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Mmeeggggss t1_j1ll8zl wrote

Reply to Merry Christmas Daily! 🎄 by TheRiverRam

Baking, cooking, eating, napping. No timeline, nowhere to be. Just enjoying our home and staying warm, with bellies full of of delicious things.

I hope everyone has a lovely day.

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bored0327 t1_j1lku03 wrote

Reply to comment by Horror-Fisherman-575 in Christmas Eve Nightly by CopOnTheRun

Hang in there. I've been sober 10 months and yea it sucks at the holidays. Alot of people dont understand how difficult it is on a daily basis when it is merchandised basically everywhere you look. Stay strong for you and enjoy the holidays as best you can.

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mgfreema t1_j1ld1iq wrote

Reply to comment by Herownself in Christmas Eve Nightly by CopOnTheRun

I just recovered from the same. Body aches. Mild fever. Cough. No strep, flu, covid, and clear chest X-rays. 5 day z pack on antibiotics and cough syrup with sideline. Knocked me for a loop. Hope you recover quickly!

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Mr_Boneman t1_j1ld13j wrote

Reply to comment by 55V35lM in Why are Henrico roads so much better? by RefrigeratorRater

I agree with you that mismanagement is the problem but you’re missing the nuance of my point while lecturing me on things i’m already keenly aware of. Our poor roads haven’t just been a problem the past few years because of just mismanagement, it’s been an ongoing problem that STARTED with the tax base being crippled and has now continued on as we have elevated our tax base. If you want to nitpick what exact year between 2008-now go for it, but i’m not arguing that the tax base is currently decimated.

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ltfpark t1_j1l2g4w wrote

Reply to comment by Charlesinrichmond in PSA: Always turn off your house main water supply when you go out of town in the winter by Charlesinrichmond

Will do! Thank you! Think it’s a mix of copper and pex from what I can see in the basement. I’m guessing that house water is the bigish 1-2in black hose lookin thing coming out of the ground and leading to everything. Have other sink dripping already, will do hot. Much appreciated

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YourBlackSailorScout t1_j1l20uk wrote

Reply to Christmas Eve Nightly by CopOnTheRun

Came home from visiting family in a different city to my pipes burst in the kitchen. I was crying with my 10 month old, fire department was here for three hours and now I don’t feel like wrapping the rest of my baby’s gifts. And now my floors swollen.

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Charlesinrichmond OP t1_j1l18p9 wrote

Reply to comment by ltfpark in PSA: Always turn off your house main water supply when you go out of town in the winter by Charlesinrichmond

Yes local freeze. Start dripping the hot there that will freeze next. Running hot water won't do anything except for delay freezing the hot pipe which is a good thing

Try and get more heat in the bathroom and watch for water spraying everywhere when it thaws out. If it's pex you probably won't have a problem if it's copper you might. You need to know how to shut your house water down instantly before it happens.

If you see leaks you want to open up all the Cold taps below it and shut the water off as soon as possible. Shut water off first then open the taps to relieve pressure

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Charlesinrichmond OP t1_j1l0ide wrote

Reply to comment by ArmoredFan in PSA: Always turn off your house main water supply when you go out of town in the winter by Charlesinrichmond

Tell me more I've only been doing plumbing on houses for 25 odd years or so... Always more to learn

But so far the places sediment plugs up are pretty consistent and yes that would be the faucet aerators. So we bleed something without an aerator first then we pulled the aerators and bleed the faucets. It's really not a big deal except for the new grohe aerators which are complete pain if you misplace their stupid doohickey

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