Sink Tail Pipe

January 8, 2006 in Editorial | 1 comment

Until today, I did not know what a sink tail pipe was. If I didn’t own a house I would probably never know what a sink tail pipe is. A sink tail pipe is the piece of pipe that fits directly to the base of a sink. It is different from a normal piece of pipe in that it has a lip on it. The reason it has the lip is so that when it is screwed into place that it doesn’t slip away from the sink, causing the water from your faucet to end up all over the floor. I learned what a sink tail pipe is the hard way.

I’m not sure what to make of this. Spending part of my Sunday fixing my kitchen sink wasn’t something that I thought would ever be on my agenda. In fact, I take things like kitchen sinks for granted. I think that they will always work, and that I will always be able to use them. In reality this is not the case.

Owning a house has been both rewarding and frustrating. It isn’t just about the sink spilling water all over the place. It’s about having to constantly deal with fixing things up and making things better and replacing broken stuff. Generally I don’t put a ton of value on taking care of this type of stuff. Then again I’ve never owned a house before.

I wonder if I will ever put more value on doing this type of thing. I suppose that growing up in a house that was brand new didn’t lend itself to dealing with the issues that one would face by owning a 100 year old home. I just don’t know what to expect. Hopefully I’ll have a better attitude as time goes on. I have to admit though that I sometimes believe that I’ll always find these type of home improvement tasks less full of meaning than a myriad of other things.

Here’s to either “being an adult” or furthering the process of figuring out what parts of “being an adult” are worth embracing.

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    Wife Lady on January 10, 2006 at 12:02 pm

    You are John and Sylvia and I am the Narrator that once was Phaedrus. I wondered if you noticed that at all as you wrote this post. If you did, you made no direct allusion to it.

    Whether or not you take the kitchen sink for granted, I’m still very grateful that you spent your Sunday afternoon repairing it… perhaps you can help me get my blog up and running tonight so that I can publicly expand on that gratitude.

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