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Sure lady, I'll fix your plumbing.

Or how Hyperborean Wanderer got my pipes fixed for free

June 6, 2006 3:29:01 PM from JoeUser ForumsJoeUser Forums
So back at the begining of this project, I decided that since the wall was down, I might as well raise the showerhead 5 or 6 inches.

See, the issue is, my DH, HW is 6'3''. I'm 5'6''. The shower was short even for me. So I figured that this could be a good Father's Day present, even though he wouldn't be home to see it.

I do NOT want to burn the house down, so welding indoors is out of the question. So I'm off to call a plumber.

He seemed really nice. He was polite and up front about the fact that the minimum charge was $88....but it would only take 10 minutes of work. Ohhh, ouch. But this is for my husband, whom I adore and want to do something nice for. (and no, new headers for the goat are out of the question)

So as he is getting his parts out of the truck, I opened the garage.

He stopped.

He stared.

He practically drooled.

Not at me. Oh no.

At my DH's 1969 GTO.




Kenneth then spent 20 min talking about how cool my husband's car was, his car, what improvements he wants to make to his car, the car he really wants to get etc etc etc

He spent 8 min cutting the pipe and soddering the extension on.

He then spent 10 more min rehashing how cool GTOs are.

I just nodded and smiled and threw out a few car comments. (I'm no mechanic but I can fake my way through a car conversation....after all I am married to HW)

When I went to pay, he just smiled and said that it wasn't enough work to charge for and to have a nice day.

I suspect that if I had not opened the garage...I would have paid full price.

Thanks HW!
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Reply #1 June 6, 2006 3:48:01 PM
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I can totally understand why he didn't charge. Ah even a Judge So beautiful. I went over to work for a guy who had sweet vette that I did the work for free just to hear it run. It was SO WORTH IT!
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Reply #2 June 6, 2006 3:51:32 PM
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Now that is a great story!
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Reply #3 June 6, 2006 4:02:59 PM
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HAHAHAHA

Woman you are too much!

Why doesn't that stuff EVER happen to me?  Plumbers are outrageous!

That is a great story.

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Reply #4 June 6, 2006 4:03:51 PM
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nice to see someone with a heart.
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Reply #5 June 6, 2006 4:06:30 PM
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Actually, It's not a Judge. Sorry about that. He WANTS a Judge. My bad.
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Reply #6 June 6, 2006 5:23:28 PM
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Can I borrow your car?
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Reply #7 June 7, 2006 7:53:00 AM
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Can I borrow your car?


My husband won't let ME drive it. What makes you think I'l let you have a turn before me?

Actually, to be fair, he did let me drive it one time for 5 min and nagged me the entire time. I never got to take it abouve 35. sigh. That was when I got my Audie Murphy Award and it was the one and only time.

Even when I gave him a SON to carry on his name....he refused to let me drive. Sigh.
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Reply #8 June 7, 2006 1:09:32 PM
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My husband won't let ME drive it.


I don't 'need' to drive it. I love listening to the roar of the old muscle. Something that cannot be duplicated. My favorite scene in Fast and Furious is the supra vs the charger and watching the chasis twist under the torque load. so beautiful. but no speakers can do the real sound justice either.
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