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Takes All Day To Heat The Water

Posted by: From Arkansas in Are You Kidding Me?, Family stuff on Apr 27 2008

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Ever heard that one before? We have. Once upon a time, we lived in a smallish trailer park, in a smallish trailer that had the most ridiculous water heater I had ever seen in my life. It would not heat the water for hours after the one person used it to wash dishes or take a shower. So, we got a hold of the landlord who felt that we were exaggerating just a tad. Yeah, that works. In the meanwhile, we also had a major leak in the water line. So, in December, in Missouri, we got to go outside, stand in a pool of half frozen water and turn the water on and off. Ain’t life grand.

Eventually, the landlord’s “repair guy” showed up. Now, he lived out in the wild and had no plumbing. So, he didn’t see what the problem was if we had no water and no decent water heater. It was at this point that I wished we had heard of those tankless water heaters back then because it would have made all the difference in the world. For one thing, no so-called repair guy. Yes, we did have a leak but it was around the water heater so solve one, you solve the other.

Like I said, eventually, the repair guy did repair the situation…..sorta. He fixed the water leak by putting in another water heater. Oh, this one was a peach of a deal. The water heater was set up in the bedroom right next to the bed. Now, I really did not like that at all but the old heater was turned so nothing was aimed at us. BUT, the “repair guy” decided to make life a lot more interesting. The “new” heater was much smaller. It stood just a bit higher than the bed, about a foot or foot and a half. He turned the release valve straight for the bed. My husband decided it would be better for him to sleep right next to it. He was protecting me. And the result if the valve released? My husband would have gotten hit with the blast right in his face.

You have no idea how many camels’ fleas I wished into that guy’s armpits, many more than the original thousand or so. He was a class A jerk. But then, so was the landlord who hired him. There were many more stories but I think you get the picture. Nice.

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