How's your day been?

[woodtickgreg]

Had a flapper valve on a toilet that began to act up - wouldn't always drop after flushing - so decided to replace the fill valve too while I had to remove the tank. Only problem was the kit only had three bolts to attach the tank and this old toilet needed four. Not to fear, was sure there were some extra floating around somewhere. Dad's habit was to always buy extra, especially when it came to plumbing. Paid off today, found an extra and all was good.

Only issue was didn't realize that supply valve was still an old multi turn valve. Will pick up a 1/4 turn valve and new supply line tomorrow. In the meantime toilet is fine with no leaks, but it's been my goal to upgrade all old valves to 1/4 turn valves anytime I work on something. I think this the last one in the house....

I just looked at the shop toilet downstairs, its really old. House is galvanized pipe, no shut off at all!

 

[DLJeffs]

My take away and lesson learned for everyone: if you or your parents or anyone for that matter, use on line web sites for things like insurance, financials, work records, benefit plans, etc. - keep really good records of login ID's, passwords, addresses, phone numbers, etc. that are needed to access those sites. My Mom and Dad probably set this up back around 1985 when they retired from the Canal Zone. My poor Mom couldn't remember anything about it. Don't rely on the web site admins to help you, especially if it's a government site. And close enough won't suffice - computers compare what you're trying to input with what they have on file and if it doesn't match exactly, you won't be grant access. And if it's government related you'll need things like social security numbers, assigned employee numbers, claim numbers, dates of birth, etc. So keep all that historical data someplace you can find it later.

 

[Nature Man]

My take away and lesson learned for everyone: if you or your parents or anyone for that matter, use on line web sites for things like insurance, financials, work records, benefit plans, etc. - keep really good records of login ID's, passwords, addresses, phone numbers, etc. that are needed to access those sites. My Mom and Dad probably set this up back around 1985 when they retired from the Canal Zone. My poor Mom couldn't remember anything about it. Don't rely on the web site admins to help you, especially if it's a government site. And close enough won't suffice - computers compare what you're trying to input with what they have on file and if it doesn't match exactly, you won't be grant access. And if it's government related you'll need things like social security numbers, assigned employee numbers, claim numbers, dates of birth, etc. So keep all that historical data someplace you can find it later.

And be mindful if accounts have not been accessed in years that passwords on file may not even work. Electronic record keeping has its downfalls, as well, if no hard copy records are available for backup. Chuck

 

[Webb]

I’m on my soapbox today. Next time you encounter a service person and they aren’t the exemplary example of what you are expecting, consider the world that person is in.

Imagine asking the person how they are and you get a response like my husband just left me.

Your day may be peaches and cream, the person in front of you may be struggling to keep it together.

So how is the other person’s day?