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As requested from an IRC chat room
(Note: Nothing to do with the place I live.)
Welcome to "This Damn House" (aka "Why did we move into this shithole")
On today's show, we're going to try and replace the plumbing, which hasn't fucking worked since we moved in... and yes, that means we've been shitting outside. Kim is thinking about making that patch a garden, cause all the grass died, and as soon as we can get past the smell of Kenny's toxic-taco dump, we might just do that.
Also, we are going to be cleaning out the basement, which will require the use of a gas mask, several trash bags, and a shovel or two, as the fucking landlord didn't tell us the basement was the secret small animal graveyard for a five block radius. I really hope those are all just squirrels...
None of the lightswitches work what they are supposed to... you turn on the bathroom lights, and fuck, that activates the damn garbage disposal. We tried to fix that once... and by we I mean Mark, and he's getting out of the hospital tomorrow, with only minor burns. So like any of us are going to mess with that now...
And the roof has mostly stopped leaking, but I think that's because the insulation fire melted a patch. No one wants to go up and check because we have one ladder and it's only got three rungs.
Well, time to get to work... and remember to carry medical insurance when repairing "This Damn House"
Welcome to "This Damn House" (aka "Why did we move into this shithole")
On today's show, we're going to try and replace the plumbing, which hasn't fucking worked since we moved in... and yes, that means we've been shitting outside. Kim is thinking about making that patch a garden, cause all the grass died, and as soon as we can get past the smell of Kenny's toxic-taco dump, we might just do that.
Also, we are going to be cleaning out the basement, which will require the use of a gas mask, several trash bags, and a shovel or two, as the fucking landlord didn't tell us the basement was the secret small animal graveyard for a five block radius. I really hope those are all just squirrels...
None of the lightswitches work what they are supposed to... you turn on the bathroom lights, and fuck, that activates the damn garbage disposal. We tried to fix that once... and by we I mean Mark, and he's getting out of the hospital tomorrow, with only minor burns. So like any of us are going to mess with that now...
And the roof has mostly stopped leaking, but I think that's because the insulation fire melted a patch. No one wants to go up and check because we have one ladder and it's only got three rungs.
Well, time to get to work... and remember to carry medical insurance when repairing "This Damn House"
Funny...
EGearman
Re: Funny...
Next week...
Mark goes back to the hospital after crashing through the upstairs bathroom into the room below. It seems that a slow but persistant leak in the toliet had weakened the supports to the point of breaking. Fortunately, the toilet bowl did survive the eight foot drop (landing on Mark probably helped), so it can be reused in our new outdoor bathroom, along with the salvaged shower curtain as a privacy screen.
We did have an insurance inspector come around, but his findings were inconclusive after the porch fell on him, so it looks like we are all still covered, including the inspector.
Kenny found that the stove wasn't wired correctly when he tried making baked cheese and mushroom enchiladeas, but on the plus side we now have plenty of activated charcoal for the garden.
We can now move from one end of the basement to the other, though it does require being on hands and knees for the last bit. We think there is some sort of open gas line down there due to the fact that we keep finding complete skeletons of various small rodents and Kim says she feels dizzy down there. Work can really begin once we get the entire area cleared out and bring in a priest to bless the area just as a precaution.
The ladder is down to two rungs as Mark, before his previously mentioned plummet, tried to fix the window outside the master bedroom. We now have a good breeze going through the house which is helping carry some of the smells out, but the rain streaming through has caused the carpet to sprout mushrooms.