{"id":2815,"date":"2011-09-01T20:43:48","date_gmt":"2011-09-02T02:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/?p=2815"},"modified":"2012-07-12T18:22:15","modified_gmt":"2012-07-13T00:22:15","slug":"helpless-female-changes-outdoor-faucets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/helpless-female-changes-outdoor-faucets\/","title":{"rendered":"Helpless Female Changes Outdoor Faucets"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“I had no idea faucets came apart like that,” I told my husband, crouching next to him as he turned previously invisible (to me) screws, to expose broken washers.\u00a0 That was why the faucets by my raised garden beds were leaking profusely.\u00a0 I would need to buy 8 replacement faucets the next day, since the screws were also crumbling apart.\u00a0 I was given the follow-up assignment of making the change.\u00a0 I innocently and ignorantly accepted.\u00a0 He made it look fairly straightforward.<\/p>\n

I had forgotten that I can’t even use a screwdriver without intense concentration combined with trial and error.\u00a0 As I squatted in the rock pathway, struggling with the crescent wrench, attempting to loosen the 4th old faucet, a dill plant kept finding its way up my nose, while a sunflower attacked me from above.\u00a0 I was sputtering in my mind:\u00a0 “and don’t give me any of that lefty-loosy righty-tighty stuff!\u00a0 I know that!\u00a0 I just can’t seem to apply it!”<\/em> It seemed every faucet faced a different direction.\u00a0 Every time I took the crescent wrench off of the faucet I got confused again about which way I was turning it.\u00a0 To top it off, I couldn’t even remember which way to turn the knob on the crescent wrench.\u00a0 Then my sweet, unsuspecting friend walked out into the yard to see how I was doing…<\/p>\n

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Seeing I was exerting a great deal of effort, she cheerfully reminded me, “”Lefty-loosy, righty-tighty”\u00a0 In exasperation I yelled, “I KNOW!”<\/p>\n

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She cringed a little and I went on to explain in an agitated way what I had just been thinking.\u00a0 Since she is such a dear friend, she recognized my distress and gently asked if she could help me.\u00a0 Mumbling loudly something about Greg wanting me to learn how to do this, I agreed.\u00a0 She gave me a couple of reference points, as did my photojournalist daughter who had also just come out.\u00a0 Then, with those two cheering me on, I finished removing the remaining faucets more quickly.<\/p>\n

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After a short break, I went back out to put on the new faucets.\u00a0 Its relatively easy to figure out which direction to screw something on<\/em>.\u00a0 And, for reasons unclear to me, the crescent wrench stayed at the appropriate size.\u00a0 Other than one faucet ending up being the wrong size, I got them all in place, but refrained from turning on the water main until the Master Plumber could check my work.<\/p>\n

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A few minor adjustments proved to be sufficient and all is working again!\u00a0 But, don’t call me if you need help unscrewing anything.<\/p>\n

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