A small aggravation

6 years ago

last modified: 6 years ago

My dishwasher is not draining. I've done a few things and it hasn't helped. It is not a major aggravation, I've washed dishes by hand before.

My apartment complex management is responding to emergencies only. I like the maintenance guys and I know if I said something they would come over emergency or not. But right now I am not going to put either them or myself at risk by having them come in.

I think over the course of the next however-long-it-ends-up-being, I'm just going to put up with small aggravations. For me it is little enough, but I can imagine that a large family would really be in difficulty if a major appliance broke. And of course some repairs are emergency repairs.

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provogal

6 years ago

We had a problem with our furnace. It’s still cold here in Ontario! We called our guy and told him we had been self isolating for almost 2 weeks because we a had been to the Turks and Caicos Islands (where, when we left, had no cases) but we were following recommendations (now mandatory) at the time when we came home on March 16th. He tried to help us over the phone but realized he would have to come out. He arrived wearing gloves and a mask. My husband also wore gloves and a mask and I made myself scarce (we are both over 70). It did not take long for Dennis to fix the problem and he left. I wiped down all that had been touched even though gloves were worn. We paid him online. We are so grateful he took the time and precautions to help us out.

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rob333 (zone 7b)
6 years ago
It's really hard right now isn't it? Everything is small beans compared to what's going on. I'm doing my best! Groceries are a challenge. Work is really different. But it doesn't compare (to my sister who was laid off (she just bought a house and supports a child with cerebral palsy), to my coworkers who can't do research (experiments frozen or down the drain), but have to treat patients, even risking their lives...) to anything else that's going on. Doesn't make it less aggravating.
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Fun2BHere
6 years ago
My phone service hasn't worked for almost a week. I can hear the caller, but they cannot hear me. Cell service is horrible even with Internet calling. My parents don't text so I have no way to talk to them. It's times like this that I miss pay phones.
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Elmer J Fudd
6 years ago
Sorry Lucille. I know you know we're all dealing with lists of "don't like it but that's how it is for now" things.

Fun, how old is your phone? I find sometimes wifi calling gets funky and rebooting the router and the phone fixes it. Or, explore free ways to make phone calls. An easy one from a PC is Google Hangouts from your Gmail address login. You need a mike and earphones, or a so called Skype headset. Domestic calls to telephone numbers are free.
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breenthumb
6 years ago
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Lucille, lots of U-Tube videos on "dishwasher won't drain" that look pretty easy. Fixed my DW problem that way.
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lucillle
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6 years ago
Breenthumb, yeah I've fixed similar problems before, I LOVE U-tube repair videos. Of course when I was younger getting on the floor and working with the hoses to make sure they weren't blocked was easier, I am having difficulties now.
breenthumb
6 years ago
Oh boy, do I hear you. I don't bend well or kneel at all. But mine didn't require anything more than cancelling then resetting the settings. They had gone askew. The few I just looked at handled the problems from the sink top (air gap, etc.} and the DW inside under bottom basket. My first one (50 yrs ago) used to have a basket down there to simply empty.
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Fun2BHere
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
@Elmer J Fudd, I had already reset the router and the modem...no joy. Cox says there are outages in my area. I'll check out your other idea.
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desertsteph
6 years ago
It's times like this that I miss pay phones.

last week I was wishing I had one of those outside on my land... when I locked myself out. then I remembered I had a set of keys hidden outside. glad the memory was still working! but I do think I need to hide a 2nd set of keys out there.
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lisa_fla
6 years ago
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Our dishwasher stopped working about a month ago. It always did a good job but due to age we decided to replace it. Due to covid 19 we had it delivered to the garage and DH uncrated and installed it after work. With a family of 4 I felt like I was doing dishes all the time while we had no dishwasher!
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Elmer J Fudd
6 years ago
fun, I forgot to mention, if your parents have a tablet, a PC or a smartphone, there's unlimited person to person audio calls on Skype too. Also WhatsApp. And others.
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Olychick
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I just had a new DW installed about a week before covid hit the fan. I am so grateful. I can tolerate much inconvenience, but having to wash dishes by hand just would put me over the "first world problems" edge.

Just kidding. Not having food to eat would actually be the tipping point for me.
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