One of the things that happens when you haven't showered in three days is you write a blog about it.
Look, it sure beats doing three days' worth of dishes without hot water ....
Today is the much anticipated Switchover Day, when our newly installed gas burner will be connected to our newly connected gas line. I am grateful to be moving out of the Transition Age, when we were without heat or hot water for two whole days.
BTW, I'm adding Central Heating to my List of Things I Am Thankful For this year ....
... Rocket Scientist is so excited he could hardly sleep last night. I don't get it. Sure, I'm also looking forward to winters when I don't have to dig a trench through the snow for the oil truck. (In fact, that's about the only thing I'm looking forward to regarding winter.) But I can think of several activities more entertaining than poring over the manual to a gas burner or counting the number of solenoids on the new unit (even though he gets to use his favorite flashlight). An exploded parts diagram would put me to sleep, not keep me up ....
Maybe his reaction shouldn't be such a surprise seeing as how he's worked with furnaces in much of his career ....
Nah, I still don't get it. The heat comes out of some vent thingies connected to some pipe thingies connected to a big metal box which contains many mysterious thingies which are connected to some pipe thingies connected to a fuel source, am I right? The idea is to have as clean and cheap a fuel as you can, right?
Don't bother me with some unimportant details like The Science, The Mechanics, or The Process, please! Just gimme hot water.
To all you Rocket Scientists out there, go ahead and extract all the fun you can out of infrastructure changes. Take photos and post them on your Facebook page. Start your own chat room. Launch a Help line. Film a reality show. I dedicate this post to every one of you who cares about these thingies so I don't have to.
However, when it comes to installing a Burner-Cam -- I'm putting my filthy, frozen foot down ....
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Hahahahha...as usual, great post. I didn't know you were going "without"! You should have come over and showered HERE! I love to be able to return favors. Glad it's worked out because girl, I've BEEN there, and just recently too!
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