tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632928765983902491.post6577301522947645454..comments2023-05-31T08:13:57.522-06:00Comments on The Ultimate Answer to Kings: It's the little things.Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03442354270552212335noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632928765983902491.post-62620790531513970252012-03-14T01:31:29.333-06:002012-03-14T01:31:29.333-06:00That's what I like about you, you are resource...That's what I like about you, you are resourceful.<br />I can be too, been good at it for years.<br />One time when I was broke and the only transportation I had was a motorcycle that I had recently wrecked yet again, I cast around and found an alternator bracket from an old chevy and spent several hours turning it into a clutch handle.<br />It worked great.<br /><br />Sometimes "pound it to fit and paint it to match" is your only option.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15695733883033137146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632928765983902491.post-30124265111871335692012-03-09T13:22:58.226-07:002012-03-09T13:22:58.226-07:00Joel I feel your pain since I live out in the stic...Joel I feel your pain since I live out in the sticks. One thing I am able to do is whenever I order a part for something that I know is special order and critical I get a spair. I know that may not be an option for you but if the part is critical enough you will find a way to do that. Things that make evacuating your lower tract easy are critical in my book.<br /><br />BTW... back around Y2K we were building our home and I ordered a set of taps for our claw foot tub and of course they were special order... After a month the taps arrived and were not what was ordered. So we sent them back and looked elsewhere and found a replacement tap and took it home only to find there were no pickup tubes in the package. Back I go to the store (30 miles each way) only to be told that the pickup tubes for the in stock taps were special order and will take 4 to 6 weeks. Yep I feel your pain! <br /><br />MJRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632928765983902491.post-67071892383906481072012-03-09T13:08:28.039-07:002012-03-09T13:08:28.039-07:00Glad you had the spare, Joel. I've lived out t...Glad you had the spare, Joel. I've lived out that far many times. :(<br /><br />The ones I hate are those showing no obvious signs of malfunction... My water use went from 2,000 gallons up to 12,000 and I was in a panic because I couldn't figure out where the water was going. The guy at the hardware store said that was usually a very small leak in the toilet somewhere.. so I replaced all the guts in it and water use is back to normal. Never could detect any leak, but it was there.MamaLibertyhttp://www.thepriceofliberty.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632928765983902491.post-73083375238880694952012-03-09T06:42:01.475-07:002012-03-09T06:42:01.475-07:00Maybe you could carve one out of wood ? Okay, jus...Maybe you could carve one out of wood ? Okay, just trying to be funny, that situation does sound pretty serious when you are waaay the hell off the sidewalks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632928765983902491.post-34452341426717674502012-03-08T16:05:07.154-07:002012-03-08T16:05:07.154-07:00If you'd routed your plumbing more creatively ...If you'd routed your plumbing more creatively those moat sharks could be auto-fed.LJHnoreply@blogger.com