Morgenmuffel for lj idol

[oxymoron67]

I am not a morning person. I'm not really cranky when I wake up, just really stupid

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[drippedonpaper]

Goodness how scary! I keep this weird long thing that is made only to use to turn off water should a plumbing disaster happen. My kids are 15, 18 and 20 and I have shown each of them where the little panel is in the front yard to turn off the water.

I have always feared a disaster like you lived through. How horrifying!

I'm sorry you lost your sci fi collection :( How sad!

My favorite part of this was: " It looked like a tribute to algae. I give the bride credit here: this color was so ugly that it would look bad on everyone,"

I truly wonder sometimes if that is why so many brides pick hideous bridesmaid dresses. To...look better in contrast? It's mindboggling! I was in one wedding and that dress was terrible on me. I believe I donated it to a thrift store at some point.

Your entry was funny/sad. When does a shut off valve break? Wow. Truth is definitely stranger than fiction.

So glad you all lived through this!

[oxymoron67]

The valve broke because this is an old house and it got stuck, so my sister forced it.

[oxymoron67]

Oh, and thank you for the compliments.

I didn't really get scared until it was over. In the middle of it, I was too tired to react, then too busy.

[engarian]

I've gone through eight different basement flooding episodes over the past 25 years none fun. I love how you managed to find that spark of humor at the end - the bridesmaids dresses probably should have been burned long before, but a flood works too - LOL.

- Erulisse (one L)

[bleodswean]

Lol! That will wake up the most die hard morgenmuffel. We had a bathroom flood a few years back and lost an entire wall!

[oxymoron67]

IF it had continued much longer, we probably would have had to replace the kitchen ceiling, because it was like a waterfall in there.

We got very lucky.

[adoptedwriter]

Something similar just happened to my daughter and SIL (HoneyB’s parents). Broken toilet pipe. my SIL came home from work to a scene much like you described. Insurance is covering all but $1000. We’re talking 20 K in damages in todays prices.

[oxymoron67]

Our insurance covered just about everything: I know we had to pay something, but it was less than $1k. I think it was about $400m I think.

I hope the damage in their home was relatively easy to repair.

[viagra]

Wow, what a mess! In our very first week in our first home, my husband and I had to deal with the water backing up in the tub and the bathroom flooding out - thankfully it wasn't too bad, but I can only imagine how crazy it would be to try and shut off the water and then have the shut-off valve break, too!

[beautyofgrey]

What a wild (slightly horrifying) comedy of errors - that would most certainly wake one up! I can imagine my neighbors would need to move after all the expletives I would get through! I'm glad the damage was mostly limited to the basement, water damage in the home is no joke!