Circuit Detectors and other Secrets of the Trade

Thursday. Sunny for the moment, though I'm told that will change.

Breakfast was cottage cheese and pineapple, since I haven't been to the grocery, and I had a can of pineapple. Lunch? God, She knows.

I have one estimate in from a contractor, which I need to review, oh, after the plumber comes and does his thing. And! he has just called to assure me that he's on the way.

The cats are locked in Steve's Wing. Union Rep Talizea Kennebec informs me that they will be Writing Me Up for repeated, cruel and unjustified confinements, and that I can expect a personal call from the committeecat. Well. I always enjoy chatting with the committeecat. While I'm at it, let me just say that I'm very impressed with the ... ardor with which Tali has taken to her role as Union Rep. She is stern, but fair, and she hardly ever falls asleep before the second of the triplicate copies is complete.

Also on today's schedule is reassembling the ice maker to see if it has thawed and is now working, or if, in fact, I need a Whole New Ice Maker, which I suspect will Cost the Earth. Possibly, I will do without, if I'm not doing harm to the rest of the unit by depriving it of an expected component. I did learn yesterday that mine is one of "oldies" that doesn't have a computer board, so -- yay?

And -- plumbers have arrived.

To be continued.
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I have not yet learned any new words, and to their credit, the plumbers -- one certified, one 'prentice -- both understood the reference to the escape of the magic smoke.

Balancing the lack of new words, I have seen a New Device! A Circuit Detector. Which works like a Geiger Counter and was in the case extremely useful, because the switch in the box labeled DISHWASHER, did not in fact turn off the juice to the dishwasher. The switch labeled DISPOSAL does that. Naturally.

Also! The plumbers have taken charge of the old dishwasher so Josh and his crew do not have to make an extra trip today, and so I have informed the home office.

The new machine now goes in.

To be continued. This is exciting.
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While we're waiting for the installation lesson to finish (including the instruction, "Now, this is against the Man Code, but our contract says that we will install appliances according to manufacturer's instructions. That means you need to read this booklet." And also the story about how we make sure the wires are grounded before we push the machine into its slot, in which the master acknowledged having done a short cut at one point, because it had been a while since he'd done something stupid, and he decided he was too busy to check the grounding, the wire sparked, and "yeah, my arm kinda tingled.")

While we're waiting, I say, I will note that (1) The Fey Duology preorders are up to 10 books, from Apple, and (2) If anyone would like to review Liaden Universe® Constellation 6, especially on Amazon, I'd take it kindly. If it gets enough reviews, Amazon will even exert itself to promote the title (I know; but I don't make the rules), and that might mean new readers. (2a) While you're there, if you're taken with the urge to review any other Liaden book, no matter how old, that will let people know that the title is still live, and that they can buy and read it, too.

Spanish Aunts.
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And the plumbers withdraw, having checked their work and turned on everything they had turned off. I have made a note to alter the tab in the electrical box from DISPOSAL to DISHWASHER.

This dishwasher is going to take some getting used to. The old dishwasher had a panel on the front. The controls for this one are on the top of the door, so you set everything, then close the door.

Well. Now I will let the cats out of Durance Vile, and put the house back together, including all the Stuff that came out from under the sink.
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Thinking more on the icemaker:  If it doesn't work, I'll just turn it off, and dump the cubes I make with the ice cub trays into the ice-catch, since the ice cube delivery system on the door still works.  Since there is an off-switch, I'm guessing that the rest of the fridge will keep on doing its thing.  Which is to say, the lack of an active ice maker in the loop will not function like the lack of cyan when I want to print something in black-and-white.

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I was reminded yesterday, when I mentioned embroidering jeans, that I had failed of sharing a picture of my completed Flower Power shirt. I herewith amend that error:

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