My moustache tastes like cinnamon

[randy_byers]

I was awakened at 6am this morning by a hideous hissing noise that pretty quickly identified itself as having to do with plumbing. I stumbled out of bed and out of my room to find water pouring on the floor by the furnace, seemingly coming out of the furnace ductwork. I brilliantly concluded that there was a leak somewhere. I stumbled to the shut-off valve at the side of the basement, found the lug wrench sitting nearby, and used the wrench to hammer the valve shut.

It's Sunday, so we won't be able to get it fixed until tomorrow. Thus I find myself living in one of those disaster novels where you find out all the things you need running water for. For example, I couldn't make myself a pot of coffee, so I went to ETG to buy a luxury latte. The cinnamon rolls looked delicious, so I got one of those, too. Now my moustache is sticky from the roll, and I have no way to wash. (Well, except for the neighbor's place, which I've just taken advantage of, so now my moustache tastes like soap.)

The water came down between two different piles of boxed books that we're storing for two different friends. There was no damage, thank goodness, because we have the boxes on cinder blocks. However, I have now located the leaky pipe, and I've realized that I'll probably have to move a whole bunch of friend-stuff before the plumber replaces it. Fuck. It runs through my bedroom, too, right over two bookcases. Oh, the vanity of worldly goods!

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[numbat.livejournal.com]

The last time something went wrong with my water supply (something went wrong with the mains rather than my inside plumbing thankfully) I didn't suffer from a shortage of water as I had been extremely cunning. Because I live by myself and as often as not eat at work my refrigerator isn't what you would call jam packed. The freezer is usually no more than quarter full so in order to minimise the amount of power the fridge uses to keep the freezer section at the right temperature I store a number of two litre plastic milk bottles filled with water in there. Of course this also means that even with the temporary loss of water from the taps I still have access to 20 litres of (admittedly frozen) water. This was a welcome if unplanned benefit. Sure did beat drinking out of the toilet.

[daveon.livejournal.com]

Werid - exactly the same thing happened to us. Packed a very very disgruntled and angry M off to London this morning after she had to wash using water boiled in the kettle.

The boiler seems to be out problem, rather than the water supply. But I could do with a shower now.

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

You and me both! Must stay downwind from everybody for now ...