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Typical....

From time to time it is necessary to repair a household item.   Usually this is due to one of the children and a projectile that was ….projected within the confines of a small room.   Often times items just wear out and need replacing and the job of Mr. Fixit usually falls into my lap.   Unfortunately, we in my family seem to suffer from some sort of affliction that causes repairs to take longer than normally necessary.   The extra time can be attributed to a second trip to the hardware store to fix the replacement part that broke during installation.   This same pattern was displayed during my most recent repair man duties.   The toilet was leaking from under the tank.   My initial expert opinion led me to believe that the water line needed to be replaced.   Cue trip 1 to the hardware store.   10 minutes after returning home I had the line replaced, the floor dry and was about to enjoy a quite afternoon relaxing on the couch; alas the leak continued.   At this point I re