What's everyone up to right now?

[c172]

Watching the Amazing Race, Facebooking, and looking up drinks with creme de menthe. Any favorites amongst you?

[Assimilate]

can't say I've ever had such drink.
I've in the mood for bourbon as of late though.

[null--69]

Just watching videos on YouTube that catch my interest.

[Marsellus Wallace]

Just watching videos on YouTube that catch my interest.

Same here ,to me youtube is more fun than anything else lately.

[null--69]

Just watching videos on YouTube that catch my interest.

Same here ,to me youtube is more fun than anything else lately.

I have to agree.

Nice sig btw lol.

[My imaginary friend is GOD]

I wish I could be like straight guys and not care about a girl's sexuality or if she's rejected me and just keep hitting on her and making moves until she finally gives in and not feel like an asshole for it, either.

[KichigaiNeko]

Just had a massive allergic reaction. Combination of tabouli and surface spray


FML

[pocaracas]

not "right now"...
Spent the whole weekend putting my toilet back in properly.

A few days ago, there was a hint of clogging and, since I wasn't home, my wife had to deal with it.... It's not the first time such a thing happens... 3 kids... so she got to work removing toilet from it's sitting place on the floor.
Now, this toilet is bolted to the floor by 2 screws. But they can't be your run-of-the-mill screws... they're meant to screw on the ground, using a standard plastic wall plug.... and they have a metal threading on the other side, so you mount the toilet and then attach a nut to keep the thing in place.
The first time that it had to be removed, one of the screws broke as I was fastening the nut... I may have gotten it too tight... but the toilet, which is porcelain, was unscathed... hmmm... good quality screws, huh? They came with the toilet when I bought it, so heck... crap.
Anyway, since one screw was in working order, we just let it be.
Then along came the latest problem.
My wife removed the nut, took out the toilet and found there was no clog, but the problem was the tube connecting the flush to the toilet...
She then put it back in place, but didn't put the silicon around to prevent some nasty smells from coming up.
On Saturday, I thought about doing just that.

But there was something wet underneath, so I had to remove the toilet again and clean that crap.
As I was putting it back, the screw broke, so I had two useless screws firmly attached to the ground and no way to get them out to replace them. Turns out there are a few tools available to remove screws that have lost their heads... Hardware store, buy a 10€ set of 4 with different sizes, go back home.... drill a small hole along the center of the screws, apply the screw extractor... no go... The screw extractor got shaved off, instead of attaching to the inside, it just slid... waste of 10€.
Anyway, just so you don't think I'm stupid, I had applied copious amounts of WD-40, the chemical solution to release crappy rusted on screws... but it did nothing.
Saturday ended with the toilet in place held by nothing...

By Sunday I realized I had to use brute force.... I wanted to put new screws exactly where the old ones were and didn't want to wreck the floor around it... So... keep drilling along the damn screws!
Metal drill, check! Start with a small size and work to larger sizes until you get rid of the whole screw... Worked well for the first screw.... The second seemed a bit more reluctant to be drilled... I noticed then that the brill bits had lost their edge...
Back to the hardware store, 17€ on a new set of extra strong metal drilling HSS-Co drills. Drill the fuck out of that second screw.

* in the meantime, everyone at home needs to pee and the toilet is not in place... *

I noticed that, after all the drilling, these new drills still retained their cutting edge! 17€ well spent!

Apply the wall plug... won't fit... gotta enlarge the hole, drill some more.
They fit, put the screws in.
Put the toilet in... dammit, one of the screws is too low... take toilet out, unscrew it... remember that this screw doesn't have a head, just a nut... tricky, but pliers and a lot of finger strength helped here.
Put the toilet back in, apply the nuts.... finally apply the silicone.
Job done.
I wonder if these new screws will also get stuck with gunk like the others...

Took the opportunity to screw the toilet seat a bit tighter as it was a bit wobbly.

And that's how you spend a weekend at home trying to fix something, doing worse, and then getting it fixed properly.
And what do I have to show for it? A toilet... and a lot of bruises on my hands.
Oh, and the best part was that I was working right over the pipe that carries the toilet sewage for the whole building.... so I could hear when anyone took a shower, peed or shat and flushed... not to mention the smell...

And to top it all off, my youngest refused to enter the bathroom after all that because it smelled of stinky feet! go figure... I would never had associated silicon with sticky feet

[c172]

Just getting up. Termite inspection today. Then, maybe work out? There's no rain forecast----finally!

[ElleBelle]

Enjoying a snow day!