You know, I did an okay job bodging stuff together.

[xiphias]

Right now, there are folks in the basement replacing the furnace for the first floor, the one that died and the fire department came and tagged out.

And I've also been taking breaks recently by going through my LJ and tagging old entries. Speaking of tagging, and all.

http://xiphias.livejournal.com/304199.html

Beginning of March, 2006. That's when the now-dead furnace caught on fire. I "fixed" it, at least enough to get it running, and I kept it running for two weeks shy of two years. We've had two extra years to budget for replacing this thing.

We're not using the old, salvage boiler that Dad found. As long as we were putting the thing in, and as long as MORE than half the cost is installation, we figured we deserved a NEW boiler.

Comments

[folzgold.livejournal.com]

I want to reference John Scalzi in the Whatever blog when he is talking about financial planning for wanna-be writers. He says to buy the best you can... and use it till there's nothing left.

It was a really cool piece that he posted last week or so.

[badgerthorazine.livejournal.com]

I'd look, but I'm brainfried.

...but it's why my family buys a car and just uses it until it's dead. Decade or so, usually

[aquaeri.livejournal.com]

That's excellent, that you kept it running another two years. I sure couldn't do it.

[beardedone.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday, and have fun tagging your posts.

[badgerthorazine.livejournal.com]

Wow! I need more engineering in my life. ;-) I could NEVER have kludged that together. ;-)

Going to get some presents now. Hope you have same. I give you hugness.

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

*Hugsback*.

It just involved poking it with a coathanger. And vacuum cleaner. And soot-saw. And banging on it a lot. Stuff like that.