What is is about wanting to feel the satisfaction of fixing something but then making something much worse than it was?
A couple of years ago I had a record player which wasn't turning properly so I opened it up to take a look and by doing so I broke a metal spinning disk that made the belt spin. Not owning a soldering iron, I took some super glue and basically made a mess of the electronics so much so that I had to buy a new one.
This is just one of many examples of what not to do. Yesterday was another example but it was more comical as well as being destructive.
For some weeks now I have been having problems with the pipes in my kitchen. I didn't want to tell my landlord because I knew he would probably scold me for letting so much waste go down the drain, mainly coffee grinds which I had been led to believe are actually good for pipes. Wrong!
Anyway, I manged to dismantle the pipes in question under the sink and took it to the bathroom to clean it out. I first chose the sink to clean out all the crap in there and noticed it getting a bit blocked so then I chose the shower to clean out all the gunk, but by doing so I blocked the pipe in the shower. Bad idea! This one was a tricky one to fix and I had to lie on my back and use a fork to unscrew the pipe from the base of the shower. This pipe I emptied of gunk into the toilet. Good idea!
I put the pipe back in place under the sink and notices that the complex arrangement is still dripping a little. The water in the sink in the bathroom exits very slowly and it will be a problem very soon. I finally decided to contact my landlord in the end. My male pride has been damaged but have I learned a lesson?
