"jloomis" wrote:

plumbing repairs always, and I mean always, take at least 2 trips to
the hardware....if you are lucky.

john
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I had a job in a hardware store after school week days and
all day on Saturdays.

Saturday was moving day so you could expect to have at least
a couple of folks who would come in, panic on their face and plumbing
fittings in their hands.

These were typically the fittings that when properly connected
would get the gas company to come out and turn on the gas.

Hot showers can be a great motivator.

The smart ones had the starting fitting and the last fitting with
them.

Given those fittings, we could usually solve their problem and get
them
going without a return trip to the store.

That was 60 years ago and doubt the problem or the solution has
changed much.

Lew