their little ways more than anyone except auto mechanics.
(I once had a plumber hold up a broken pipe and say softly, "Lady, I'm gonna make you cry.")
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Date: 2005-03-15 06:10 am (UTC)He drinks his tea black with one sugar.
And just now he came into my study and asked me very solicitously if the equipment he'd parked on the floor was in my way.
He's been using a blow-torch and there's a delicious smell of burning in the air.
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Date: 2005-03-15 06:13 am (UTC)Yes, he sounds like a very refined plumber.
In fact I thought he was dropping by your study to ask you if you'd read Milton lately, he'd been trying to remember how that sonnet went and did you have a copy?
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Date: 2005-03-15 06:30 am (UTC)The washstand is in pieces all over the floor. The toilet (I'm glad to say) is still in working order.
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Date: 2005-03-15 10:35 am (UTC)A refined and thoughtful plumber.
You are blessed.
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Date: 2005-03-15 10:41 am (UTC)I don't like having workmen in- even refined and thoughtful ones- I feel like I have to move round the house on tiptoe.
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Date: 2005-03-15 10:44 am (UTC)Is this the bathroom that you painted last fall?
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Date: 2005-03-15 11:29 am (UTC)Various areas of unpainted wall have been exposed, so I've got some touching up to do.
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Date: 2005-03-15 09:13 am (UTC)But I also have a secret weapon. Before Dad became an Electrician's Mate in the Navy, he was a plumber's apprentice. He hated it, but my father never did anything half way. He can tell me what needs to be done...
Jackie, wish I could send you my friend Fred....