da man.
i just fixed my fucking toilet.
i would have been done with it hours ago (literally hours ago) if not for this one fucking nut on the fucking thing. it was on there tighter than shit. nothing i did would take it off. cos the fucking thing is about a quarter inch thick. and i couldn't get anything to grip it. channel locks, pliers, a crescent wrench, nothing.
i was ready to do my impersonation of Hulk and SMASH the fucking thing to pieces. wouldn't solve the problem, but i'd have damn sure felt better.
the parental unit, wise woman that she is, said let's look at tips on this one site on the internet.it suggested penetrating oil. so off to Lowe's i went. asked a nice man in the plumbing department about penetrating oil. he said Liquid Wrench and directed me to the tools section. couldn't find the shit.
just as another nice lady was offering her assistance, i found the rack with the Liquid Wrench and WD-40. because she was standing in front of it.
so i brought this little bottle of stuff home and did my best to slather it onto this nut because... underneath the tank. literally up against the tank. talk about fun. two applications later, i am in possession of a fully functioning toilet once again.
it sucks being the man of the house.
but, for now, i'm da fucking bomb.
...
don't mind me. its been a long day and i'm tired. delirious. i don't know what i'm saying. i'm just happy the damned thing is fixed.
i would have been done with it hours ago (literally hours ago) if not for this one fucking nut on the fucking thing. it was on there tighter than shit. nothing i did would take it off. cos the fucking thing is about a quarter inch thick. and i couldn't get anything to grip it. channel locks, pliers, a crescent wrench, nothing.
i was ready to do my impersonation of Hulk and SMASH the fucking thing to pieces. wouldn't solve the problem, but i'd have damn sure felt better.
the parental unit, wise woman that she is, said let's look at tips on this one site on the internet.it suggested penetrating oil. so off to Lowe's i went. asked a nice man in the plumbing department about penetrating oil. he said Liquid Wrench and directed me to the tools section. couldn't find the shit.
just as another nice lady was offering her assistance, i found the rack with the Liquid Wrench and WD-40. because she was standing in front of it.
so i brought this little bottle of stuff home and did my best to slather it onto this nut because... underneath the tank. literally up against the tank. talk about fun. two applications later, i am in possession of a fully functioning toilet once again.
it sucks being the man of the house.
but, for now, i'm da fucking bomb.
...
don't mind me. its been a long day and i'm tired. delirious. i don't know what i'm saying. i'm just happy the damned thing is fixed.