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Went in to the new store to do some work today and noticed that somebody apparently attacked the toilet with a hammer. A big chunk was knocked out of the pedestal below the bowl. Then I started looking further. Nothing could have dropped onto it because it's below the bowl. If somebody had hit it, the pieces should have been inside the base instead of all over the floor. And what's that spatter on the wall and the undersides of the bowl and tank? Could it be...?
I think the side of our toilet blew out. Somehow. Can it do that?
Did you call your local municipality to see if they were doing any sewer work in your area? Sometimes that can cause build up of pressure (gas and/or liquids) while they're working.
Is it just a clean hole in the bowl wall or are there cracks leading away to the floor? Sometimes the bolts that bolt the toilet to the sewer pipe flange in the floor are overtightened by the last person to work on/install it. That can cause stress cracks that give out when too much water pressure hits it or the toilet shifts under any significant weight.
(I am/was never a plumber, but I used to do some rehab work eons ago.)
We figured it out. RotoRooter owes the landlord a new toilet. They were snaking the neighbor's toilet and came up into ours and blew out the side of the tank!
He's talking with them now about them paying for a new toilet, but hopefully we won't have to flip the bill either way. :)
New store looks great too. We keep meaning to put up pictures, but we can't find the attachment that adapts it for the computer. :\
I was going to declare Amby the winner of the 'closest to the truth' contest, but considering the nature of the power-headed Roto-Rooter snake, Kruelly might get the nod. I'm jealous that the Chinese have a biological Roto-Rooter. They probably have otyughs in their sewers to avoid the expense of constructing sanitation plants.
I believe I may have licked one too many doorknobs at PaizoCon.I'm starting to feel a little rough as well. It's all Jess's fault.Nooooooooooooooooo!
*sigh* If my suspicions are correct and I contracted this foul illness on my way back from my brother's wedding, the incubation period is about three days. :(
Con plague took me yesterday myself.
What did all of you do at those cons?
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I was going to declare Amby the winner of the 'closest to the truth' contest, but considering the nature of the power-headed Roto-Rooter snake, Kruelly might get the nod. I'm jealous that the Chinese have a biological Roto-Rooter. They probably have otyughs in their sewers to avoid the expense of constructing sanitation plants.Went in to the new store to do some work today and noticed that somebody apparently attacked the toilet with a hammer. A big chunk was knocked out of the pedestal below the bowl. Then I started looking further. Nothing could have dropped onto it because it's below the bowl. If somebody had hit it, the pieces should have been inside the base instead of all over the floor. And what's that spatter on the wall and the undersides of the bowl and tank? Could it be...?
I think the side of our toilet blew out. Somehow. Can it do that?
Did you call your local municipality to see if they were doing any sewer work in your area? Sometimes that can cause build up of pressure (gas and/or liquids) while they're working.
Is it just a clean hole in the bowl wall or are there cracks leading away to the floor? Sometimes the bolts that bolt the toilet to the sewer pipe flange in the floor are overtightened by the last person to work on/install it. That can cause stress cracks that give out when too much water pressure hits it or the toilet shifts under any significant weight.
(I am/was never a plumber, but I used to do some rehab work eons ago.)
We figured it out. RotoRooter owes the landlord a new toilet. They were snaking the neighbor's toilet and came up into ours and blew out the side of the tank!
He's talking with them now about them paying for a new toilet, but hopefully we won't have to flip the bill either way. :)
New store looks great too. We keep meaning to put up pictures, but we can't find the attachment that adapts it for the computer. :\
Auto-Hentai terlet, engage! X_X
Remember those cap pistols that were loaded with spools of red paper, with little spots filled with I guess gunpowder, that when the hammer struck, it made a BANG! noise and let out a little smoke if you pulled the trigger repeatedly? I don't know if they still make those little cap pistols anymore. Probably not. They're clearly too dangerous. Why, you'll put your eye out!
They still have them, and we ordered a bunch. We used to hit them with a real hammer on the sidewalk - the whole roll at one time. Boomy!
Auto-Hentai terlet, engage! X_X
They HAVE those??!?!? Where was I?
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I was going to declare Amby the winner of the 'closest to the truth' contest, but considering the nature of the power-headed Roto-Rooter snake, Kruelly might get the nod. I'm jealous that the Chinese have a biological Roto-Rooter. They probably have otyughs in their sewers to avoid the expense of constructing sanitation plants.Went in to the new store to do some work today and noticed that somebody apparently attacked the toilet with a hammer. A big chunk was knocked out of the pedestal below the bowl. Then I started looking further. Nothing could have dropped onto it because it's below the bowl. If somebody had hit it, the pieces should have been inside the base instead of all over the floor. And what's that spatter on the wall and the undersides of the bowl and tank? Could it be...?
I think the side of our toilet blew out. Somehow. Can it do that?
Did you call your local municipality to see if they were doing any sewer work in your area? Sometimes that can cause build up of pressure (gas and/or liquids) while they're working.
Is it just a clean hole in the bowl wall or are there cracks leading away to the floor? Sometimes the bolts that bolt the toilet to the sewer pipe flange in the floor are overtightened by the last person to work on/install it. That can cause stress cracks that give out when too much water pressure hits it or the toilet shifts under any significant weight.
(I am/was never a plumber, but I used to do some rehab work eons ago.)
We figured it out. RotoRooter owes the landlord a new toilet. They were snaking the neighbor's toilet and came up into ours and blew out the side of the tank!
He's talking with them now about them paying for a new toilet, but hopefully we won't have to flip the bill either way. :)
New store looks great too. We keep meaning to put up pictures, but we can't find the attachment that adapts it for the computer. :\
An entire development complex (in China, I think) tried going on composting toilets to fit the city's green image, but the builders were stupid and deviated from the plans and made the toilets stink, and everyone ended up using flush toilets.
Also, +1 to otyughs for sewers!
My feet hurt so bad right now. Stupid shoes!
I'm going to be so old!
That sucks. What am I going to do when all my friends are dead?
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Oh man sm is the best. She brought me pho for lunch. Now my outside is all crawly but my inside is all warm and snuggly.
There's a restaurant in Dallas called "Pho Queue." True story.
Went in to the new store to do some work today and noticed that somebody apparently attacked the toilet with a hammer. A big chunk was knocked out of the pedestal below the bowl. Then I started looking further. Nothing could have dropped onto it because it's below the bowl. If somebody had hit it, the pieces should have been inside the base instead of all over the floor. And what's that spatter on the wall and the undersides of the bowl and tank? Could it be...?
I think the side of our toilet blew out. Somehow. Can it do that?
Did you call your local municipality to see if they were doing any sewer work in your area? Sometimes that can cause build up of pressure (gas and/or liquids) while they're working.
Is it just a clean hole in the bowl wall or are there cracks leading away to the floor? Sometimes the bolts that bolt the toilet to the sewer pipe flange in the floor are overtightened by the last person to work on/install it. That can cause stress cracks that give out when too much water pressure hits it or the toilet shifts under any significant weight.
(I am/was never a plumber, but I used to do some rehab work eons ago.)
We figured it out. RotoRooter owes the landlord a new toilet. They were snaking the neighbor's toilet and came up into ours and blew out the side of the tank!
He's talking with them now about them paying for a new toilet, but hopefully we won't have to flip the bill either way. :)
New store looks great too. We keep meaning to put up pictures, but we can't find the attachment that adapts it for the computer. :\
wow
Oh man sm is the best. She brought me pho for lunch. Now my outside is all crawly but my inside is all warm and snuggly.There's a restaurant in Dallas called "Pho Queue." True story.
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Mrgh.
What you said.
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Robed won.
Robed won.Ya'll got nothin' on Heathy.
Raw! Thaw si ti dogo fro?
What did all of you do at those cons?Hey, you'll have to show up next year to find out!
You can count on it. But I'm bringing echinacea. Or a gas mask. Or flame thrower. Maybe a biohazard suit.
You can count on it. But I'm bringing echinacea. Or a gas mask. Or flame thrower. Maybe a biohazard suit.What did all of you do at those cons?Hey, you'll have to show up next year to find out!
It's just a scratchy throat and congestion. It's not like there's...no I can't continue with that.
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True. He's the master. Like Sho'nuff. Or is that Bruce Leroy? I can never remember.Robed won.Ya'll got nothin' on Heathy.
That remake never got made.... Or if It did I heard nothing about it yet.
I wonder if that is a good thing. Worried still about Fright Night, but David Tennant, so I will see it.
I believe I may have licked one too many doorknobs at PaizoCon.I'm starting to feel a little rough as well. It's all Jess's fault.Same here.
Jess!
I feel fine.
Woo-hoo! Zombie apocalypse in 2012! Kreul, we should get together and play a Z-Day remix.
Woo-hoo! Zombie apocalypse in 2012! Kreul, we should get together and play a Z-Day remix.
Paizocalypse!
Oh man sm is the best. She brought me pho for lunch. Now my outside is all crawly but my inside is all warm and snuggly.There's a restaurant in Dallas called "Pho Queue." True story.
Yu Er Shi Te
Yu Er Shi TeOh man sm is the best. She brought me pho for lunch. Now my outside is all crawly but my inside is all warm and snuggly.There's a restaurant in Dallas called "Pho Queue." True story.
ta ma de?
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True. He's the master. Like Sho'nuff. Or is that Bruce Leroy? I can never remember.Robed won.Ya'll got nothin' on Heathy.That remake never got made.... Or if It did I heard nothing about it yet.
I had heard about that. Samuel L. Jackson was supposed to take on the role of Sho'nuff. It'd be awesome!!!
ta ma de?Yu Er Shi TeOh man sm is the best. She brought me pho for lunch. Now my outside is all crawly but my inside is all warm and snuggly.There's a restaurant in Dallas called "Pho Queue." True story.
Naughty. Mine was fake. Yours is real.
YO MAMMA!
ta ma de?Yu Er Shi TeOh man sm is the best. She brought me pho for lunch. Now my outside is all crawly but my inside is all warm and snuggly.There's a restaurant in Dallas called "Pho Queue." True story.Naughty. Mine was fake. Yours is real.
YO MAMMA!
Back in high school, the chinese kids used to tell me the best way to apologize when bumping into someone in Chinatown is to say "Wo ai ni".
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When I am rich I am going to have one of these in my mansion.
I will have to change the 4 dudes every once in awhile, like goldfish, I suppose, but they will entertain me and entertain me.
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When I am rich I am going to have one of these in my mansion.
I will have to change the 4 dudes every once in awhile, like goldfish, I suppose, but they will entertain me and entertain me.
In the meantime, you could get a really good vacuum cleaner, attach the hose to the exhaust port, and bounce a roly-poly kind of guy on top of the airstream. It's not as good, but it should do in a pinch.