My Impending Failure as a Man

[skubikky]

Yeah?  Don't see the problem.
Machismo vs. Common Sense  

[plugginaway22]

Haha, your thread title, then 'plumbing issues'.

[Deleted]

Real men understand that paying someone to do it is what keeps our economy sound.

[resolution]

My husband is also very manly with great fix-it skills, and he calls a plumber (after he blew up our cast iron furnace one year). I think calling a plumber is much more masculine than breaking something expensive and leaving me without heat or water.

[Deleted]

No shame in that! Getting it fixed is what's important here.

[skubikky]

Dec 18, 2014 7:20:29 GMT -5 deminmaine said:

Dec 18, 2014 6:48:43 GMT -5 skubikky said:

Yeah?  Don't see the problem.
Machismo vs. Common Sense  

Well then you don't understand.

I woulda, coulda, shoulda fixed it myself!  Now this afternoon I will plunk down an extra $150- 200.00 to watch a couple of guys do what I should have done- in my own house!

It's ok sweety......take a deep breath.
You can fix the next disaster at home....promise.

[ArchietheDragon]

I am sorry to hear, Dem.  You are getting older, though.   

[milee]

Wait a minute, aren't you one of those liberal types who sometimes advocates that certain jobs should be preserved for the good of the workers or the economy even if there's a less expensive way to do things? This is just your way of being consistent, then.  You are ensuring full employment for the plumber... 

[ArchietheDragon]

Dec 18, 2014 8:30:16 GMT -5 deminmaine said:

Dec 18, 2014 8:09:23 GMT -5 ArchietheDragon said:

I am sorry to hear, Dem.  You are getting older, though.   

You are no help at all. Now I'm thinking of maybe knitting up some doilies or something.

You can always use the doilies to serve snacks on, to the plumbers.

[ArchietheDragon]

Dec 18, 2014 8:34:44 GMT -5 deminmaine said:

Dec 18, 2014 8:32:00 GMT -5 ArchietheDragon said:

You can always use the doilies to serve snacks on, to the plumbers.

Good idea.  Should I curtsy?

Make sure to tuck it back first. 

[milee]

Dec 18, 2014 8:33:26 GMT -5 deminmaine said:

Dec 18, 2014 8:31:32 GMT -5 milee said:

Wait a minute, aren't you one of those liberal types who sometimes advocates that certain jobs should be preserved for the good of the workers or the economy even if there's a less expensive way to do things? This is just your way of being consistent, then.  You are ensuring full employment for the plumber... 

Well yeah, but not at my house. 

All joking aside, that's pretty much my major objection to most extreme liberal views (not necessarily yours, I'm talking in general here).  Their suggestions always seem to involve really altruistic ways to spend my money while keeping their own money in their pocket.   

[Deleted]

Well, as someone who ignored the pressure tank going bad for too long, I think you did the right thing just getting the plumber in to fix asap.  My well pump died because of it and cost me 5K to pull and replace. 

[Waffle]

Is it wrong that when I saw this thread title my first thought was - it's a Bruce Jenner thread?

[yogiii]

Dec 18, 2014 8:32:00 GMT -5 ArchietheDragon said:

Dec 18, 2014 8:30:16 GMT -5 deminmaine said:

You are no help at all. Now I'm thinking of maybe knitting up some doilies or something.

You can always use the doilies to serve snacks on, to the plumbers.

You can also ask them if they want a beer and then give them an O'Douls.

[Deleted]

Dec 18, 2014 9:07:05 GMT -5 yogiii said:

Dec 18, 2014 8:32:00 GMT -5 ArchietheDragon said:

You can always use the doilies to serve snacks on, to the plumbers.

You can also ask them if they want a beer and then give them an O'Douls.

Don't forget to get them a sandwich.

[Value Buy]

Dec 18, 2014 9:13:04 GMT -5 deminmaine said:

Dec 18, 2014 8:42:18 GMT -5 milee said:

All joking aside, that's pretty much my major objection to most extreme liberal views (not necessarily yours, I'm talking in general here).  Their suggestions always seem to involve really altruistic ways to spend my money while keeping their own money in their pocket.   

OK, well kidding aside, you're quite correct, those aren't my views.  I am all for a full economy, and wring my hands with the best of them at those being "left behind".  But I firmly believe that any economic solution should also be fiscally efficient. 

I do also think that the "Limosine Liberal" thing is well overdone.  By and large those who advocate for certain policies I think know what the impact will be on them.  Of course at the same time, Warren Buffet also KNOWS that his secretary will continue to pay a higher tax rate than he- and he will NOT volunteer more taxes in the meantime.  Neither would I.

But, back to my real problem.  When I walked up from the cellar last night and announced the news to my wife in what I'm sure was a defeated tone she just looked at me softly and said "That's all right.  I think that makes sense."  Woe is me.  

Been here done that

We had low water pressure start occurring, when all of a sudden, water stopped running for maybe three or four seconds.

Then in a day or two, 10 seconds.

I thought the well pump was going bad.

Trouble is our water tank is in the crawl space, in the corner under the rec room rather than in the basement under the rest of the house.

I tried figuring it out, but alas, the wife already had the yellow pages out on the desk for me.  

Called the (union) plumber out.

It was only the switch on the tank.

After replacement, it was like we were being hit with a fire hose in the shower.

[NancysSummerSip]

Dec 18, 2014 7:23:22 GMT -5 oped said:

Real men understand that paying someone to do it is what keeps our economy sound.

And keeps them from having to sleep in the doghouse when they attempt a do-it-yourself that results in an epic fail.

[Bob Ross]

You can offset the need to turn in your man card by walking around the next few days with plumber's crack.

MIL will love it.

[Formerly SK]

We just started using a regular housekeeping service.  It's FABULOUS.  And not once did I think that hiring them meant I was less of a woman. 

[milee]

Dec 18, 2014 9:13:04 GMT -5 deminmaine said:

Dec 18, 2014 8:42:18 GMT -5 milee said:

All joking aside, that's pretty much my major objection to most extreme liberal views (not necessarily yours, I'm talking in general here).  Their suggestions always seem to involve really altruistic ways to spend my money while keeping their own money in their pocket.   

OK, well kidding aside, you're quite correct, those aren't my views.  I am all for a full economy, and wring my hands with the best of them at those being "left behind".  But I firmly believe that any economic solution should also be fiscally efficient. 

I'm going to quote you on this the next time the discussion over closing local post office locations or streamlining the postal service comes up.

(Again, this sort of discussion is why it's important to have people with all sorts of different views - even really weird ones  - who can freely post on the message board.  I was honestly shocked in a postal thread a while ago when you wrote of how much you enjoy going to the post office and like to do it every day.  That particular viewpoint was so completely foreign to me, it wouldn't have even entered my thinking as a possibility, so would never have been something I'd considered regarding that issue.  I still talk to DH about it every time one of us complains about the 1-2 times a year we have to physically go into the post office.) 

[dannylion]

Part of being a real man is knowing when to call the plumber.

[NastyWoman]

Dec 18, 2014 9:13:57 GMT -5 deminmaine said:

Dec 18, 2014 9:07:05 GMT -5 yogiii said:

You can also ask them if they want a beer and then give them an O'Douls.

That's an awesome idea. I'll do that if they take too long!

Dang and here I was going to suggest you'd join them for a cuppa tea, so you could teach them about the proper pinkie thingy use (notice how cool dude like I said that ->pinky thingy) 

[The Walk of the Penguin Mich]

Should I remind you all of Archie and the dryer?

[ArchietheDragon]

Dec 18, 2014 11:30:26 GMT -5 The Walk of the Penguin Mich said:

Should I remind you all of Archie and the dryer?

You don't want to make Dem feel bad that there is a real man here. 

[NancysSummerSip]

Dec 18, 2014 11:31:18 GMT -5 ArchietheDragon said:

Dec 18, 2014 11:30:26 GMT -5 The Walk of the Penguin Mich said:

Should I remind you all of Archie and the dryer?

You don't want to make Dem feel bad that there is a real man here. 

Says the guy who started how many washing machine threads?

[Tennesseer]

Oh man, deminmaine.

[GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl]

Just tell Mrs. Dem that her Christmas present is the plumber visit.  Rather than tie your weekend up with doing the repair yourself, you hired it out to spend more time with DW and DMIL.  

In other words, treat it as a considered, thoughtful decision and not the epic fail we all know it is.

[Tennesseer]

Dec 18, 2014 12:03:42 GMT -5 GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl said:

Just tell Mrs. Dem that her Christmas present is the plumber visit TO FIX THE HOUSE PLUMBING PROBLEM.  Rather than tie your weekend up with doing the repair yourself, you hired it out to spend more time with DW and DMIL.  

In other words, treat it as a considered, thoughtful decision and not the epic fail we all know it is.

Fixed.

[The Walk of the Penguin Mich]

Dec 18, 2014 11:31:18 GMT -5 ArchietheDragon said:

Dec 18, 2014 11:30:26 GMT -5 The Walk of the Penguin Mich said:

Should I remind you all of Archie and the dryer?

You don't want to make Dem feel bad that there is a real man here. 

How many months did you take clothes to the laundrymat for your wife?

[ArchietheDragon]

Dec 18, 2014 12:09:42 GMT -5 The Walk of the Penguin Mich said:

Dec 18, 2014 11:31:18 GMT -5 ArchietheDragon said:

You don't want to make Dem feel bad that there is a real man here. 

How many months did you take clothes to the laundrymat for your wife?

maybe 2.   


but I got it fixed!