How A Toilet Works: by Kevin Ouellette
You know that little floppy lever you push everytime you flush the toilet? Well, that lever is connected to a chain in the toilet tank. Subsequently, that chain is connected to a rubber stopper-flopper that plugs the hole between the toilet tank and bowl, acting as a sphincter if you will, allowing the tank to fill with water instead of having a continuously flowing fountain in your bathroom. Well, that chain, the one between the floppy lever and the stopper-flopper (that's a lot of flopping going on there) rusted and broke. That was on New Year's Eve while I was having a dinner party, so I quickly improvised a repair with a paper clip. Well, one month later, that paper clip rusted and broke, seeing how it was aluminum, and not even galvanized. So today I had to fix it for realz.
Now, it's a rather simple procedure, buy a new chain and replace it. It acutally went well with few trials and tribulations, toilet fixed, easy.
The problem is, that shopping on Roncesvalles is so convenient, that one can manage to spend way more than expected. I am now at home, eating some fresh red peppers, looking at the pink hyacinth and purple primrose I just placed in my sunny window, and listening to my new double-album of Sonny Rollins, while I should be getting ready for work I might add.
I love this place, even if it puts me in the poor house.
Ciao,
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