[lit-ideas] Re: JOE THE PLUMBER
- From: "Julie Krueger" <juliereneb@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 10:36:07 -0500
Uhuh -- but see, I've tried to sweat pipes before. It's a long, ghastly,
ugly, and only semi-successful task. Otoh, I have managed to deal with some
electrical issues w/out killing myself, mostly because I approach the
inscrutable, ineffable, unknowable magic of electricity with gut feelings,
intuitions, and prayers.
McCain made a personal phone call to Joe yesterday, inviting him to join him
on the last limping leg of his campaign trail. Even more jealous?
(You know about ducts?? WAIT! I bet you understand like, the um, er,
system organization of a/c, furnaces, air flow and um oh well.)
Living in a closed system, detritus of two fires, fighting mold, and afloat
on top of a sea of water -- I'm trying to decide among cement, bleach, sand,
cement and bleach, sand and bleach, cement and sand, or all three.
It's not that I couldn't move. It's that I won't.
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 2:24 PM, Mike Geary <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> JK:
> >>Yeah, but do you know how to sweat pipes to install a new hot water
> heater?<<
>
> Honey, that's child's play -- sweating. Ptui! I was sweating pipes in
> first grade. We HVAC/R types braze pipes. We work at about 1000 degrees
> hotter than sissy plumbers. We deal with manly pressures -- up to 400 psi;
> girly plumbers seldom see 70 psi. Don't talk to me about "sweating" pipes
> unless you want to be laughed at. Hell, I've even welded pipes -- but it
> wasn't pretty, I must admit. Don't be taken in by plumber
> braggadocio, Julie. They're all big talkers, but little doers. As one
> plumber who was watching me braze a joint, then quench it with a wet rag
> asked (as if I were an idiot): "Aren't you afraid of it caramelizing?"
> "No," I said. "I'm not." Surprised, he shook his head, then realized his
> stupidity: "Oh, you're using Sil-phos, aren't you?" "Duh," I said. God, I
> hate plumbers. You have to hold them by the hand. Electricians too. They
> think they're so bright -- yeah, 25 watts seems bright in the middle of the
> night. We HVAC/Rers are plumbers and electricians and mechanics, we're
> steamfitters, pipefitters, ductfitters. We're the Renaissance men (and
> women -- I've known one female HVAC/Rer) So it goes.
>
> Mike Geary
> cooling hot boxes
> in Memphis
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Julie Krueger <juliereneb@xxxxxxxxx>
> *To:* lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 16, 2008 11:26 AM
> *Subject:* [lit-ideas] Re: JOE THE PLUMBER
>
> Yeah, but do you know how to sweat pipes to install a new hot water heater?
>
> I'm willing to try and tackle just about anything in the house with a high
> risk of failure ... except pipes.
>
> I hate the bloody things. They're evil.
>
> On the whole though, being successful enough to be able to buy your own
> company and then grousing about the 3% tax increase you might incur is a
> strange claim to fame.
>
> On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 8:33 AM, Mike Geary <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I'm jealous, to say the least, that plumbers get all the attention.
>> What about your heat, eh? What about your AC, eh? What about your goddamn
>> refrigerator, eh? To hell with all politicians. We HVAC/R guys deserve to
>> be heard from too. Carl the carpenter? He's got Christ on his side. Otto
>> the mechanic? He's got Goodwrench extolling his virtues. Elrod the
>> electrician? Everybody lights up when he comes around. Yeah, well, just
>> wait till next summer. "What's that you say? You're hot? Ha! Call a
>> plumber."
>> Enough, basta, zut! I'm on strike.
>>
>>
>> Mike Geary
>> Memphis
>>
>
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>
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> Julie Krueger
>
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