Good Tip to Remember

[Monkey Wrench]

This weekend the washer conked out. Wouldn't spin. It was my semi-annual t-shirt washing weekend (I have close to 300 hundred t-shirts) and because I am weird, I like every t-shirt to get its day in the sun, so rather than keep washing and putting them back on top of the stack, I have a special laundry basket I toss them in, then about twice a year or so, I wash 'em.

Anyhow, on the second load late Saturday night and I hear the washer making a ticking noise and it's not spinning. I think, "too many shirts" so I take some out, re-balance the load and the same thing happens. Shake the drum a bit, give it the obligatory smack on the side...nothing. Just the same ticking noise.

So Sunday, after taking the family to Bob Evans (and eating WAY too much) I break the tools out and set to taking the thing apart. Pull the pump out, pull the motor out and BINGO, problem found. Small little coupler-like device that has a rubber grommet around it that attaches the motor to the drum...but that's not important.

Sears actually has the part, so I pick it up today on the way home from work, get it in and, WA-LA! It spins! I'm pretty proud of myself to boot!

So, get the water hoses attached, scoot it back into it's spot, put the t-shirts back in that had been sitting in the wash sink and it picks up on the cycle it was on before it broke.

That's when the, "poop, I knew I forgot something" moment occurred.

As you probably have surmised, dipshit me forgot to put the drain hose back on! Did not find that out until after this sucker went into its second rinse cycle! Water all over the basement (luckily, in the unfinished side).

So, take it from your old friend Monkey Wrench; after wrenching on a washer, MAKE SURE THE STINKIN' DRAIN HOSE IS ATTACHED!


Back to mopping!

 

[Candyman]

DUH!!!

OK, I'm busted, too. Last summer we had one of those quick set pools in our yard. Trying to be environmentally conscious and not dump 1500 gallons of chlorinated water into the lawn, I figured I'd run a hose through the basement window and drain the pool into the standpipe. Unfortunately the pool was a bit downhill of the foundation and I never got the siphon going. So I said to hell with the environment and just vented that puppy into the garden. Then, about an hour later, my girlfriend comes stomping up the stairs ready to kill me because I, too, forgot to put the drain back in the standpipe and the basement was soaked! So I feel your pain, man!

 

[sweetdiesel]

Bob Evans biscuits in gravy. I'd fly back to Ohio just to get another plate or two.

I've had the discharge hose let loose a couple times from the washer vibrating itself off it's stand a few times. Wet/dry vac comes in real handy for those days.

 

[SMaxxin]

I am weird, I like every t-shirt to get its day in the sun, so rather than keep washing and putting them back on top of the stack, I have a special laundry basket I toss them in, then about twice a year or so, I wash 'em

And you have the nerve to f**k with people from the south LOL

As you probably have surmised, dipshit me forgot to put the drain hose back on! Did not find that out until after this sucker went into its second rinse cycle! Water all over the basement (luckily, in the unfinished side)

Even a dumb ass cajun remembers to make sure the drain hose is in the drain pipe :loser:

 

[jetmechG550]

Ummm, you did this and your coming racing with me this weekend? Oh brother!

 

[SMaxxin]

Ummm, you did this and your coming racing with me this weekend? Oh brother!

Be sure and take good notes so you can let us know what doofus thing he does...Pics would be great.

 

[TalonOne]

Be sure and take good notes so you can let us know what doofus thing he does...Pics would be great.

Oh I want video....I am interested in the pit habits of a guy who has 300 t-Shirts....with thier own hamper.....and wash holidays....there has to be some special storage and rotation system.....you said it ...you are wierd man ....and an absent minded plumber at that.

MW quit your job right now....call Jeff Foxworthy and join the crew......just tell of your life and times....its pure comedy:yes:

 

[olds97_lss]

You need to come up with a cool nick name though, like Ron "tater salad" White.

Something like Monkey "wet feet" wrench... ok, that was lame.

 

[jetmechG550]

Hmmm I got one:
Ellery "What's this hose for" Savage

Sorry Talon, pitting with me is like going to Vegas, what happens in the pits, stays in the pits. No pics allowed as one day they may come back to haunt me on quest for the white house on that platform of banning Shakespear forever!

 

[digger]

Bro, I really want to step in and say a kind word here. Know the feeling having flooded the basement...

Just having some thoughts about someone washing their t-shirts twice a year. :ahh:
Are you sure you haven't went back to the pile a few times with a can of Right Guard?

Make a personal call from the office about it. Just so that crazy bitch in the next cubical can hear ya. Be a good start to driving her up the wall.


Thanks for the laugh Bro. Needed it tonight.
Good luck to you and Jet at the race. Hope both of ya have a great time.

 

[Monkey Wrench]

And you have the nerve to f**k with people from the south LOL

Absolutely, and you know why? Because I can! I was raised in Montgomery, AL so that makes me as southern-fried of a dumbass as you are! The primary difference is, if my wife happens to mistakenly back into the house, my house doesn't roll away or fall of the cinder blocks holding it up! I know what grits are made of, I know that you "cut" lights on and off, I know that "yonder" is actually a defined term of measurement and I know that if you order iced tea in a restaurant it comes sweetned unless you specify otherwise. So, NA-NEE, NA-NEE BOO-BOO, STICK YOUR HEAD IN DOO-DOO!


OK, and as for the shirts, I need to clarify a few things:

1. If I do any kind of work in them (i.e. mow the lawn, work on a vehicle, etc.) anything that gets that shirt extremely dirty, sweaty or smelly, it immediately goes into the washer!

2. The designated holding container was designed by top NASA scientists and built by CooperDillon. It is designed to allow for optimum air circulation and aesthetic apperance.

Ummm, you did this and your coming racing with me this weekend? Oh brother!

This coming from a guy who, in addition to bringing money for entrance fees, always brings an envelope filled with cash labeled "Bail Money".

 

[godale03]

Ok... I will add my two cents in here as well. I had a leaky faucet in my master bath shower. So I figured Hell I can fix that! I have watched a few DIY shows on how to be a plumber. I paid no attention to their disclaimer that not all relavent steps have been shown. So I get my wrench and get started. Well being the rookie plumber I did not take into consideration that copper corrodes when it gets wet. Well that damn faucet was corroded on there good! So I figure I will get some ol WD and give it a quick soaking. Well I did... well that didn't do a damn thing but make it slicker than snot. So I give it another soaking a wait a while. Well after a while past I decieded to give it a shot. Well the damn thing is still welded on. So at this point I figure I would just put the gorilla grip to it. So I start to turn my arse off! The thing twisted a bit and it finally came off. I was thrilled. So I put the new handle insert in and turned the water back on. My wife... well girlfriend at the time callled me... I was under the house mind you at the time... telling me to turn the water back off. Well I had sprung a leak. Apparently the copper piping is fragile and doesn't like to be twisted. Well to make a long story short.. it cost me $250 and a big hole in my wall to fix and a week without water while I waited for the plumber to come..... just for a stinking dripping faucet. I have now added plumbing to the list of things I will not play with... along with electricity.

Tom

 

[SMaxxin]

I was raised in Montgomery, AL so that makes me as southern-fried of a dumbass as you are!

That explains a lot, but washing the shirts only twice a year is still weird!

This coming from a guy who, in addition to bringing money for entrance fees, always brings an envelope filled with cash labeled "Bail Money".

Now thats funny

 

[Monkey Wrench]

That explains a lot, but washing the shirts only twice a year is still weird!

Oh absolutely! I agree with you on this one, brother! But at least I'm not "Beason-Weird"!

 

[SMaxxin]

But at least I'm not "Beason-Weird"!

Got coke up my nose on that one LOL

 

[RevoME]

Got coke up my nose on that one LOL

Don't do coke man, it will haunt you later!
Why is Beason's frame getting pissed at?

Punchline: :boxing:
The primary difference is, if my wife happens to mistakenly back into the house, my house doesn't roll away or fall of the cinder blocks holding it up!

ROFL! Good one!

 

[TalonOne]

Hmmm I got one:
Ellery "What's this hose for" Savage

Sorry Talon, pitting with me is like going to Vegas, what happens in the pits, stays in the pits. No pics allowed as one day they may come back to haunt me on quest for the white house on that platform of banning Shakespear forever!

ROTFLMAO

 

[godale03]

Don't do coke man, it will haunt you later!
Why is Beason's frame getting pissed at?

Punchline: :boxing:
The primary difference is, if my wife happens to mistakenly back into the house, my house doesn't roll away or fall of the cinder blocks holding it up!

ROFL! Good one!

Cuz he's Beason!

 

[jetmechG550]

You know after this weekend, Monkey boi will have another new shirt from the Lube State (KY) Race presented by new Long Lasting KY. LOL

 

[godale03]

You know after this weekend, Monkey boi will have another new shirt from the Lube State (KY) Race presented by new Long Lasting KY. LOL

Now in Cherry flavor!