May 2, 2004

You'd Better Go Catch It

Just got back from a wonderfully relaxing weekend at a friend's cabin in the San Juan islands. Nothing but cooking, eating, sleeping, reading, and playing games, with a great little nature hike thrown in for good measure. Good times.

Upon my return, however, I discovered that the toilet water was running. The stopper hadn't reseated properly in the tank after the last use, which was on Friday before we left. That's over 48 hours of non-stop water flow. So this little weekend up in the San Juans will probably wind up costing me more than my upcoming trip to Crete for a friend's wedding. And that's going to be a small fortune.

I've heard of flushing money down the toilet, but really...

Posted by Peter at May 2, 2004 8:53 PM