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.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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]