What did you do today?

[Spicoli43]

Well, but in your part of the country, a tux, is bib-overalsl and a holes in the sleeves flannel.

Nah, that's West Virginia... We are Cargo pants, Tshirts and Boots.

 

[havasu]

It's more for the gals. They like getting gussied up, but me, tee shirt, cargo shorts and flip flops are my designer threads.

 

[Snoonyb]

Nah, that's West Virginia... We are Cargo pants, Tshirts and Boots.

MINOT, WILLISTON & BISMARCK, ND, your not fooling me.

 

[Spicoli43]

ND is the same thing as West Virginia only colder.

 

[Snoonyb]

ND is the same thing as West Virginia only colder.

Take me home, country road.

 

[Spicoli43]

Take me home, country road.

You Betcha!

 

[Snoonyb]

You betchum tonto!

 

[zannej]

Spicoli, I'm glad you found out what was wrong with your truck.

Shan, I'm excited for you that you are getting things fixed.

Havasu, looks like you had fun. Not my idea of fun of course. LOL. The place looks neat but I *hate* dressing up unless its a costume like Ren Faire or some sort of scifi thing.

My Mom's SS got cut by $30 recently. And they have been underpaying her because they don't have my father's military service straight. They think he worked fewer years (she gets his SS bc she never worked & he didn't live long enough to collect it). We need to make an appointment to go to the SS office in Deridder with his DD214s (which I received two years after requesting them). Also need to renew her military dependent ID. Reminds me I need to renew my driver's license soon.

Yesterday I picked up mail and got some stuff from the store. Got hay for the cows. Found some microwave meals Mom likes. Tomorrow or Thursday I need to take the truck in for an oil change and see if the people can figure out why it makes so much damn noise all the time. Something with the wheel or suspension maybe? Not sure. But it makes all sorts of squeaks, rubbing sounds, spring popping like sounds, etc. When I reverse it makes weird noises, when I drive it makes weird noises that get faster as I accelerate. So something is rubbing/bumping somewhere. The replacement fender is mis-aligned so the tire was hitting the fender liner and tore a hole in it. But that is gone and we can't see what its hitting. Place that did the work is no longer in business.

Energy levels are still low but I'm being better about taking meds 2x a day. Got my new battery backup and am charging the battery. I read something in its instructions that gave me an idea for the other APCs that don't seem to be working properly. I think I need to change the settings on them somehow. Need to figure out how.

 

[Ron Van]

Most municipalities require a backflow preventer but you need an Atmospheric Vacuum Breaker (AVB)

"An AVB is a non-testable mechanical backflow preventer with a gravity opening poppet air opening, designed to admit atmosphere into the downstream sides of the unit under a no flow condition to prevent back-siphonage."

The literature says this:
Vacuum Breakers are required by many municipal governments to protect the drinking water from being contaminated by water from swimming pools, lavatory sinks, bath tubs, or toilets. It is an atmospheric-type back flow preventer. The seating and unseating of the diaphragm are accomplished by the presence or absense of water pressure, when the unit is open to the atmosphere. It is normal for the vacuum breaker to emit a small amount of water:

a) During the opening and closing of the shower control valve.
b) When used with a massage action, may emit water when changing spray selection.
c) When used with a push button shower, water may emit out of the unit when the shower is placed in the off position.

It is normal for the vacuum breaker to drain when it is placed lower than the hand shower, and the water is shut off.

The unit screws on to the water supply where your hose is connected now and then you screw your hose onto the breaker. It's inline with your hand held shower head.

I installed the Delta Atmospheric Vacuum Breaker today and it did not work like I hoped it would. The shower head still dribbles after the water is shut off. There has to be a way to fix this though. It is totally unacceptable.

 

[zannej]

Ron, you might want to ask on the plumbingforums.com to see if anyone can figure out why it is dripping.

Wednesday I went into town with my brother and got an oil change on the CRV (which is what he's been driving to work). Today we went to the local tire shop/repair place around 7:30am and got an oil change on the Ridgeline. Drove around a little, went into a few stores, then went back & they still didn't have it ready. I was almost 11am when they finally finished looking at it but they forgot to put air in the tire or check for leaks.

Diagnosis was that the wheelbearing is bad. So either it was defective or the dealership put it in wrong. considering they damaged the CV axle when they put it in, I'm betting it was the latter. Gonna be over $430 to get the new wheelbearing put in and another $150 for alignment. While I was kvetching about how lousy that dealership was, a customer behind me recommended a better shop down in Lake Charles. Said they do good work & don't jerk people around. Need transmission flush, fender adjustment/diagnosis (see if it is put on right), new fender liner put on, DRL reconnected/fixed, possibly need new bulb. And get the tailgate fixed so it opens properly. That might take another $200. The transmission fluid flush is about $310. $85 for diagnosing stuff if they don't fix it. If they fix it they don't charge for diagnosis. And I might have to temporarily rent a vehicle to use.

Anyway, I'm back home now and resting. The truck repairs are expensive but necessary.