Sarameg
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I just noticed they wrote flow vectors on the new pipes.🤩
(I did that on my non-heat plumbing early after moving in, to figure out dead lines & just…to understand.)
(I did that on my non-heat plumbing early after moving in, to figure out dead lines & just…to understand.)
November 13, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I just noticed they wrote flow vectors on the new pipes.🤩
(I did that on my non-heat plumbing early after moving in, to figure out dead lines & just…to understand.)
(I did that on my non-heat plumbing early after moving in, to figure out dead lines & just…to understand.)
I appreciate a plumber who calls me down to inspect the work with “I think you’ll like it, shiny copper and we can nerd out.”
(She knows I like copper pipery AND will want an explanation of how it all works.)
(She knows I like copper pipery AND will want an explanation of how it all works.)
November 13, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I appreciate a plumber who calls me down to inspect the work with “I think you’ll like it, shiny copper and we can nerd out.”
(She knows I like copper pipery AND will want an explanation of how it all works.)
(She knows I like copper pipery AND will want an explanation of how it all works.)
It’s also a LOT quieter 🤫
November 12, 2025 at 10:12 PM
It’s also a LOT quieter 🤫
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ICE is at the Waverly Giant, Baltimore friends. Beware.
November 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
ICE is at the Waverly Giant, Baltimore friends. Beware.
I’m pretty sure the kittens are not coming out from under the bed anytime soon. Pumpkin, meanwhile, is calmly eating while the whole house vibrates & I can’t hear my meeting over the roar.
November 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I’m pretty sure the kittens are not coming out from under the bed anytime soon. Pumpkin, meanwhile, is calmly eating while the whole house vibrates & I can’t hear my meeting over the roar.
When my dad was on sabbatical in the early 90s, he lived at a solar observatory near his (non solar) telescope site. The cable tv provided to housing included a channel that was a feed of the sun from the primary telescope.
November 12, 2025 at 2:50 AM
When my dad was on sabbatical in the early 90s, he lived at a solar observatory near his (non solar) telescope site. The cable tv provided to housing included a channel that was a feed of the sun from the primary telescope.
I’ll admit, I’m excited. Not over the cost, but over getting one looming concern over not-quite-broken-yet thing fixed.
Plus, this particular lead plumber is more than happy to let me peek & explain how things work. She leaves me more informed & doesn’t make me feel dumb for asking.⭐️
Plus, this particular lead plumber is more than happy to let me peek & explain how things work. She leaves me more informed & doesn’t make me feel dumb for asking.⭐️
November 12, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I’ll admit, I’m excited. Not over the cost, but over getting one looming concern over not-quite-broken-yet thing fixed.
Plus, this particular lead plumber is more than happy to let me peek & explain how things work. She leaves me more informed & doesn’t make me feel dumb for asking.⭐️
Plus, this particular lead plumber is more than happy to let me peek & explain how things work. She leaves me more informed & doesn’t make me feel dumb for asking.⭐️
Tomorrow’s plan: up at 6, turn off heat, fill bottles/pitcher with my normal drinking water consumption. Shower, do morning’s dishes, locate neighbor’s keys & brace for plumbers.
November 12, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Tomorrow’s plan: up at 6, turn off heat, fill bottles/pitcher with my normal drinking water consumption. Shower, do morning’s dishes, locate neighbor’s keys & brace for plumbers.
I think the USPS guy was a little startled by my enthusiasm today, ripping open the door before he’d gotten down the steps.
But I got a grin when I shouted he’d just delivered a heated blanket.
But I got a grin when I shouted he’d just delivered a heated blanket.
November 12, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I think the USPS guy was a little startled by my enthusiasm today, ripping open the door before he’d gotten down the steps.
But I got a grin when I shouted he’d just delivered a heated blanket.
But I got a grin when I shouted he’d just delivered a heated blanket.
Oh right, no trash pickup today.
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Oh right, no trash pickup today.
Pumpkin & Maple are heat drunk on the radiators. We’ll see who abandons them & curls up on me tonight. They stay warm for quite a while.
November 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Pumpkin & Maple are heat drunk on the radiators. We’ll see who abandons them & curls up on me tonight. They stay warm for quite a while.
Maple just discovered downstairs radiators are hot! Note she has one paw tucked under the pillow against the radiator & one above. She remembers how to regulate.
November 11, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Maple just discovered downstairs radiators are hot! Note she has one paw tucked under the pillow against the radiator & one above. She remembers how to regulate.
Having the water off during the boiler plumbing will be FUN! I’ll go next door for water&toilet, but Pumpkin is gonna SCREAM about not having faucet privileges. But I don’t think she’ll cooperate if I carry her over there. Will be distracted by exploring.
November 11, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Having the water off during the boiler plumbing will be FUN! I’ll go next door for water&toilet, but Pumpkin is gonna SCREAM about not having faucet privileges. But I don’t think she’ll cooperate if I carry her over there. Will be distracted by exploring.
Ok, so technically I turned the heat on. Just priming, a couple hours. And yeah, I’m really glad I got the plumber in because the fill valve is definitely leaking on the regular now (just was in long runs end of last winter. I do need to bleed the rads, but no point now. Refill on weds.)
November 11, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Ok, so technically I turned the heat on. Just priming, a couple hours. And yeah, I’m really glad I got the plumber in because the fill valve is definitely leaking on the regular now (just was in long runs end of last winter. I do need to bleed the rads, but no point now. Refill on weds.)
My summer internship was at Lowell. I used to eat my lunch on the steps of the Lowell mausoleum. (& I grew up knowing Clyde & Patsy Tombaugh personally. He discovered Pluto at Lowell.) ☹️
Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory plans to cut nearly all its research funding and reduce the number of paid science staff to just two positions next year.
Lowell Observatory slashes research funding in the midst of financial struggle
Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory plans to cut nearly all its research funding and reduce the number of paid science staff to just two positions next year.
buff.ly
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
My summer internship was at Lowell. I used to eat my lunch on the steps of the Lowell mausoleum. (& I grew up knowing Clyde & Patsy Tombaugh personally. He discovered Pluto at Lowell.) ☹️
I spent 15 min this am decanting 2 bottles of unpumpable lotion dregs into a 3rd & that was 8 oz worth. Design is so deliberately wasteful.
November 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I spent 15 min this am decanting 2 bottles of unpumpable lotion dregs into a 3rd & that was 8 oz worth. Design is so deliberately wasteful.
I went to ikea for nonslip rug underlays(seriously best price locally,) also got dill mustard and gingerbread mini cinnamon rolls.
November 10, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I went to ikea for nonslip rug underlays(seriously best price locally,) also got dill mustard and gingerbread mini cinnamon rolls.
Maple’s in a new spot tonight! Downstairs!
(Seriously a sign of cold weather coming even though the house is warmest it’s been in days; Maple hanging out downstairs.)
(Seriously a sign of cold weather coming even though the house is warmest it’s been in days; Maple hanging out downstairs.)
November 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Maple’s in a new spot tonight! Downstairs!
(Seriously a sign of cold weather coming even though the house is warmest it’s been in days; Maple hanging out downstairs.)
(Seriously a sign of cold weather coming even though the house is warmest it’s been in days; Maple hanging out downstairs.)
Sinus barometer going off. Going to be a painful week, I think.
And weds is going to be LOUD(plumbing work.)
And weds is going to be LOUD(plumbing work.)
November 10, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Sinus barometer going off. Going to be a painful week, I think.
And weds is going to be LOUD(plumbing work.)
And weds is going to be LOUD(plumbing work.)