Wrapping up the weekend...kicking off the week...

Hi y'all! Hugs, kisses, yada yada yada...

Well, it was a weekend without water for a good bit of the time at Andy's Place. I already told y'all how sore I was on Sunday, but I decided that I'd better at least try to get up under the house and find the source of all that pain.

By yesterday afternoon, the water had absorbed, and it wasn't impossible to navigate into where I suspected the leak was. Sure enough, I saw something that looked like a sink-hole. Being the genius I am, I thought, "Hey, maybe I'll start digging right there. So I did.

Then I hollered at The Mrs. to go turn the water on...and here it came. By the time she got back where she could here me screaming to turn it off, the hole had filled up. So, I crawled back out for some fresh air.

See, there's the scene of the crime right there...


And, there's your culprit...



Yep, a tiny little hole in that copper pipe was the source of all my pain and aggravation...and no telling what kinda water bill (but I'll talk 'em down...maybe). So, it was getting dark, and I just ran down to the auto parts store and got a piece of hose, clamped it in as a patch, and will let it all dry out completely for a couple of days before I head back under there to fix it right.

I was glad to find the trouble, but as you can see from the above photo, there is "more bad news." That 6 inch piece of copper I pulled out of there not only has a hole in it, there are also pits in several places. They would have soon become spewers of their own. So, I know what that means. I'm probably gonna eventually have to go under there and replace all of the supply lines that are beneath ground. But hey, it's an old house. Sigh.

I don't know what it is about ME, and the Chinese! Ever since I got to be the #1 blog on The Gooble search term, "don't trust China," it is a constant stream from those folks. Yesterday, somebody from over there came to visit Andy's Place. The search that brought them to Andy's Place is this one right here. But, it's a Yahoo search instead.

You'll note that the page they accessed is the one that has the long list of survival books that are available for download. I thought, "Hmmmm...don't chinks already know how to survive? Maybe not. Maybe they need to know more about gardening, and farming, and solar ovens, and making soap & junk."

So, I didn't think too much about it. But then I got to wondering what those chink words are that this fellow used to get to Andy's Place, and learn about surviving and all.

So, I translated them with The Gooble Translate...


I swear, they've just got something against me, and I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT!

Our buddy, and regular contributor, Paul the Fireguy sent along a picture of a Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader.



I reckon that in the off-season, they kinda let themselves go a bit. But, I'm sure she'll be back in hotness form by the pre-season.

Finally, my friend/cousin and regular contributor, Walt, sent me a link to a video of Joe Biden monkeying around. I think it's him. It could be Harry Reid, or Barney Frank, or youfillintheblank. I started to post it, but I get tired of looking at their ugly mugs all over the computer. It's only 30 seconds long. Go look at it.

Well, that's about all I've got this Monday morning. Gotta get to work, make some green rectangles, and put a new pump on the washer.

Y'all have a glorious day, would ya'? Yeah, you will...sure you will! Do it for me...