Monthly Archives: December 2009
Water or wine. Is there bacteria in water?
As Ben Franklin said; “In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria.”
In a number of carefully controlled trials, scientists have demonstrated that if we drink 1 litre of water each day, at the end of the year we would have absorbed more than 1 kilo of Escherichia coli, (E. Coli) – bacteria found in faeces.
In other words, we are consuming 1 kilo of poo..
However, We DO NOT run that risk when drinking wine & beer (or tequila, rum, whiskey or other liquor), because alcohol has to go through a purification process of boiling, filtering and or fermenting.
Remember:
Water = Poo, Wine = Health.
Therefore, it’s better to drink wine and talk stupid, than to drink water and be full of S _ _ t.
There is no need to thank me for this valuable information, thank my mate David Weekes.
I’m providing it as a public service!
S_ _ T Happens. Short Guide to Comparative Religions
Every now and then, things come across my desk that I must share, and those of you who follow the Lone Drainer and Pronto blog know that S_ _T is something that, well it happens.
At Christmas, this is a tongue in cheek twist on “our subject”:
Taoism S _ _ t happens.
Buddhism If S _ _t happens, it’s not really S _ _t.
Islam If S_ _t happens, it’s the will of Allah.
Protestantism S _ _t happens because you don’t work hard enough.
Judaism Why does S _ _t always happen to us?
Hinduism This S_ _t happened before.
Catholicism S _ _t happens because you’re bad.
Hare Krishna S _ _t happens rama rama.
T.V Evangelism Send more S _ _t.
Atheism No S _ _t.
Jehovah’s Witness Knock knock, S_ _t happens.
Hedonism There’s nothing like a good S _ _t happening.
Christian Science S _ _t happens in your mind.
Agnosticism Maybe S _ _t happens, maybe it doesn’t.
Existentialism What is S _ _t anyway?
Stoicism This S _ _t doesn’t bother me.
Rastafarianism Let’s smoke this S _ _t.
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Plumbing emergencies during the Christmas season
Today’s post is on behalf of all our team. We wish you Peace, Happiness and Family togetherness during the festive season.
Spend as much time as you can with the ones you love and the ones who love you.
May 2010 be your Best Year Ever.
During the festive season, if you need help with a plumbing emergency, Just call!
I can’t turn my water meter off!
If you have a plumbing emergency, or you have water running all over your house, or a split tap washer, or burst water heater and your water meter won’t turn off, you may be in trouble!
If your meter tap has a tee-head on it, turn it off in a clockwise direction as firmly as you can. Firmly; don’t overdo it.
If your meter tap is missing the tee-head, get a large pair of grips and turn it off in a clockwise direction as firmly as you can. Firmly; don’t overdo it.
Open a garden tap to let out the pressure.
Then call an emergency plumber!
Check out this video below that shows what we do to upgrade your water meter control valve.
Great fun on a hot day!
Before a plumbing emergency arises ensure you know where and how to turn off your cold water supply. It’s incredibly simple if you know where it is.
I want you to have our plumbing Hints and Tips, they are free.
Simply fill in the box on our home page to get our Plumbing Hints and Tips.
I know they will help you in a plumbing emergency!
HELP! I’ve got a burst pipe in my bathroom!
This post is relevant to a Randwick plumbing emergency that happened yesterday.
We had an SOS from a long term client “Joan”.
You could hear the panic in her voice. “Come quickly, we have a burst water pipe under our vanity basin and we can’t turn the water off” screamed Joan.
“Is your floor waste drain clear?” we asked. “Yes” Joan replied!
We told her how to minimise the water damage by shutting the cupboard doors and direct the gushing water towards the floor drain, and then putting a towel across the doorway to keep the water flow in the bathroom.
We were at the house within 15 minutes, and with a large pair of grips, we were able to slow down, but not stop the water flow.
Now, a picture paints a thousand words and this short video will actually take you there.
Please watch and learn.
It’s incredibly simple to figure out where and how to turn off your hot water and cold water supply if you know where they are, and avert any plumbing emergency.
I want you to have our plumbing Hints and Tips, they are free. Simply fill in the box on our home page to get our Plumbing Hints and Tips.
I know they will save you thousands of dollars!
What’s that smell? A pig of a gas leak
As licensed gasfitters, we have electronic equipment that detects gas leaks from all sorts of gas appliances, gas pipelines and gas meters, but this one is unusual….
A big pig with flatulence sparked a “gas emergency” near the Victorian city of Bendigo last week when the smell wafting from a 120kg oinker sparked fears of a potentially dangerous gas leak.
Two CFA tankers and a dozen firefighters responded to a nightime callout to search for the source of the suspected gas leak on a rural property at Axedale, east of Bendigo.
The ever alert firemen soon sniffed out the source; a pet sow startled from her snooze. “She got very excited and she squealed and farted and squealed and farted” said Fire Chief Peter Harkins.
Chief Harkins said the family who owned the pig had done the right thing by reporting a suspected gas leak.
Stylish French @ Reims and Beaune Hotel
Sydney builder Steve Miller and his wife Carmel were on a working holiday in France and visited this beautiful hotel.
If you think your kitchen sink tap or mixer tap needs replacing or the gooseneck spout over your tubs is old, then check out this “Gooseneck” spout that made up the plumbing in the hotel kitchen sink.
Steve says it’s gold plated and still works beautifully.
This image shows the magnificent detail on the hotels slate tiled roof. Steve was in awe of the skills used to create the turrets, dormers and finials that adorn the roof.
Being a plumber my interest was in the roof gutters made from lead, and well, there are no downpipes, only gutter outlets or “spitters” in the shape of a Gargoyle, that spat the roof rainwater out onto the gravel driveway.
The French are so classy!
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