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Today I spent the morning underneath a trailer learning about the delights of an el-cheapo pipe solution called "Quest". It's plastic, polybutylene to be exact, and it isn't worth shit once it gets about ten years old. They used it in trailers (and may still) because it's cheaper than real pipe (pvc or copper) and sort of flexible unless you really need it to be.

( Read the plumbing saga? )

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I made some progress on the dresser project today.

( I am not a handyman... )

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In other very interesting news, it seems that W has appointed Princeton prof Ben Shalom Bernanke to Chairman of the Federal Reserve. This appointment awaits Senate confirmation but he's not an unexpected or irrational choice and will probably be confirmed. I'll keep you posted, of course.