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“Hot Water“
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1:00 am on 01/24/2009
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Hot Water
Tonight, shortly after arriving home from a late night at work, my dad noticed that the hot water heater was leaking. He being the knowledable “Mr. Fix-It” that he is knew immediatley what to do. While I, being the young enthusiastic “go getter” that I am, watched eagerly.
My dad attached a hose from the backyard to the bottom of the water heater and then began untightening different pipes that led in and out of the water heater. I was instructed to take the other end of the hose out the back door and down the hill. I did so, but was discouraged to see that no water was coming out of the hose.
Side note: I’ve always wanted an excuse to siphon gas from a car. I think it’s super bad-awesome.
With that said you can probably guess what I did. But for those of you that can’t I’ll explain: I stuck the hose in my mouth an began to take long draws until my cheeks were sore. Nothing came out. I waited a little longer and then tried again because I was eager to experience siphoning. Fortunatley the 2nd time worked.
To summarize:
Hot water heater broke.
No warm shower tomorrow.
I siphoned.
I’d say it’s about a 50/50 split for good or bad situation.
Andrew Nemeth
I have a siphon hose, and tried to siphon gas out of a car once then my dad told me you can’t on modern cars because they put so many kinks in the piping that leads to the gas tank.
King
5:44 am - 01/24/2009
Our hot water heater broke last weekend.
I went a whole day without a shower (it felt like a greasy eternity,) I’ve never been so thankful for a shower before.
bri
11:26 am - 01/24/2009
did your dad ask you to siphon? because those water heaters have a trigger you have to release to get the water out.
not to take away from your expierience. but i just want to be reassured that you really siphoned.
Alan the (ex) plumber
12:30 pm - 01/24/2009
I don’t know if our hot water heater has ever broken, ’cause I don’t shower.
London Smith
3:19 pm - 01/24/2009
I’ve always wanted to siphon gas! You wanna start a siphoning ring in Rockwall? We could make some good money, or at least never have to pay for gas.
Brett
8:55 pm - 01/24/2009
pretty hilarious! I was wondering why the hallway downstairs was soaking wet for a few days this last week–they always had a fan blowing to try and dry the carpet. Yesterday the maintenance men came into our room to let us know that every time our shower ran, the downstairs was flooding:)
lauren
6:38 pm - 01/28/2009
King’s dad is incorrect (possibly just inexperienced). you can still siphon gas from most vehicles.
the excitement is short-lived. that (almost inevitable) mouthful of gasoline sort of ruins the experience.
marty
10:18 am - 02/19/2009
i just noticed your site says “Copyright © 2010″. pretty funny
marty
10:19 am - 02/19/2009