Every so often I find myself thinking of a joke and thinking “oh, that’d be good for Twitter” and then I get the feeling that I might have heard the joke before and it turns out it’s me from seven years ago.
@nkotbpartyomg@demew A local council near where I grew up opted to plant wildflowers on patches of council-owned land rather than mowing them. The only problem has been that one flower was far more effective at self-seeding than the others and now, a few years later, it’s just a sea of white.
@sophaskins (This brought to you by me, who has been pondering a whole-house backup generator but who also feels like maybe solar+storage might be rather better long-term.)
Parents! A fun and easy thing to do with your kids is to show them where the water shutoff valve is for toilets, faucets, and the whole house. My 16yo averted potentially large flood today by acting quickly when a toilet cistern cracked when no-one else was home.
Also a plumbing project because I figure now is a good time to replace the shutoff valve for the toilet before it fails, and again it’s easier to do with the toilet gone. I have a feeling I’m going to regret this particular decision….
After removing the toilet, I realised now would be a good time to fix the caulk along the bathtub with the toilet out of the way. Removing the caulk, I found a bunch of loose tiles and cracked grout. So now my toilet replacement is also a tiling project.