Important PSA, a very time-consuming stove repair, and Hair

Beowabbit

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13th-Nov-2011 12:38 am

beowabbit

My phone has died. My old spare phone is flaky and shuts down unexpectedly. Do not assume you can reliably reach me by phone or SMS for the time being. *Sigh.*
Well, five days, seven solid work-crew-hours, three work trucks, one backhoe loader, and one dump truck later, I have a working stove again. (They’ve been repaving my street, and evidently a few days ago had to replace a working gas pipe a non-working one. They eventually replaced it with one that does work. Given the two possible failure modes for a gas pipe, I find the fact that we had a non-working gas pipe buried under the street and front yard for several days somewhat unsettling. I also find the fact that my gas pipe runs to my neighbour’s house, through her basement, and into my basement — and that she doesn’t actually have gas service herself — somewhat unsettling. Good thing I don’t use gas for heat! On the other hand, while I didn’t have to pay for it, this must have been the most expensive stove repair on the block in a long time.)
plumtreeblossom and I just saw Hair at the Arlington Friends of the Drama, and it was fabulous — or groovy, rather. And we covet their space.

Tags:arts, house, important, plumtreeblossom, psa

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14th-Nov-2011 03:31 am (UTC)

keren_s

My phone died too (last weekend) and I'm also on the new one. While it and SMS works, I don't have any current calendar or contact info (nothing newer than 1.5 years). So annoying - Palm always built such good products but the Pre is clearly Post (Mortem).

See you tomorrow!

14th-Nov-2011 04:02 am (UTC)

ceo

The house we were renting the year before buying this one had a similar arrangement; the backyard neighbor's gas line ran through our basement. Took me a while to figure it out, "OK, this is a gas line, but it doesn't go through the meter... and it goes right out the back?" We had gas heat too, so it wasn't quite as odd.

Edited at 2011-11-14 04:02 am (UTC)

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