We all have embarrassing moments, and I've certainly had my share.
I had surgery on my nose a week back, and cannot bend at the waist
or pick anything up for a couple weeks. That's harder to comply
with than you'd think, but I do my best. The other day, I was at
the kitchen sink and noticed a large puddle of water by the
dishwasher. As I was rinsing dishes, it grew even larger. Our
sink faucet is one of the types with the pull-our head, rather
than one with a separate dish rinsing hose.

I shut everything down and asked a family member to look under the
sink for the leak: presumably in the drain line or disposal
attachment. She cleaned everything out, mopped up the base,
toweled the surface dry and used a flashlight to try locating the
leak. We ran water and the flood returned. The closest she could
tell me was that it originated somewhere "back and up high," and
appeared only when we were running the faucet. Being a pessimist
and having a sore nose anyway, I decided to just leave it for the
next morning.

In the meantime, my neighbor came by to see how I was doing and I
griped to him about the sink leaking. I told him I was betting
that the flex hose between the faucet and pull-out head was broken
and he agreed with the diagnosis. We even made plans to rip the
whole darned thing out the next morning and to just slap in a new
faucet. THEN, the smart-a** pulled the wand out a few inches and
told me to turn on the water. It sprayed everywhere.

Unlike a normal run of bad luck, all that had happened was the
threaded connection between the hose and the faucet head was
loose. I couple turns by hand, followed by a tweaking with pliers
had the whole mess fixed in a few minutes, with no big project the
next day. That kind of good luck NEVER happens. . . and when it
did, it had to happen in front of my best friend and neighbor, who
is now telling anyone who'll listen how he had to show me how to
find a leak.

--
Nonny
On most days,
it's just not worth
the effort of chewing
through the restraints..

On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:25:52 -0700, "Nonny" wrote:

Unlike a normal run of bad luck, all that had happened was the
threaded connection between the hose and the faucet head was
loose. I couple turns by hand, followed by a tweaking with pliers
had the whole mess fixed in a few minutes, with no big project the
next day. That kind of good luck NEVER happens. . . and when it
did, it had to happen in front of my best friend and neighbor, who
is now telling anyone who'll listen how he had to show me how to
find a leak.

Be happy, don't worry!

He gets a grin and you don't have a leak under the sink.

I find small drip leaks by placing paper towels in the suspect area.

Small drips show the water mark on paper and the direction water drips
from. Easy to locate a minor leak.

Oren wrote:
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:25:52 -0700, "Nonny" wrote:

Unlike a normal run of bad luck, all that had happened was the
threaded connection between the hose and the faucet head was
loose. I couple turns by hand, followed by a tweaking with pliers
had the whole mess fixed in a few minutes, with no big project the
next day. That kind of good luck NEVER happens. . . and when it
did, it had to happen in front of my best friend and neighbor, who
is now telling anyone who'll listen how he had to show me how to
find a leak.

Be happy, don't worry!

He gets a grin and you don't have a leak under the sink.

I find small drip leaks by placing paper towels in the suspect area.

Small drips show the water mark on paper and the direction water drips
from. Easy to locate a minor leak.

They are the worst! I should not say this! I've not had one for 20 years in
this house but have in the past. Whether they are in vertical or horizontal
piping, they're though to find!

"Nonny" wrote in message
...
We all have embarrassing moments, and I've certainly had my share. I had
surgery on my nose a week back, and cannot bend at the waist or pick
anything up for a couple weeks. That's harder to comply with than you'd
think, but I do my best. The other day, I was at the kitchen sink and
noticed a large puddle of water by the dishwasher. As I was rinsing
dishes, it grew even larger. Our sink faucet is one of the types with the
pull-our head, rather than one with a separate dish rinsing hose.

I shut everything down and asked a family member to look under the sink
for the leak: presumably in the drain line or disposal attachment. She
cleaned everything out, mopped up the base, toweled the surface dry and
used a flashlight to try locating the leak. We ran water and the flood
returned. The closest she could tell me was that it originated somewhere
"back and up high," and appeared only when we were running the faucet.
Being a pessimist and having a sore nose anyway, I decided to just leave
it for the next morning.

In the meantime, my neighbor came by to see how I was doing and I griped
to him about the sink leaking. I told him I was betting that the flex
hose between the faucet and pull-out head was broken and he agreed with
the diagnosis. We even made plans to rip the whole darned thing out the
next morning and to just slap in a new faucet. THEN, the smart-a** pulled
the wand out a few inches and told me to turn on the water. It sprayed
everywhere.

Unlike a normal run of bad luck, all that had happened was the threaded
connection between the hose and the faucet head was loose. I couple turns
by hand, followed by a tweaking with pliers had the whole mess fixed in a
few minutes, with no big project the next day. That kind of good luck
NEVER happens. . . and when it did, it had to happen in front of my best
friend and neighbor, who is now telling anyone who'll listen how he had to
show me how to find a leak.

--
Nonny
On most days,
it's just not worth
the effort of chewing
through the restraints..

I have more stories than there are space here to cite situations where the
obvious was the culprit, and a two second common sense fix saved the day.
But I DID learn from those moments, and now eliminate the obvious first. To
me, it's really a conceit issue. I want it to be something deep and
mysterious for me to solve. Anyone can tighten a nut.

Steve

visit my site http://cabgbypasssurgery.com watch for the book

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

On Apr 29, 3:25*pm, "Nonny" wrote:
We all have embarrassing moments, and I've certainly had my share.
I had surgery on my nose a week back, and cannot bend at the waist
or pick anything up for a couple weeks. *That's harder to comply
with than you'd think, but I do my best. *The other day, I was at
the kitchen sink and noticed a large puddle of water by the
dishwasher. *As I was rinsing dishes, it grew even larger. *Our
sink faucet is one of the types with the pull-our head, rather
than one with a separate dish rinsing hose.

I shut everything down and asked a family member to look under the
sink for the leak: presumably in the drain line or disposal
attachment. *She cleaned everything out, mopped up the base,
toweled the surface dry and used a flashlight to try locating the
leak. *We ran water and the flood returned. *The closest she could
tell me was that it originated somewhere "back and up high," and
appeared only when we were running the faucet. *Being a pessimist
and having a sore nose anyway, I decided to just leave it for the
next morning.

In the meantime, my neighbor came by to see how I was doing and I
griped to him about the sink leaking. *I told him I was betting
that the flex hose between the faucet and pull-out head was broken
and he agreed with the diagnosis. *We even made plans to rip the
whole darned thing out the next morning and to just slap in a new
faucet. *THEN, the smart-a** pulled the wand out a few inches and
told me to turn on the water. *It sprayed everywhere.

Unlike a normal run of bad luck, all that had happened was the
threaded connection between the hose and the faucet head was
loose. *I couple turns by hand, followed by a tweaking with pliers
had the whole mess fixed in a few minutes, with no big project the
next day. *That kind of good luck NEVER happens. . . and when it
did, it had to happen in front of my best friend and neighbor, who
is now telling anyone who'll listen how he had to show me how to
find a leak.

--
Nonny
On most days,
it's just not worth
the effort of chewing
through the restraints..

My advice: Stop messing around with Chinese plastic and get this:

http://www.google.com/products/catal...cQ8wIwADg A#p

"Nonny" wrote in message
...
snip
In the meantime, my neighbor came by THEN, the smart-a** pulled the wand
out a few inches and told me to turn on the water. It sprayed everywhere.
snip

Sounds like the neighbor is a "smart guy", not a smart-a**

"Steve N." wrote in message
...

"Nonny" wrote in message
...
snip
In the meantime, my neighbor came by THEN, the smart-a**
pulled the wand out a few inches and told me to turn on the
water. It sprayed everywhere.
snip

Sounds like the neighbor is a "smart guy", not a smart-a**


Yeah, but don't tell him I said so. Grin

--
Nonny
On most days,
it’s just not worth
the effort of chewing
through the restraints..