meara, the whole house cut off will usually be on the street side of the house. It can be outside on the house or in a hole with a lid on it. If you have a basement or some kind of utility area, it could be there. It's possible you don't have a cutoff valve with a handle. I don't, which is why I have a special wrench thing for the cutoff by the water meter at the street. It's possible that could be turned with regular pliers, if you can reach it.
A year and a half ago, I could have eviscerated him with my thoughts. Now I can barely hurt his feelings. Things used to be so much simpler.
Anya ,'Dirty Girls'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Ginger - Mar 08, 2012 1:00:32 pm PST #25847 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
meara - Mar 08, 2012 1:29:00 pm PST #25848 of 30001
I think the water shutoff must be by the street. But plumber is here, seems to have found problem (hope) and its just the hot water.
Jesse - Mar 08, 2012 1:49:57 pm PST #25849 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh jeez, meara! Good luck.
Zenkitty - Mar 08, 2012 1:50:47 pm PST #25850 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Jesus, Vonnie, I'm glad you and your co-workers are okay. Suzi, glad the surgery went well. meara, glad the plumber is on his way. Good grief, people, stop having stuff happen.
Ginger - Mar 08, 2012 1:56:02 pm PST #25851 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
You've probably thought of this, meara, but be sure to ask the plumber about the shutoff so you'll know. The wrench things are pretty cheap.
-t - Mar 08, 2012 2:02:08 pm PST #25852 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Damn, it's been quite a day! Glad you are safe, Vonnie! Glad you are not on fire, meara! Yay for the good drugs, Suzi!
Oh, no, I've used up my allotment of exclamation points.
SuziQ - Mar 08, 2012 2:09:23 pm PST #25853 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I took the sling off (per instructions) and I can move the arm some. He said I could move as much as tolerated. But am taking it slow. I'm trying to keep of the computer but all bets are off for my iPhone. I have already drug dialed my dad. My brain feels like Swiss cheese.
Jesse - Mar 08, 2012 2:11:35 pm PST #25854 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I have a really small question, after all of this: Because I am lazy, when Trader Joe's didn't have the baking chocolate I wanted to buy for brownies, I just bought cocoa powder. All of the recipes I'm finding for cocoa powder brownies call for an 8x8 pan. I want to make a 9x13. Can I just double the recipe? OR, should I use a sub I found online of just adding more butter with the cocoa powder, and use a different recipe? (I also want to add choc chips and cherries, but that shouldn't be an issue, right?)
And in patting-myself-on-the-back news, I did remember my reusable bag AND put it back in my purse.
Amy - Mar 08, 2012 2:12:38 pm PST #25855 of 30001
Because books.
Stay off the computer, Suzi! I'm glad you're feeling pretty good.
Also glad meara did not set the house on fire. That was quite a day.
I have hamentaschen dough in the fridge, thanks to Holli, and S. is making shrimp scampi and it smells SO GOOD.
Ginger - Mar 08, 2012 2:18:23 pm PST #25856 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
8x8 brownies [link]