Plumbing Karma

[crokett]

Can plumbing karma be saved, like a bank account? Does this morning's project, having gone perfectly, debit the account? How much karma did I earn in my month-of-Sundays nothing-seemed-to-work triple-replacement-of-impossible-to-troubleshoot sprinkler-valve project earn?

You have much to learn, Grasshopper. Home-repair karma cannot be saved. Instead it seeks balance. The one bright spot to a project that goes terribly is that the next one will go equally as well (or the next two will go fairly well). So the stunning success of this plumbing project means the next one will require 6 trips to the store while your house is flooding. Or something like that.

[JR]

So the stunning success of this plumbing project means the next one will require 6 trips to the store while your house is flooding.

See, now this is where the fear part of fear and wonder comes in.

About a year ago I fixed a lavatory faucet. It was leaking around the handle. I went to HD, found the part. Put it in. It worked. Case closed.

Then the sprinkler valve project came along. I've done loads of sprinkler work. I am the master of my sprinkler domain, or so I foolishly thought. It went horribly wrong right from the beginning, then went downhill.

Now, here I am again, with a perfect project behind me. What evil awaits me?! What perfidious **** of fluid dynamics lurks in my pipes?

Please St. Bubba, be kind.

JR

[Tom Slick]

Now, here I am again, with a perfect project behind me. What evil awaits me?! What perfidious **** of fluid dynamics lurks in my pipes?

your sprinkler project went so poorly that you will have many excellent small projects to make it balance out.

[Stytooner]

If you think plumbing is bad, don't ever try to cnc anything. Plumbing troubles will become a luxury wen you have apparent cnc trouble. Plus, not just every heavy guy with an exposed crack can fix cnc.
I would simply thank those that overlook you or your specific project and be done wit it until next time.
For me, CNC bumps plumbing down the list a notch right next to sheetrock and roofing.

[twistsol]

I fear you have all been led astray by a false prophet. The true god of plumbing is wicked and cruel and punishes all who dare to enter his realm. He only allows the occasional successful project to prevent you from abandoning all hope. I have long suffered in silence at his hands.

Bitter party, table for one.

[JR]

Bitter party, table for one.

May I show you the whine list, sir?