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==Plans== | ==Plans== | ||
* Guess we need to do a Costco run today? Eggs seem to be the main thing... | * Guess we need to do a Costco run today? Eggs seem to be the main thing... | ||
* Hopefully I will feel motivated again at some point to resume trying to use the big snake. Probably shouldn't do it before we've done the dishes, though... but then I don't know if I'd want to do it while the dishwasher is running, because that might randomly dump a bunch of water out which I'd have to catch in a bucket or something. Maybe just wait until that's done. | * Hopefully I will feel motivated again at some point to resume trying to use the big snake. Probably shouldn't do it before we've done the dishes, though... but then I don't know if I'd want to do it while the dishwasher is running, because that might randomly dump a bunch of water out which I'd have to catch in a bucket or something. Maybe just wait until that's done. | ||
** Turns out Harena wasn't running the dishwasher today, so I just needed to wait until everyone was done making breakfast. | |||
* (Kestracel postponed.) | * (Kestracel postponed.) | ||
* The check actually did deposit, finally -- so need to pay taxes. | * The check actually did deposit, finally -- so need to pay taxes. | ||
** The Liberapay donations for TootCat also came in -- a lot less than December, but still a good increase from pre-Twitterfall. Between that and Patreon, my Digital Ocean bill is covered and then a bit more. (Still, scaling back DigOc operations in some way would probably be good.) | |||
* Need to arrange to pick up regular monthly check which normally would have happened on the 1st, because I'll need to start paying regular bills on the 5th. | * Need to arrange to pick up regular monthly check which normally would have happened on the 1st, because I'll need to start paying regular bills on the 5th. | ||
==Actuality== | |||
* Paid taxes. Yay. | |||
* Replaced Costco run with an emergency Food Lion run (mainly eggs, but I also got peanuts). | |||
* Got H's new-used Win10 PC (dropped off by Reddawg99 2 nights ago in a surprise visit) set up. | |||
* And then there was the plumbing. | |||
===The PC=== | |||
For {{l/inv|RD9901|eventual inventorying}}: | |||
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File:20230103_121145.Windows key.crop.jpg | |||
File:20230103_121226.jpg | |||
File:20230103_121235.jpg | |||
File:20230103_131838.win10pc front.crop.jpg | |||
</gallery> | |||
===The Plumbing=== | |||
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File:20230103_135811.jpg | about to snake the kitchen drain | |||
File:20230103_140708.jpg | U-joint thingy removed; dunno why the white L-shaped pipe can't be removed too, but I didn't want to break anything | |||
File:20230103_150734.jpg | Unfortunately, the snake just went up the standpipe. This is what happened last time. | |||
File:20230103_152213.jpg | ...and got tangled up in vines, so I had to climb up to untangle it. | |||
File:20230103_152223.jpg | [https://toot.cat/@woozle/109627238274003473 It's a long way down.] | |||
File:20230103_152519.jpg | Right next to the power mains, too. So convenient. I only accidentally touched it ''once''! | |||
File:20230103_152523.jpg | At least the base of the ladder is on a firm surface, for a change. | |||
File:20230103_152628.jpg | This is fine. (I climbed down and moved it... closer to the power line, of course.) | |||
File:20230103_152914.jpg | christmas cactus blooming in the window -- clearly we need a ChristmasCactusCam to keep an eye on it | |||
</gallery> | |||
....and then I tried [https://toot.cat/@woozle/109627713309910180 going in through the laundry room drain], but apparently the snake has some kind of tangle inside the barrel, so I couldn't use the full length. I can't decide if it's worth trying the shorter, manual snake there... may do it anyway, just to be thorough, but only if I have the energy. This took most of the day, and required multiple pauses to rest. I was afraid for a bit that I'd overdone it and was going to get a headache; it feels a bit less like that now, but overnight will be the real test. | |||
Latest revision as of 21:56, 4 January 2023
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Tuesday, January 3, 2023 (#3)
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Plans
- Guess we need to do a Costco run today? Eggs seem to be the main thing...
- Hopefully I will feel motivated again at some point to resume trying to use the big snake. Probably shouldn't do it before we've done the dishes, though... but then I don't know if I'd want to do it while the dishwasher is running, because that might randomly dump a bunch of water out which I'd have to catch in a bucket or something. Maybe just wait until that's done.
- Turns out Harena wasn't running the dishwasher today, so I just needed to wait until everyone was done making breakfast.
- (Kestracel postponed.)
- The check actually did deposit, finally -- so need to pay taxes.
- The Liberapay donations for TootCat also came in -- a lot less than December, but still a good increase from pre-Twitterfall. Between that and Patreon, my Digital Ocean bill is covered and then a bit more. (Still, scaling back DigOc operations in some way would probably be good.)
- Need to arrange to pick up regular monthly check which normally would have happened on the 1st, because I'll need to start paying regular bills on the 5th.
Actuality
- Paid taxes. Yay.
- Replaced Costco run with an emergency Food Lion run (mainly eggs, but I also got peanuts).
- Got H's new-used Win10 PC (dropped off by Reddawg99 2 nights ago in a surprise visit) set up.
- And then there was the plumbing.
The PC
The Plumbing
about to snake the kitchen drain
U-joint thingy removed; dunno why the white L-shaped pipe can't be removed too, but I didn't want to break anything
Unfortunately, the snake just went up the standpipe. This is what happened last time.
...and got tangled up in vines, so I had to climb up to untangle it.
Right next to the power mains, too. So convenient. I only accidentally touched it once!
At least the base of the ladder is on a firm surface, for a change.
This is fine. (I climbed down and moved it... closer to the power line, of course.)
christmas cactus blooming in the window -- clearly we need a ChristmasCactusCam to keep an eye on it
....and then I tried going in through the laundry room drain, but apparently the snake has some kind of tangle inside the barrel, so I couldn't use the full length. I can't decide if it's worth trying the shorter, manual snake there... may do it anyway, just to be thorough, but only if I have the energy. This took most of the day, and required multiple pauses to rest. I was afraid for a bit that I'd overdone it and was going to get a headache; it feels a bit less like that now, but overnight will be the real test.