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On the kitchen sink. It’s been badly clogged. Barely drains. I know where the clogging is not. The clogging is not in the pipe under the broom closet floor, because if it was, the bathtub would have problems draining too and it doesn’t.

My auger has a 25-foot snake, and that’s plenty long enough for all the drain systems in my house.

I can get the snake down this pipe under the sink.

And along this pipe in the basement.

But that’s as far as it will go. It will not turn at that point that goes through the wall. I think it’s because the turn is too sharp. I think we’ll have to cut the pipe just after that turn, and start the snake there.

That goes under the bathroom floor. The blockage would be somewhere between this turn and where the pipe meets the sewer line under the broom closet floor. It’s only about eight feet of pipe from this point to the closet.

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…and I’m trying to clear a blockage in the drain pipe for my kitchen sink. I got about fifteen feet in and around two turns, but then I couldn’t get it to turn again. If I’m understanding this video right (I cannot hear what he’s saying.): when I come to a turn in the pipes, I need to tighten the screw at the front of the canister before I start turning the wheel and that should get the snake turned in the right direction.

So, I guess I’ll try again tomorrow.

 

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While my dad and I were going through my house checking for things that need fixing, we found an insulin needle on the board that covers the hole the sump pump is in. I don’t know where it came from or how long it had been there. I go down to the basement every day, I can’t believe I hadn’t noticed this needle before.

I guess that’s how bad my eyes are. I don’t see things until someone points them out to me. It was bright orange and in a spot that I almost always look at when I’m in the basement. If I had eventually noticed it on my own, I might’ve picked it up on the wrong end and that would not have been pretty.

I’m sort of freaked out that this thing was there all this time.

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For me, trying different beers is like a hobby. Currently, I’m on the look out for a beer called Alaskan White, which was recommended by my cousin Anthony who lives in Alaska. I know some places in Michigan sell it, but I haven’t found it yet. I guess the name of the beer, Alaskan White, makes me think it’s an exceptionally good beer, and refreshing to drink when it’s 90 degrees outside. The name… Alaskan White brings to mind beer coming fresh from a pile of snow in Alaska.

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Hamm’s is fine beer. I wouldn’t say it’s the best flavored. It’s kind of like drinking a can of slobber. But it’s beer and it does what it’s supposed to. Plus, it’s cheaper than fuck. You can get a case of thirty for under fifteen bucks.

I shit you not.

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I looked out the window and saw that dog again. I called it to the door. It was wagging its tail and it seems friendly, but I’m still not sure I want to step outside. With jaws like that, it could do real damage if I gave the wrong impress. I think it belongs to the next door neighbors, I might have seen it in their backyard, but I’m not positive. It does not have a collar, and that always makes me wonder if a dog has an owner at all.

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I had a weird dream last night. I don’t really remember the details, but something about a mud puddle that I “think” I was supposed to drink out of had me sitting up in bed suddenly, my throat dry and there was a lot of painful coughing. I went into the kitchen and got a bottle of water from the fridge.

After drinking the water, the coughing stopped, but my throat was still sore. It”s about ten hours later. My throat is still sore and feels dry, even after drinking water. How hot was it last night? I feel like I swallowed a handful of sand.

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