bleh.

[solipsistnation]

The pipes make funny noises. They didn't last year, or the year before. Plus, it doesn't build up any pressure. It used to hover around 20psi while running, and now it doesn't get above 5ish. This sounds like air in the system. Our contract covers this (yay!) so I'm home waiting for the furnace guy to show up and mess with it and make it happy again.

While I wait, I'm collating email exchanges and sorting them so I can present them at a campus hearing board Thursday evening. I'm so thrilled to be able to relive these experiences over and over again. At least, with any luck, Thursday will be the last of him.

When I'm done, I plan to spend the afternoon unwinding doing calming things like installing a new kerberos server. I have leftover lasagne, plus dinner plans involving lots of friends and a strawberry-rhubarb pie.

I sold some stuff on eBay. I still want to sell the tiny black guitar, since I'd rather have a telecaster. I was considering going out and looking for one sometime soon, but I'm not sure if I really can. The budget is tightening. I hope jehanna's interview goes well today.

Blah. Back to email and writing things up...

Comments

[lobotomymonkey.livejournal.com]

The pipes make funny noises.

Nureek,
Ratoot,
Hanunga?

Skoooooooorlookle?

[solipsistnation.livejournal.com]

"bloop bloop bloop," mostly.

although those are, indeed, funny noises, and would definitely be cause for alarm.

[profesor.livejournal.com]

You have forced hot water heat? It's air in the pipes, we had this issue occasionally at our old place. The reason it doesn't get up to pressure (if I understand correctly) is that the water starts to boil (which it can because of the air in the pipes), and the furnace shuts down temporarily when this happens (ours would shake). I had to bleed them every couple years or so. It's real easy - watch the guy do it & you can do it yourself when you need to again in a few years.

[solipsistnation.livejournal.com]

Yeah, this is exactly what I plan to do. 8)

I just didn't want to do it without somebody there to show me the first time.

I'm pretty sure you're right about the description of what happens, too.

[lobotomymonkey.livejournal.com]

Ah, smeg.. You missed my Red Dwarf reference.
(From season 7, bad episode "Duct Soup")

[solipsistnation.livejournal.com]

Sorry, never been really into Red Dwarf, I'm afraid...